Archive for September, 2011
Reading Recommendation: Lev Grossman
I stumbled across a lovely essay in the NYT by Lev Grossman just before I left for some recent travel. And I’d just watched him win the Campbell Award for best new writer – and graciously accept the tiara and wear it well. Since I hadn’t read any of his fiction, I decided to buy [...]
A Good Speech….
I am lucky enough to know one of the best technology futurists – Mark Anderson of SNS. He runs the best conference I’ve ever attended: FiRE, or the Future in Review (yes – it’s even better than science fiction cons). But that’s a different topic. He also publishes a newsletter, and a piece of that [...]
Observations about Australia
I’m about half-way through a trip to Australia. Yes, there are kangaroos all over. I find them adorable, but they are also big. I mean, really big. I did not imagine how much power they have. Other things remind me that “down under” is different from home. The birds all sound different, and birds that [...]
9/11/11: Changes in Latitudes, Attitudes…
The strangest things happen to writers. This morning, I woke up with an essay in my head: I gave a talk to a bunch of eighteen and nineteen year-old students at the University of Washington earlier this week. None of them were old enough to remember a pre 9/11 world. They have never traveled without [...]
Some Podcast Stories and Recommendations
I’m back far enough from January’s foot surgery to do a lot of dog walking, and thus back to listening to podcasts. Here are a few that I’ve rather enjoyed lately. Through a chance meeting at Worldcon, I discovered that Adventures in Science Fiction Publishing is back on the air (they have been for a [...]
