Soft Apocalypse

March 21, 2011

My sometime student Will McIntosh (Taos Toolbox 2008) has published his first novel, and it’s a very fine work indeed. Soft Apocalypse— the very title of which introduces a useful idea into science fiction— is what happens when your civilization starts to crumble and then just keeps on crumbling.  There’s no bang, there’s no war, […]

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Kickingpunchingscreamingfallingdown . . .

March 21, 2011

So it was karate weekend here in the Land of Enchantment, with people coming from several states to participate.  Friday was five or six hours of class, most quite vigorous, some not.  This was followed by my requalification as a Kenpo black belt, which is something I have to do every so often in order […]

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Plans A-gley, the Way They Do

March 18, 2011

I had every intention of writing a lengthy post tonight, but after due consideration I decided to imitate Topaz here and take a nap instead. My gain, alas, is your loss. The next couple days are going to be occupied with a bunch of full-bore karate events, in which I will be requalifying for my […]

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The Old Green and Purple

March 16, 2011

I’m wearing green and purple today.  Why?  Because it’s St. Urho’s Day, of course! For those of you not in the know, I present a brief video explaining the cosmic importance of St. Urho.  The video is clearly from a year in which March 16th fell on a Monday, but don’t let that concern you.  […]

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Meanwhile, From Japan . . .

March 16, 2011

Meanwhile we have via Jeff Kooistra a complaint from Japan about the way foreign media is handling the earthquake story. . . . Then my email started going crazy.  People from all over the world were writing to see where I was and was I safe. I started to reply but there were too many […]

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Corpse-Eaters

March 15, 2011

I’ve started getting spam from organizations claiming to be charities engaged in helping the people of Japan. They’re lying, of course.  They’ll keep the money and laugh at you while dancing on the corpses of the tsunami’s victims. I’m sure that everyone reading this knows enough to treat this sort of solicitation with the contempt […]

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Set Phasers Tae Malky

March 12, 2011

I have a full weekend ahead of me and probably won’t be posting much, so while you’re waiting for me to serve up my usual broth of wisdom, please enjoy the trailer for the new Star Trek franchise.

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Science Fiction Bagpipe, Illustrated

March 11, 2011

So the artist Ward Shelley has achieved a degree of celebrity in our tribe through his painting, in which he managed to encapsulate the history of science fiction in a graphic that seems to otherwise depict  a couple of Lovecraft monsters having sex. Or maybe it’s a bagpipe turned inside-out. But I’d like to point […]

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Still More Me!

March 9, 2011

It’s another Walter Jon Williams interview! This one’s in Lightspeed Magazine and is conducted by the fine author Chris Moriarty, who knows my work well, and who is also really, really smart. Check it out!

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Mr. Goldberg, Your Dominoes are Falling

March 8, 2011
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