Twenty Epics
Do you like epic fiction, but don't have time to read the latest ten-thousand-page epic series? Fear not! Twenty Epics,...
Email addresses optional in comments
A couple of you regularly enter fake email addresses in the box for email address when you comment here. I...
What you should know ahead of time about Superman Returns
The following is a spoiler, of a sort; kind of a meta-spoiler. But I nonetheless claim that almost everyone will enjoy Superman Returns more if they know this than if they don't know it; knowing this will help you set your expectations appropriately (and most of you probably know it already anyway). However, I know some people won't want to know it, in which case don't read the rest of this entry.
Resubmissions
I've noticed a couple of recurring problems in submissions to SH lately, so I wanted to spread the word about...
Women in Judaism
Overheard while standing in line for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a bit of dialogue between a young...
Super Rescue
It occurs to me that most superheroes are, in a sense, super-cops. The main thing they do is fight crime....
Still here
Mary Anne pointed out that I haven't posted since shortly after my arrival in Chicago last weekend. I've been intermittently...
Chicago
Kam took me to the San Francisco airport on Saturday morning, and I arrived safely in Chicago on Saturday evening....
R.I.P., Jim Baen
I knew Jim Baen had had a stroke a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't known until just now...
Swords
I still haven't put together my planned detailed discussion of Ellen Kushner's forthcoming book The Privilege of the Sword (aka...
Weekend update
Some things I did this weekend, including several that I had not planned to do, in no particular order: Spent...
Another magazine milestone
We received our 14,000th submission at Strange Horizons yesterday. At the current rate of submissions, I'm expecting we'll reach 15,000...