Saturday we spent the day on a chartered bus tour of four of the Texas Hill Country’s wineries, and it couldn’t have been a better day for it despite starting off at the ungodly hour of 3:30 am (not the bus tour itself ; I’ll explain that later). Crisp, cool weather, bright Read more…
Joe Haldeman gave me his drink ticket! Oh and other stuff happened too. Okay, okay, day one. Went to the panel on the influence of westerns on SF, and of course Firefly was mentioned. Joe Lansdale ran away with the panel, which discoursed over a wide range of topics, from Zane Read more…
Just a reminder that this weekend is Armadillocon, the premier science fiction and fantasy con of Central Texas. Hey, I can’t help it if I’m biased. They’re like my home team. Here’s my schedule: Saturday, noon: Reading, in Robertson Saturday, 3 pm: Sex, Drugs, and Urban Fantasy: Teen Fiction is Read more…