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Visiting the Teeds 26 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm
. It's been a long time since I lived in Vermont. But I like to return for a visit once every few years. Usually by digging out a copy of Jeff Danziger's Teed Stories and ripping through them in an...
Jehovah and the Critic 23 Aug 2013 | 08:27 pm
. 0 0 1 300 1716 The Drift Corporation 14 4 2012 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A week ago Wednesday I wrote here about why I wouldn't make my negative opinions of ...
A Big Man Passes Through . . . 22 Aug 2013 | 01:34 am
. True story. I met Elmore Leonard once. This was back in the Nineties, so I may be a little vague in the details. But it really happened. This was on a Sunday at New York Is Book Country, a big ...
Of Time and Faerie 19 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
. Recently, Devin wrote me: Great fan of all the books of yours i've read (The Iron Dragon's Daughter, The Dragons of Babel, Bones of the Earth). My question is (and it will be a spoilery one for an...
My Apologies to Richard Nixon 16 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
. I don't talk politics in my blog for two reasons. First, because there are plenty of people on the Innertubes willing to do that for me. And second, because my political opinions are not very int...
On My Refusal To Mock My Brothers And Sisters 15 Aug 2013 | 07:27 am
. As always, I'm on the road. You may credit all infelicities of formatting to the limitations of my ipod. Recently, on Facebook, I grumbled about the limitations of a book I'd quit reading. Immed...
Setting Out From Bradbury Landing 13 Aug 2013 | 07:28 pm
. This is a view from orbit of the surface of Mars. That dark line down the center? That's the tracks left by the Curiosity rover as it traveled from Bradbury Landing to Shaler Outcrop. You can se...
We'll Make Great Apps! 12 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm
. Ian Urbina wrote a terrific essay in the Sunday New York Times titled I Flirt and Tweet. Follow Me at #Socialbot. It's about how bots have invaded social media and are passing themselves off as pe...
My LoneStarCon Schedule -- Annotated! 9 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
. Those who follow this blog on a semi-regular basis are probably aware that I tend to get around to reporting on public appearances the day before or three days after the event itself. So I'm reall...
"In The Turning Of A Hand . . ." 7 Aug 2013 | 08:18 pm
. Almost a third of a century I wrote my first collaborative with Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann. Almost a quarter of a century ago, "Touring" was reprinted in Strange Days, a very fine collection of...
