Starting points for reading Delany
In the past couple years, there've been about three times when I've had occasion to suggest starting points for reading...
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Heavenly Breakfast
Latest randomly chosen book from my unread shelves: Delany's 1979 memoir Heavenly Breakfast. Which, as I opened it, gave me...
On first looking into Crowley’s Crowley
The latest book chosen at random from my unread-books shelves is The Confessions of Aleister Crowley. I'm curious about the...
Awesome new forthcoming Ultimates series
I'm really looking forward to the new Ultimates comic book series. The team will consist of Ms. America, Black Panther,...
On first looking into Gary Snyder
Among the books I rescued from my father's house were six books of poems by Gary Snyder. I don't know...
“Wakulla Springs”: sf or not?
A couple of friends have indicated that they're a little hesitant to vote for “Wakulla Springs” for a Hugo, on...
WisCon: be brave
Here are links to this year's WisCon guest-of-honor speeches, plus a couple of other items that seem to me to...
Some notes on writing mysteries
I was going through some old email, and found some notes to myself about how to write a mystery, derived...
Hugo recommendations
I've been meaning for months to blog about specific works and people I'm going to nominate for the Hugos, and...
RIP, Lucius Shepard
I just learned that Lucius Shepard died two days ago. I haven't had much contact with him in a long...
Hugo recommendation: When We Wake
I recently read Karen Healey's 2013 YA SF novel When We Wake (which is out in paperback today!), and I...
Nebula nominees!
SFWA has announced this year's Nebula nominees, and I'm very pleased with them. Congratulations to all the nominees! (And double...