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S Andrew Swann | October 18, 2007

Just a note that the blog will be undergoing sporadic, unannounced, and random formating changes as I play around with the layout.

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S Andrew Swann | October 16, 2007

Sometimes you come across news that so twisted in recursive levels of self-parody that you cannot even express an opinion on it, you just have to sit back and say, “gee that’s f__ked up.” Case in point, this series of events, the latest of which I found thanks to a post on the SF Site [...]

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S Andrew Swann | October 14, 2007

And now presenting cats, and a bag.Please make up your own joke.

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S Andrew Swann | October 11, 2007

According to The Guardian, ye olde brick-and-mortar bookstore is not long for this world. According to a survey at the Frankfurt Book fair [from SF Signal]: Almost a quarter of the 1,324 industry professionals who took part in the survey predicted that the high street bookseller would no longer exist in 2057 while only 11% [...]

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S Andrew Swann | October 4, 2007

Yes, our cute little kitten has a name now, Zoë. Here are two obligatory kitten pictures.

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S Andrew Swann | October 3, 2007

There is a movement afoot, complete with manifesto, called Mundane SF. You may or may not have heard of it, but it does seem to be gaining a little traction to the point that Interzone is doing a Mundane SF issue. If you’re unfamiliar with the movement, there’s a post on the Mundane SF blog [...]

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