The Cambias Digression

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

  • OzBlogging: The Wizard of Oz, part 1

    Ozblogging:  this is the first in an irregular series of posts about L. Frank Baum's Oz books. I think Baum is unjustly neglected as a fantasy writer — though I also recognize his considerable shortcomings. These little essays are not heavy literary criticism. I'm not going digging for complicated and unlikely interpretations of the books…

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  • How I Did It #1: A Diagram of Rapture

    "A Diagram of Rapture" is the first story I ever sold professionally. It appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in April of 2000, and began my regular run in that magazine. If you haven't read it, here's a brief summary:

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  • A Fresh Pot

    This is the maiden post of my new Web log. I contribute to another 'blog, the mighty Science Made Cool, but I wanted a place to write about books and writing, promote my own work, release old stuff which will never get reprinted, and generally gas about whatever I feel like. In particular, I plan…

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