The Cambias Digression

Notes and thoughts on everything from what I had for breakfast to the fate of the Universe.

  • Philcon 2014

    This coming weekend I'll be at Philcon, the venerable Philadelphia science fiction convention. Like a lot of venerable Northeastern science fiction conventions, it's no longer held in the city where it began, but off in a suburb where the hotels are affordable. (The only exception to that rule I know of is Boskone, which is…

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  • What I’ve Been Up To

    It's been a while since my last posting, due to a combination of being busy and being sick (and not getting well as fast as I'd like because of the busy component). Fortunately, I can make other people do the work for me. This podcast explains some of where I've been for the past month.…

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  • Hieroglyphs in Phoenix

    On October 22, Changing Hands bookstore in Phoenix is sponsoring an evening of presentations by Hieroglyph Project authors. It's at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, beginning at 7 p.m. this Wednesday. Anyone within driving range of Phoenix is welcome. You have to buy a copy of the anthology to get in, but if you don't…

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  • Corsair Cover

    Sound the alarm, ring the church bells and light the hilltop beacons! A Corsair has been sighted! It has a lovely cover design, too, as you can see here. Fortunately we've got plenty of time to get ready. This particular Corsair won't be in range until May 2015. But keep a weather eye out.  

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  • Let Slip the Dogs of War!

    This coming Saturday, October 11, I'll be at Phoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont, for a reading and signing to promote the anthology War Stories (just out from Apex Publications). Editor Andrew Liptak and my fellow contributor F. Brett Cox will also be there. And, since this coincides with the annual "Star Wars Reads" event, I…

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  • Please FORWARD This IMPORTANT WARNING!

    I've been following the news about the upcoming vote on whether or not Scotland should leave the United Kingdom. Interesting stuff. But then I had a shocking realization: there is a Sinister Plan underlying the whole scheme, and I'm sounding the alarm to make sure everyone is aware of what's going on.  Follow the timeline:…

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  • Diversity and DragonCon

    In recent years the cozy cameraderie of the science fiction world has been disrupted by controversies over diversity and tolerance. We've been told that SF is too white, too male, and too straight, and that we need to Do Something to change that. I'm not going to grapple with the question of whether the demographics…

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  • Happy Publication Day

    Today is the official publication date of the Hieroglyph anthology. Huzzah! A word about publication dates: they're almost meaningless. At one time the pub date (that's cool writers-n-publishers slang for publication date) was the day the book actually went on sale. You still see that occasionally, for big best-seller releases like the later Harry Potter…

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  • Here Be Dragons: Dragon-Con 2014

    My talented wife Diane Kelly was invited to participate in this year's Dragon-Con in Atlanta as a science panelist. I tagged along, for several reasons. My first priority was to work in a little book promotion for A Darkling Sea and the upcoming Corsair. To that end I volunteered to help man the SFWA table…

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  • Reading the Hieroglyphs

    The Hieroglyph anthology gets its official release September 9, and the publishers are leaking some teaser material. You can go here to read a preview of the e-book version on Scribd. Or you can download a PDF excerpt here, including the introduction by Lawrence Krauss and the essay "Innovation Starvation" by Neal Stephenson which inspired…

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