Check your Strange Horizons Readers’ Choice ballots
Two notes about the SH Readers' Choice Awards: The voting period has been extended to this coming Wednesday, March 22....
Optimism about same-sex marriage
The American Prospect recently published a remarkably optimistic article about same-sex marriage by E. J. Graff. Here's the blurb from the...
Monotheism, Judaism, and Story
There's been a fascinating discussion lately, about religion and the stories by which we define ourselves and the universe, ranging...
Last day for Carl Brandon awards noms
Today is the last day to nominate for the Carl Brandon Society awards. For anyone who missed earlier mentions, these...
Stand by for Mars!
I imagine y'all have seen Google Moon by now. But now there's something new: Google Mars, apparently released just in...
Items: Video
Links to a bunch of cool online video items, for your delectation and enjoyment. Some of these require Flash; some...
WisCon about to sell out
By which I mean that WisCon is likely to reach their membership limit (1000 members) within the next two weeks,...
Last day for Hugo nominations
Remember that tonight (less than twelve hours from now) is the deadline to nominate for the Hugo Awards. If you...
Yesterday and today
Thank you for all the comments and emails, everyone. Very much appreciated. (I should clarify something about timing: due to...
One year
Today is the first anniversary of my father's murder.
Campbell eligibility and Strange Horizons
Under the new eligibility rules for the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer, Strange Horizons is a qualifying...
More about Beagle, The Last Unicorn, and Lord of the Rings, plus Star Trek
I wrote about this a while back, but I've learned more about the situation since then, so I wanted to...