Flogging Babel

. I wrote my traditional yearly Halloween story yesterday, and I was going to post it here for all to enjoy.  But when I read it to Mariann...

. Here's the short version: About two weeks ago, an observer at the Catalina Sky Survey spotted a small meteor (c. 1 meter in diameter) ...

. Explanation: Last Friday I was off at the 2008 Asteroid Deflection Symposium, and discovered what prices the Hyatt wanted for simple acce...

. "I won't be writing anything more," my friend said. "What?!" My friend was a serious writer, a significant writer...

. Well, I'm off to Capclave , Washington DC's annual SF convention. The Author Guest of Honor is the legendary James Morrow , renow...

. Too often, we forget the extraordinary power that words have over human beings. They can start wars and revolutions, send young men off t...

. Here it is at last, the distinguished thing.   Two copies of The Best of Michael Swanwick  arrived in the mail today, which means, I assum...