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My university has just cancelled day classes. I can’t remember the last time this happened. On the one hand, I have a school-kid’s delight in an unexpected day off. On the other hand, I’m embarrassed to live in a town … Continue reading →

When I realized that last night’s episode would feature Telecop, Doublement and Mohinder Snoresh, I was prepared to be bored (these being hands down the most tedious characters in the group). But Mohinder crossing paths with Sylar lent a certain … Continue reading →

I… I don’t know anything about this sort of thing. Not personally. An ill-tempered reaction to a rejection slip, I mean. (It’s not as if anyone can prove anything, anyway: those records were purged.) But I’ve heard… I’ve heard it’s … Continue reading →

Steve Wilson has a typically hilarious take on the question of comic books and Homer, an issue that arose on John C. Wright’s LiveJournal. I don’t think readers will go too far wrong by following John Wright’s prescriptions (Take Homer … Continue reading →

M. John Harrison asserts that “Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over worldbuilding.” Which is a bit like saying that every use of the hand represents the triumph of the body over the … Continue reading →

From the AP Science section: “An astronaut drove 900 miles and donned a disguise to confront a woman she believed was her rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot, police said.” Add a trip through a wormhole, perhaps … Continue reading →

I was rereading Euripides’ Crazy Hercules today to prepare for a class when I was poleaxed by a stray line. ἄλλως δ’ ἀδυνάτων ἔοικ’ ἐρᾶν. –Euripides, Heracles 318 “But I seem to be pointlessly in love with impossible things.” It … Continue reading →

Because you get to write phrases like “Shadow of a Martian Robot”, which sounds like a lost collaboration of Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury.

Another glimpse into the breakup of Pitch-Black. It strikes me that there might be a good mainstream novel (or at least a Law and Order episode) in the ups and downs of running a small press.

Robert J. Sawyer, the sf writer, has a rather tiresome post insisting that science fiction is rational, whereas fantasy is not. He actually argues that the only reason for any market overlap is due to Ace Books pirating publishing Lord … Continue reading →