Flogging Babel

. A good example of the overexamined lives led by American presidents is the fact that the White House has just released the list of books...

. I've been working all day on an introduction to a book by somebody I greatly admire and only now remembered that it was Wednesd...

. There is a moment in the latest Star Wars movie, seventh in the franchise and first under the aegis of Disney, that epitomizes this...

. I am a pessimist. This was not a decision on my part; it is simply the way I am. But on reflection, I am glad of it. Every time I park...

. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Every year, around this time, I think of my mother's first job after college, working in the gar...

.  This is kind of an experiment. I've been posting fiction, mostly SF but a little fantasy, on Twitter once a day for the past c...

. Science fiction and fantasy writers are a group are extraordinarily generous with advice to new writers. A moment's thought, ho...