For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
If you happen to be near the Brown University campus today, specifically the Brown Bookstore, stop in and check out the SF Festival they’re having this weekend. I’ll be there in the afternoon, participating in a panel discussion at 3 … Read More
You just gotta love those guys who run Facebook. They had a really nice feature where you could have your blog posts (like this one) automatically import into your Facebook page. It was especially good for people like me, who … Read More
Do you have a puck-sized disk of sapphire (coated, obviously, with yttrium barium copper oxide) gathering dust in the back of your junk drawer? If so, you’re halfway to your own personal “quantum locked” maglev train. All you need is … Read More
If you know and love the book Goodnight Moon (and who doesn’t?), you should enjoy this! (Or view it on Youtube here.)
It’s amazing what you have to go through to give a book away for free. I’ve been working at doing that on Neptune Crossing (first of the Chaos Chronicles), and I’ve now mostly succeeded. The thing is, you can’t just … Read More
E-reads, publisher of nine of my backlist novels, recently announced a huge joint venture with Gollancz of England to add many of their SF titles to the Gollancz ebook list—something like 400 titles. Gollancz has long been one of the … Read More
Something happened today that made me think of the old question: If a tree falls in the forest… I wasn’t in a forest, exactly, but Captain Jack and I were walking on a wooded section of the Minuteman Bikeway, and … Read More