Congratulations to Tim!
The Hugo Awards ceremony took place not so many hours ago in Yokohama, Japan, and the results have been posted...
Author Archive
Privatization vs. government control
Feel free to use the following cogent and unanswerable argument whenever this topic comes up.
Mysteriosity
Been seeing a fair number of submissions lately in which Something Mysterious Is Going On--and by two-thirds of the way...
You ought to give Iowa a try
I was delighted to read this evening that a judge in Polk County, Iowa, the most populous county in the...
Dead narrators aren’t much fun
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there was a very popular movie that had a surprise twist...
Happy Barzak Day!
Matthew Cheney has declared today to be Barzak Day, in honor of the release of Chris Barzak's first novel, One...
Turn around, bright eye
At 1:51 a.m., barely awake, I went out in my back yard. The moon was bright and full, shining down...
Tales calculated to drive me frustrated
Lately, we've been receiving what seems like a lot of submissions from authors who aren't following our submission procedure, one...
Giveaway titles
Say you've written a story in which a driver picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, and in the end there's a...
The midnight blogger blogs again!
Last weekend, I attended a birthday/housewarming party, and saw some cool folks I haven't seen in years. But I got...
New sf awards site
Cheryl and Kevin have a new website: Science Fiction Awards Watch. The site has an extensive list of sf awards...
Best theatre
Last week's production of Carousel had some great moments, but sadly overall I wasn't thrilled with it. (I was going...