Category: Weblogs
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Win A Free Copy of A Darkling Sea!
Tor Books are giving away a free review copy of my upcoming novel (gosh I love writing those words) A Darkling Sea. Go to the Tor.com Web site for details. If you're related to me, don't sign up.
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Predicting The Future
I read this guest post on Sarah Hoyt's 'blog, and it got me to thinking. As Mr. Begley points out, one of the constant refrains of our time is how "the future" that we're living in doesn't look like "the future" as depicted in mid-20th Century science fiction and popular science articles. We don't have…
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Guest Blogger: Sarah Hoyt!
Today I'm proud to introduce the first guest post on this blog, by the redoubtable Sarah Hoyt (who normally blogs at According to Hoyt). Riffing off my blog title, she tells us what sorts of things she says when it's just the caffeine talking, and her new book: It’s Just the Caffeine Talking About two…
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A Dwindling Resource
Look at today's date. It's October 11, 2012. So if you're writing a check or dating a homework assignment, it's "10/11/12." (Unless you're a European, in which case you are doing it wrong.) Mildly amusing, yes? The numbers are in sequence. What you probably don't know is that time is running out on that particular…
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The Thrill Is Gone
I just bought a new computer — which is one reason it's been so long since my last 'blog post. Usually I buy a new computer when the old one breaks, but this time I decided to replace the old one while it's still functional. So now I have a spiffy new MacBook. And I'm…
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Evil Characters
There's an interesting post up at Sarah Hoyt's blog about motivations for villainous characters. She takes the position that no one is consciously evil, and evil behavior is usually motivated by a desire to do good or to fit in. This is a very common view in science fiction; it's practically the default. With some…
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Eckener SPEAKS!
My story "The Eckener Alternative" is now available via podcast, on the venerable Escape Pod audio webzine (or whatever the kids are calling them this week). Download it and listen on your next boring commute through time!
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Off the Launch Pad, Day 1
Today was the first session of this year's Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. I'll give my impressions in roughly chronological order. Laramie itself is a nice place, somewhere on the borderline between "town" and "city." The University sprawls across the eastern side of town, there's an immense railroad yard…
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Copyrights and Schadenfreude
Apologies for the long hiatus. Among other issues, we took a family vacation and my internet access was limited. Anyway, I'm back. Yesterday I happened to read a posting on the usually interesting io9 blog (the science fiction branch of the Gawker Media empire) — this one, about the tension between expansiveness and self-referentiality in…
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No, I Haven’t Forgotten
Life has gotten in the way of blogging recently, but with luck that's over. Expect new posts soon.
The Cambias Digression 