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Explaining why Kurt Vonnegut’s books are still read in greater numbers than some of his contemporaries with higher reputations, like Norman Mailer and William Styron, Mailer’s literary executor, a guy named J. Michael Lennon, said that “Vonnegut was the American … Continue reading →

I recently saw a couple reviews of Black Gate 11–one just of the stories’ first lines at the wonderfully-named-but-apparently-dormant Ultimate Sword & Sorcery Blog of Ultimate Destiny, and also a more sustained appraisal by Sherwood Smith (a.k.a. sartorias) at The … Continue reading →

I’m having trouble believing it’s November already. My day job is really keeping me running these days. Which would be fine if I were even caught up on that, but I’m not. But I can’t let another day pass without … Continue reading →

GalleyCat passes along a rumor that Paramount might be interested in mounting another production of Dune. Although I’m very fond of the original book (as opposed to any of its sequels), I find myself underwhelmed by the prospect. The David … Continue reading →

Some good rumination over opening sentences in a post by Paul Jessup, who links to one by Jay Lake, who links to one by Richard Parks, who links to one by Andy Duncan. Writers writing about writing don’t always write … Continue reading →

It looks like the Library of America is going to have a second volume of Philip K. Dick novels edited by Jonathan Lethem. It seems like it was only last Fall I was blogging about the first volume, and it … Continue reading →

Eh. Not all bad, but lots of badness carried over from the previous season, and there is new badness added to the mix. On the up side, the plot-line involving the older generation of heroes looks like it may go … Continue reading →

Scientists plan to create a supermouse.

The Onion AV Club has been running an interesting feature on its blog where one of the editors, Keith Phipps, reviews in turn each one of the 75 “vintage” (= damn old) paperbacks he bought in a big box from … Continue reading →

Last weekend I was clearing out a long-neglected corner of our house when I found a letter addressed to me. “Weird,” I said to myself, looking at the envelope. “That looks like my own writing, too.” Then I realized: it … Continue reading →