Friday quick link
John Clute reviewed Steampunk III and had this to say about "Arbeitskraft": Some of the stories assembled in Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution, attempting to fulfill the programme signalled in the...
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Now I know who the skimmers are!
Just two weeks ago I made a list of my 2012 publications and under "short stories" I listed one of the pieces as "Brattleboro Days, Yuggoth Nights: A Hoax." I, of course, meant this piece, which came...
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One-star reviews of A MEMORY OF LIGHT
It's no surprise to me that the book A Memory of Light, which finishes up the interminable Wheel of Time series, has a lot of one-star reviews on amazon.com. I mean, it's probably terrible. And yet,...
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Back
Back from New York. On Wednesday I read, with Brian Keene, at KGB Bar. Simon Drax recorded it. Check it out—it includes important retirement information:I also saw the finale of Fringe, a show I liked...
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Bullettime was reviewed in Strange Horizons this morning, positively. See? Nick Mamatas's work is often been so relevant and timely as to border on the prophetic, and his fourth solo novel is no...
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Amazingly boss, bosses, leader, and manager were not among the most common...
COMMUNISM!...via the Up-goer Five Text Editor which only allows use of the most common ten hundred words in English.Wow, even Socialist Worker, which is the New York Post of left rags when it comes to...
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Oh, Google News, you're so funny
I wonder what genius algorithms led to this image being placed next to this link:
View ArticleMission Accomplished, or Why I am Retiring
My story, "The Big Blue Peacock" appears in Dark Faith: Invocations, and the reviews are in! "TBBP" is easily my most "mainstream" horror story when it comes to plot and sensibility. Indeed, I was...
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Bobby Lee dropped out of On the Road in Denver. "It's not as good as Heinlein," he said. "Not even.""It's different.""Even the cars are stupid. A Hudson?""Hudsons were fast in those days.""I like it,"...
View ArticleAnother band that inexplicably went nowhere
I saw them play at a coffee shop in Jersey City on this tour. And now even YoTube videos are hard to find because when one types in "semiautomatic" all one gets is pages and pages of videos of people...
View ArticleWhat's up with the Socialist Workers Party(GB)?
You know you have arrived as an Internet scandal when you rate a "Downfall" video, and the Socialist Workers Party of Great Britain, the largest far-left party in the UK, rates one:The scandal is only...
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Obey the HypnoToa—uh, Obey the Wall Calendar
Evie Altman, my new favorite person, sent me some photos of the Futurama wall calendar for 2013 today. Today of all days! Because...Well, that's a pretty cute Ms. Cartoon January, but the real prize...
View ArticleLocus recommended reading list
Locus released its recommended reading list here today. If I remember correctly, enthusiasm from two or three of their reviewers are necessary to make the list, which later transforms into a survey...
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The Damned Yet Fancy Highway
I came home to my contributor copies of The Damned Highway's signed limited hardcover edition. See?I'm told there are only about twenty or so left, of the run of 135. So collectors might want to grab...
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Oscar-nominated short animated films
My annual trip to see the short animated films went all right last night. It was marred by a change in the presentation—this year's films were "hosted" by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, the...
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Monday Quick Notes (Plus a Poll)
Happy birthday to IWW co-founder "Big" Bill Haywood! You know what that means, right? Yup! "Arbeitskraft" is back online and free to read! Forward to FULL COMMUNISM, comrades!In a new department I'll...
View ArticleTaxes blah blah aaargh!
Remember last year when the Internet was full of wealthy people explaining that after they spent all their money on homes and cars and private schools and maids and one little six-week vacation to...
View ArticleSay, anybody know anything about how trademarks work?
What, you don't? Well, don't let that stop you from talking about how trademarks work!
View ArticleSWP CC member resigns from CC or Beware the Autonomists! Beware the Feminists!
Regarding our discussion of the other week, there are some cracks of the top of the SWP in the UK now:MARK BERGFELD’S RESIGNATION LETTER FROM THE SWP CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR SWP MEMBERS ONLY. DO NOT...
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