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This afternoon, in an increasingly desperate attempt to avoid useful work, I was reading the Gospel of Luke and I came across this familiar line: εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρήματος βελόνης εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ … Continue reading →

In the wake of the now-bountifully-bipartisan sex scandals afflicting American politicians, one has to assume there is an inevitable link between intense moralism (as opposed to morality), the drive to seek public office in the US, and the compulsion to … Continue reading →

Apparently, in the shockingly corrupt world we live in, not even a man’s suffering from entomological dysplasia is sacred. The NYT broke the story: In a scandal that’s sending shock waves through both the publishing industry and academia, the author … Continue reading →

I hear these guys have reformed and are touring. The odds that they’ll show up anywhere near the Black Swamp seem a little slim, but you never know… I’m not sure Katharine Whalen can act even by the lowish standards … Continue reading →

I was just thinking about Janet Kagan’s Mirabile today because of a line in Gail Collins’ NYT column, which is a sort of FAQ about the Texas and Ohio primaries: While we’re at it, would you please explain the Texas … Continue reading →

Janet Kagan has died. I loved her series in Asimov’s about genetic mishaps on a colony planet (“The Loch Moose Monster”, “Return of Kangaroo Rex” etc), collected in Mirabile, and was sorry when we stopped getting new stories from her. … Continue reading →

Endymion’s revenge: the moon’s bright eye is shut, and on its ashen lid I see red shadows lie.

My flashfic “Brother Solson and Sister Luna” has gone live at Every Day Fiction. It’s a vampire story, and a non-Morlock story. The specific genesis was seeing I Am Legend this winter and thinking, “This is impossible. The vampire-zombie-whatevers have … Continue reading →

Oh, pus and blasphemation! Steve Gerber’s dead. Among other things, he created the beyond-brilliant comic Howard the Duck (known today largely as the basis of George Lucas’ worst movie–yes even worse than Episode I, a truly epic standard of awfulness). … Continue reading →

The other morning, I was watching the previews for Spider-Man 10. (The logo for the movie is, of course, a very webby Roman numeral X.) I’m happy to report that, despite its somewhat schlocky tagline (“Spider-Man Vs. King Kong!”), the … Continue reading →