For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
Well, not in the bay, but in the bay area. We’ve just returned from a trip west, visiting my brother and his wife, who are visiting scholars this year at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. We … Read More
(GOING LIVE ON 3.14.15 AT 9:26. Five… four… three… two… [finger points]) Happy Pi Day! No, I don’t mean pie day. I mean Ratio of a Circle’s Circumference to Its Diameter Day! Or approximately 3.1415926, followed by a lot more … Read More
Good day readers. This is Jeff’s daughter Julia, and I hope you don’t mind my taking some of your time. We lost Terry Pratchett yesterday. It seems like a particularly unfair kind of cruelty to lose him barely a week … Read More
Yes, it’s snowing again.
The passing of Leonard Nimoy at age 83 saddens me in much the same way that losing Neil Armstrong did, back in August of 2012. (Has it really been two and a half years?) Armstrong was a space pioneer. Nimoy … Read More
In the latest bold stroke of my continuing campaign to take over the world, I have just released an all-new edition of my very first novel of the Star Rigger Universe, Seas of Ernathe. Eat your hearts out, Lee Child … Read More
If you like private eye novels, and if you like near-future civilization-grinding-down novels, and if you like great characters and witty dialogue and sharp writing, why don’t you check out my friend Richard Bowker’s new book, Where All the Ladders … Read More