Ish tagged me with the 15 Books meme, in which— quickly, and without giving it a lot of thought— you write down the top 15 books that will always stay with you. I’d like to start another meme, in which you actually think about this stuff before hurling a list before the public. Here’s the […]

The Review Fairy has been good to me this week.First, This Is Not a Game got a nice review in the Seattle Times. Fast-paced and with an immensely satisfying resolution, “This Is Not a Game” uses the latest true-to-life phenomenon of “Alternate Reality Games” to make its gripping story’s grasp tighter, more relentless, and one […]

Northrop has built a replica of the world’s first het-powered flying-wing stealth bomber, the Horten Ho 2-29. First built and tested in the air in March 1944, it was designed with a greater range and speed than any plane previously built and was the first aircraft to use the stealth technology now deployed by the […]

A new Dying Earth volume will be released any day now, a book that is not by Jack Vance but of Jack Vance. Songs of the Dying Earth is a collection of stories written in honor of Vance, by writers like Kage Baker, Tanith Lee, Mike Resnick, Dan Simmons, Robert Silverberg, and yours truly. It’s […]