Worth the price of the issue alone, Locus’s Charles N. Brown remembers Baycon 1968.
This was the best con many of us had ever been to, or thought we’d ever go to. The 15-year-old Betsy Wollheim said that from then on other cons would be a letdown.
He goes on to report on the wild and woolly […]
My friend Martin Owton makes drugs by day, is a writer by night, and in between finds time to set quizzes. This is one he came up with recently for writers.
I got an 11. Not great, but I’ll have you know, I didn’t google for a single answer.
Give it a try — put your answers […]
My friend Nell, who covers the health care industry, tipped me off to:
ElderTonic!
Supposedly the pleasant taste “encourages” compliance. I bet there’s something else that’s encouraging compliance.
I have a few pictures from World Fantasy Con. I have to admit, I mostly took out my camera for our day trip to Banff and Lake Louise. We just don’t get mountains like that here in Austin. But I did bring out the camera for the mass autographing. As always, click on the pictures […]
The project is almost complete, and then I will post pictures. I think that the time pressure — must get this done before World Fantasy Con! — was contributing to the failure.
I have a few more steps to make it absolutely perfect (hah!) and then I will reveal it in all its glory.
But as a […]
I have been a bad, bad writer. I allowed myself to get sucked into the Minesweeper vortex, first by saying, “just one game” before I start, and then by saying, “well, that one didn’t count.”
You can see where this is going.
So I uninstalled the damn thing. I have a lot of projects I want to […]
How did humans get out of Africa?
This interactive Web site shows the journey of humanity from its origins in Africa to the rest of the world. Scientists trace humankind through mutations in mitochondrial DNA as populations spread.
Very neat site.
Wow. Just wow.
Obama will have lots of work to do but right now, it just feels good.
The FACT reading group just had their discussion and critique of Gordath Wood and kindly invited me to dinner after they discussed the book. To my relief and delight, they mostly liked it. Yay! There were a few folks for whom the book didn’t work, and their reasons were valid and I am not crushed […]
We’re back. Just a quick rundown of impressions because it’s late. I’ll have a full report in the coming days, along with pictures, etc.
The con was well-run but smaller than I was expecting. Compared to the WFC in Austin, it seemed much less well attended. The dealer’s room was really small. I heard that many […]
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