Author Archives: JE

My Blog Gate post of the week is up, this one a glance at the current nominees for the Nebula in the novelette category, with a lament for absent squid. Possibly worth mentioning again: I’ll be participating in FlyCon this … Continue reading →

I made a resolution that today’s post would not link to a comic or discuss Watchmen in any way. So. I’m batting .500, is how I look at it.

I guess it’s finally time for me to address the issue that’s been sending shockwaves through my flist recently–in fact, through the entire internet: the presence of “99 Luftballons” on the Watchmen soundtrack.

People die. Nations die. But Watchmen jokes go on forever. (Or at least for the rest of the weekend.) [edited to add: the whole Ombudsmen! run on one page here.]

[Seen at Lou Anders’ Bowing to the Future.]

“Life According to Garfield Something Positive CONAN.”

1. Free books, from Suvudu. 2. New moon around Saturn, from Cassini. 3. Two vast, light-devouring holes in a death-spiral around each other. No, this is not a story about modern politics or finance.

My latest post on the Blog Gate is up, this one a quick snark-around-the-block covering the stories on the final ballot for the Nebula. Because, hey. Why not? (Please don’t tell me why.)

My dentist says I have an unusually long mandible. Apparently this is true even before I extrude my extensible jaws to attack my prey.

A couple of free e-texts I learned about in the past couple days: 1.) Pyr–an imprint with very sound judgement–has decided to make Sean Williams’ The Crooked Letter available as a free e-book. Although the book has cover art so … Continue reading →