Bing, show me Anime Orson Welles
Plotting work continues on the next Casefile of Jay Moriarty story. I also finally got around to watching The Killer; I read the comic last year, which had a lot to say about Western imperialism and its effects on the Global South. The movie ... doesn't, and I can't help being disappointed by that.
On an unrelated note, I want to get back into attending SFF conventions this year. Not the kind where you're expected to line up for a photo with some shit-tier actor from a Marvel show, but the kind where you can attend an absolutely unhinged panel stacked with semi-obscure science fiction authors (one of whom who may or may not be trying to start their own cult). So far I'm looking at Eastercon, and I'll be keeping an eye out for more like it.
New on Ko-fi: "Jay Moriarty Ruins Everybody's Childhood," Chapter 2
Chapter 2 of "Jay Moriarty Ruins Everybody's Childhood" is now up for all supporters on Ko-fi. There's a low-key Hackers reference in this one; if you find it, you win nothing but should probably reflect on your taste in movies. And mine, for that matter.
You can also get the entire novelette as an ebook.
Recommendation: The Stranger
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
It says something when one of a filmmaker's weaker movies is still this good. Orson Welles is the big draw here, but the most impressive thing about The Stranger is Loretta Young, pulling off the bulk of the film's dramatic heavy lifting as a woman slowly realizing the man she loves is one of history's greatest monsters.
This Week's Links
Notes on the Ingestion of Amanita Muscaria
Twenty minutes later both of us started to feel distinctly "off." Lawrence found himself staring vacantly at some LBMs we were trying to identify. Tonya noticed that he was holding his stomach and looking uncomfortable. Once we agreed that muscaria was the culprit, we called David Arora and asked him what we should do. "Take notes!" David said.
The Great Fiction of AI
Lepp ... once surveyed her mailing list to ask how long readers would wait between books before abandoning her for another writer. The average was four months.
Ostensibly a piece about the increasing popularity of algogen writing tools among full-time Kindle writers, but also a harrowing look into the demeaning, unsustainable pace of publishing in that environment. This is why I have a day job.
‘I do feel bad about this’: Englishman who posed as HyperVerse CEO says sorry to investors who lost millions
The short version: yet another crypto scheme pops up, only this one is helmed by an entirely fictional CEO played by an actor. We may be only months away from the first VTuber CEO.
I tried to generate "anime orson welles" on Bing and it blocked the results because it detected "unsafe content in the images." You'll just have to imagine what that means.
-K
