Thoughts on the Expanse
Literally all I’ve read this week other than a couple of shorts was blitzing The Expanse to get book 9 read before the Hugo packet dropped. (They said in a...
Sale to Third Flatiron!
Also, have a picture of me riding a giant horse. I just signed a contract for the publication of “When to Nurture, When to Prune” in Third Flatiron’s next...
Why Are Lizard Men Always Evil?
And I don’t mean the little uy you’ll need to hunt for in this photo. I mean lizard people in SPACE. Divergent 3: Allegiant Okay, so I didn’t much care for...
Our Ambiguous Relationship with Rodents
“Squirrel!” Lots of them in our neighborhood, including the unfortunate individual I have nicknamed “Stumpy.” His tail is only about an inch and a half long,...
Dragons and Weird Magic
A little short this week, and next week might be thin too as I’m currently trying to get in a long-awaited reread of the Expanse before the Hugo packet drops...
See You at Balticon...
...plus rats and hopepunk
Star Trekking, Across The...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars 3.5 “Corruption” I did say something about badass lady senators. Also badass lady planetary rulers. This episode is all Padme and...
Will We Ever Have General AI?
“AI” is a buzzword right now…hyped as a replacement for writers (no), but also doing real work in meteorology, in medicine. But what we are calling AI is...
Spiders and Bodyguards
Short post because of what I’ve been up to lately…which has mostly been poking at RPG books. Review: The Eye of Winter by Jaques Smit CW: Realistic...
Rats and Hopepunk
So, four announcements this week! They’re like city buses. Game On! Remember this anthology? It’s been nominated for Best Related Work (which sounds weird)...
Trashing Chicago
Star Wars: Clone Wars 2.21 “R2 Come Home” Aww, R2. So cute. So heroic. And perfectly capable of flying a ship home by himself when the bad guys jam...
The Rise and Slow Decline of Received Pronunciation
Hands up who can think of an actor who works with their accent? Unless your accent is California, generic Midwest or, for Brits, received pronunciation (the...
Exploring Hope and Strangeness
Back from RavenCon. Which needs more ice cream. I need more ice cream. Anyone got ice cream? Review: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz This is a very...
At Ravencon
I’m actually at RavenCon right now. (Hopefully, I’m writing this right before I hit the road). I’m not speaking this year and am going to be mostly parked in...
Clones, Clones, and More Clones
Star Wars: Clone Wars 2.9 “Grievous Intrigue” So, we learn Grievous is working with Dooku because of a personal hatred of Jedi. We don’t learn why. Grievous...
Copaganda and Fantasy – Police Fiction in the 21st Century
I know a lot of people who won’t watch or read anything involving the police anymore because it’s all copaganda. I know others who are trying to navigate...
Cute Dragons and Weird Magic
Review: Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer I may be biased – Kritzer is rapidly becoming one of my favorite YA authors. Her Catnet books are utterly...
Tax Season Is Over
Which is the good news. No, actually, the good news is that my aunt, Beryl, is tying the knot with her long term partner this fall! (the picture is of the...
Clones and Musings on Superheroes
Loki 2.6 “Glorious Purpose” There’s rumors of a season 3. I don’t know quite how after this unless it’s going to focus more on Sylvie. This ending was...
A Total Eclipse of the Sun
We live on a unique planet in its precise details, but many of the things about Earth are likely out there in our universe. There are almost certainly other...