(with thanks to Instapundit) Thanks to an NPR article we have a concept worthy of a Phillip K Dick novel, with Orwellian commentary that should scare the crap out of you if you have any imagination— or remember the CIA’s history dealing with other chemical substances. The money quote: Does Read more…
I’ve be asked again to provide mental melding on the SF Signal blog. The topic this time is “The Coolest Robots in SF.” I’ve cross-posted my entry here, but you should go see the rest: The coolest robots in SF? That’s a tall order. The field is vast, including everything Read more…
I’m literally in the home stretch of Messiah now, a few thousand words from capping off ten books and seventeen years worth of work. This is where I’m getting all sweaty and nervous. Especially since I’ve spent 250K+ words so far continually upping the ante, I’m hoping that the climax Read more…
UPDATE: (3/31/2011) Fixed a typo someone pointed out on Reddit. I’ve written enough about authors that have shown very public displays of ill judgment that it seemed to be almost mandatory that I talk about Mr. Patrick Roscoe (his name is not a link because you absolutely must hear the Read more…
But I decided to stop doing it here. Frankly, most of the people coming to this site are a lot more interested in my thoughts about writing and fiction than my political ravings. And while I may have a few fans for my rants, it seems that it might make Read more…
It is the nature of prose that it is linear. There’s a beginning, a middle and a end. That has been a fact of life for storytellers since the beginning of time, and the rules of drama have been around since the ancient Greeks, and are still taught in scriptwriting Read more…
Just to let fans of audio books know that I have recently signed contracts to have the Apotheosis Trilogy be released on Audible.com. I spent Thursday evening talking to the voice-over artist going over pronunciations. I’m just glad most of my proper nouns have some basis in actual language somewhere. Read more…
Well, you probably know by now I didn’t win the PKD award, but I still had a fun time at Norwescon, and I thought I’d post a few pictures: Me and my book: Daryl Gregory, Ian McDonald, Daryl Gregory #2 (inside joke), David G. Hartwell: Me and Cory Doctorow:
Friday (obscenely early) I fly off to the west cost to Norwescon to find out if Prophets won the Phillip K. Dick Award. The announcement will happen during the awards ceremony at 7pm Pacific. You can see the stiff competition I’m up against here. Wish me luck. Regardless of how Read more…
Spent this weekend building raised beds in the back for a vegetable garden. Spent most of Saturday building these, three boxes 8x4x2 and three 4x4x2. And Truffles is much more mobile now, and she can hang out outside now.