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Not bad enough to make me resolve to stop watching the show, but not that great.

Some kind words about “A Book of Silences” from Sherwood Smith (sartorias) in her review of Black Gate 10 at Tangent Online. Leaving Morlock and myself out of it, I thought it was a pretty strong issue also. Tangent‘s purview … Continue reading →

It looks like the prophesied cash cow, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, might not yield much in the way of milk.

It’s not my practice to get political in this blog, but I feel compelled to point out that something truly weird is happening in the US conservative movement. Here and here Harvey C. Mansfield is openly advocating “one man rule” … Continue reading →

The Double Tongued Word Wrester (an online dictionary of neologisms; LiveJournal syndication here) has really been on a roll lately. bullgeschichte Part of Speech: n. Quotation: “’Bullgeschichte’ is the methodological tool best exemplified by wikipediasts and dilettantes. The method entails … Continue reading →

This week’s Writer’s Five. I punked out on last week’s questions, but I couldn’t pass up the Blade Runner reference in this week’s set. (Answered for Morlock, as usual.) 1 – What would s/he consider the ultimate gift? Going home. … Continue reading →

Howard Jones (a.k.a. bg-editor) posted an interview this week at the Black Gate website. It’s with an opinionated semi-professional fantasy writer, but the questions are good questions, I think. If I had been thinking straight I would have remembered to … Continue reading →

I’m not sure my work is of “professional quality,” but because nobody can stop me I decided to post a story for International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Wretch Day. (The “wretch” is sometimes left out, but I feel that it gives the … Continue reading →

Not bad for an automated quiz: it picked the speech region where I and both my parents were born and raised. What American accent do you have? Created by Xavier on Memegen.net Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland … Continue reading →

And ride in triumph through Persepolis! Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles? […] Is it not passing brave to be a king, And ride in triumph through Persepolis? –Marlowe, Tambulaine (Part One) I’m not one to run … Continue reading →