Month: November 2009
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To Japan:
Muah! XO, Chris The Bird and The Bee – “Love Letter to Japan” Thanks, Karen! 🙂
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Total Oblivion
If you didn’t already know, Alan DeNiro’s first novel, Total Oblivion, More or Less, is now out, and you should be reading it, cause it is fantastic. And while you’re at it, if you missed his short story collection, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead, from a few years back, you should take…
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Nebula time
Calling all speculative fiction writers and readers: The Nebula Award nomination period is now open! The rules have changed a lot this year, and I’m excited to see how those changes are reflected in the preliminary and final ballots. Alas, I’ve read almost nothing but books assigned for my MFA degree and my own students’…
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Reviews of the new Interfictions
Two really well done reviews of the new volume of Interfictions are out. First one from Strange Horizons: If anyone else feels like we’re still drowning in slipstream—or, rather, drowning in definitions of slipstream—this follow-up to the 2007 anthology Interfictions certainly won’t offer any easy answers to the question of what’s been going on lately…
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When we are like Anne
“Despite everything, I believe people are good at heart.” I’m so glad Anne Frank could believe this. It’s a testament to her own goodness. It is not a testament to human nature itself, though. It tells us more about Anne than it does about ourselves. I don’t believe it. I don’t attribute my disbelief to…
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Squirrel war looms on the horizon
(AP) Several squirrels are barking at each other outside my upstairs window like military personnel. If any of them turns out to be the jerk who was living in my attic a year and a half ago or so, and if he’s planning to launch a new attack, there will be war. Just sayin’.
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A repeal
I hereby repeal my obviously premature congratulations to the state of Maine, which I gave out all too naively this past May. Now, instead, I’d like to say good luck to those Mainers who want a better, inclusive, love-supporting culture in which to exist for their and their children’s futures. I feel sorry for everyone,…
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Amazon Top 10
The second volume of Interfictions releases today, and just tonight I learned that the anthology has been selected by Amazon.com as one of the top 10 SFF books of 2009! You can see the whole list by clicking here. I can’t wait to hear what readers think of the selection of stories Delia and I…