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The Dyson Sphere is roughly the same age as I am. Of course, the Dyson sphere is roughly 1 A.U. in radius and would be the most tremendous achievement of any society producing it, and similar claims are never made … Continue reading →

Facebook (the internet community site) officially passed what arbiters of cool referred to as its “freshness date” early this afternoon. Signs point to one James Enge as the responsible party. “Him joining was just sort of the tipping point for … Continue reading →

My latest entry at the Black Gate group blog is up here. It was going to be a double review of REH’s Almuric and Otis Adelbert Kline’s The Swordsman of Mars, both of which I read recently in the handsome … Continue reading →

Charles Stross apparently started an interesting meme in an f-locked post, taken up by jaylake (here) and burger_eater (here). The idea is for interested pro-writers to answer the questions concisely, giving the reader a quick timeline of their career. “If … Continue reading →

1. You stumble across one unicorn, then all of a sudden you’re in a herd of the reclusive beasts. I was looking for something else on Google Books this afternoon when I found that an old favorite of mine, Odell … Continue reading →

Baroque music always makes me feel autumnal (and vice versa). There were more professional videos on YouTube, but I liked the way these guys swung into the 4th Brandenburg. A happy Thanksgiving for those who celebrate it today; a happy … Continue reading →

Wednesday is my day to group-blog at the Black Gate website. My first entry is here, in which I babble incoherently about Morlock, unicorns, and my obscure feelings of dread when I think about Austin Tappan Wright. Feel free to … Continue reading →

1. One thing that’s been bothering me about all this news focused on Citigroup: it keeps reminding me of that terrible song by “‘Jefferson’ ‘”Starship”‘”–you know the one: “We Built This City.” (No, I’m not going to link to it. … Continue reading →

Word on the street is that the peerless Holly Black and her peer, sf historian and YA author Justine Larbalestier, have tired of championing their favorite imaginary critters (unicorns and zombies respectively) in sordid smackdowns through all the back alleys … Continue reading →

Okay, so I’ve been blithely posting about squirrels and exoplanets as if there were nothing on my mind except my hair (not much of a burden these days). But truly all this while I’ve been seething inside with unshed news, … Continue reading →