Archive for Speculative Fiction
Some thoughts on plausibility and genre conventions.
Just discovered that filksinger-songwriter Cynthia McQuillin died two weeks ago, on January 14, of renal and respiratory failure, at age...
Some items that may or may not add up to more than the sum of their parts: Okay, so there's...
Imagine you're an 18-year-old computer gamer in Chicago, and you're sitting around at home one evening when someone you don't...
Just a reminder that Tim Pratt will be reading at Borderlands Books in San Francisco today (Saturday, 7 January) at...
While checking the quote in that last entry, I stumbled into a forum thread on The misconceptions you had about...
Friday brought the sad news that The Infinite Matrix, once the second-highest-paying online speculative fiction venue, is closing its doors....
Here are some of the things I've done in the past week, in no particular order: finally washed some dishes...
Back in May, I posted some links to a few entries at Hitherby Dragons. I still haven't gone back to...
I'm continuing to re-read the Narnia books. Will have more to say about that sooner or later, but for now,...
People are always talking about the amazing predictive abilities of science fiction. But what about fantasy? Yes, yes, Arthur C....
Most of you who would care know by now that sf author Robert Sheckley died a week ago. It's been...