For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
Allysen and I finally got to see Avatar in 3D today. We both loved it. The 3D effects were wonderful—but it wasn’t just a matter of great special effects. It was a good story well told (familiar, to be sure), … Read More
Sunborn is now available in mass market paperback, from Tor Books—everywhere fine, cosmic, headbanging, epic, sensawunda, character-driven hard-SF is sold. (And if you don’t find it in your local emporium, please ask for it! You’ll be helping enormously.) For the … Read More
Last summer I appeared as a guest lecturer at the Odyssey writing workshop. What I talked most about was story structure, what it is, and why it’s important. The folks at Odyssey have just posted an excerpt from my lecture … Read More
It’s hard to believe it’s really 2010 already. Back when Arthur C. Clarke was writing some of his seminal work, we thought there’d be Moon bases by now, and exploration ships to Jupiter! Not to mention alien contact. I guess … Read More
We just got our first big one, here in New England. (Or at least, here in Boston.) It made me sort of happy, as I’ve been itching to try out the snowblower that a neighbor across town gave me, which … Read More
I’m afraid I’m getting an increase in obnoxious comment spam–I just deleted one with about a dozen obnoxo links–so I have reluctantly changed my blog settings to moderate all comments that come in. That means your comments won’t appear immediately, … Read More
I feel compelled to mention this every December, but usually I forget until it’s too late to do anyone any good. (I’d say it’s borderline, this year.) Anyway, if you’d like to buy a signed, personalized copy of one or … Read More