Author Archives: JE

A new “Babel Clash” post now up, this one titled (with classical restraint) “Monster Cowboys in Space!” It’s about genre mixing, as far as I can tell.

My Blog Gate post of the week is now up, this one a reread of a golden moldy, “The Elder Gods” by “Don A. Stuart” (really John W. Campbell jr).

It’s not a strain of swine flu, and it’s not the dance craze that all the kids are doing. It’s my latest “Babel Clash” post, and it’s here.

1. Charles Stross discovers that the writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation didn’t even pretend to themselves that the science of the show was good. I feel his pain, I guess. I just feel it somewhat remotely, as it … Continue reading →

I just posted my first “Babel Clash” entry, this one modestly titled “Enge v. Elves”.

1. I was scrolling through a newsfeed and found this article. “Pus!” I muttered. “I was going to write something like that for Tor.com!” Then I realized: Hey, I did. 2. Matt Sturges (of Midwinter and Jack of Fables fame) … Continue reading →

“There is nothing so unbelievable that it may not become probable by putting it into words.”–Cicero, Paradoxes. (Sed nihil est tam incredibile, quod non dicendo fiat probabile.) Fantasists and spin-doctors live by this saying, even if they’ve never heard it.

Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

After well over a month of slacking, I’ve finally posted a new Blog Gate entry, this one a dignified whine about whiners, specifically the type of person who says (and people have been saying this for as long as I … Continue reading →

After not posting through most of September, I seem to be posting a lot lately, but I should mention that I was recently interviewed by Randolph Carter of “Grinding to Valhalla” (here). And the guys from “Sci Fi Guys Book … Continue reading →