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...
Smarter spellcheckers
There are a lot of typos that spellcheckers won't catch. Some of those, there's probably nothing to be done about...