For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
This last Monday was the date of the annual SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) Editorial Reception, where SFWA hosts a big gathering for members, editors, artists, and friends, to generally schmooze and reconnect. I hadn’t been to … Read More
I was asked by Marshal Zeringue, the owner of a blog called “The Page 69 Test” to write an entry for Sunborn. The inspiration for the blog comes from the “page 69 test” that you can use when you’re browsing … Read More
Most working writers are like dragons: they know down to the nickel what’s in their hoard. Maybe not their hoard of gold on hand—because usually what they have on hand is a shortage of gold—but for sure they know when … Read More
I’ve written before about the giant hex socket in the north pole of Saturn, set there uncounted millennia ago by aliens, for purposes unconfirmed. But now…what are those guys up to? Rhetorical question. You can see what they’re up to. … Read More
This Thursday, November 20, I’ll be signing copies of Sunborn at Pandemonium Books in Cambridge, along with Joe Haldeman and Chris Howard, who will be signing their new books, as well. In addition to Sunborn, I expect to have some … Read More
Yowza! NASA has released images of the first planet outside our solar system that we’ve directly observed and photographed. Readers, may I introduce Fomalhaut b… NASA, ESA, et al. It’s a planet probably three times the size of Jupiter. The … Read More
Okay, I thought I was the world’s biggest fan of the music from Star Wars, Superman, Close Encounters, and all the other films John Williams has scored. But I think I must relinquish that title to this fellow here (but … Read More