Thursday, July 28, 2022

One Day Tales of Old Earth Sale! Also, My Confluence Schedule

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 .  As they do rather a lot, OPen Road Media is having a one-day sale of one of my books. This time it's Tales of Old Earth , a rather s...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Brief Essays on Genre, Part 13: On Narrative Hooks

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.  On Narrative Hooks Narrative hooks ought to work, but they don’t.   Instead of drawing the reader into the story, th...
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Monday, July 25, 2022

Honoring Gardner Dozois at the Pen & Pencil Club

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.   Last Friday, I had the honor of unveiling the Gardner Dozois plaque at the Pen & Pencil Club with Gardner's son Christopher Cas...
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Friday, July 22, 2022

TALES OF OLD EARTH! One!! Day!!! E-Book!!!! Sale!!!!! Saturday Only!!!!!!

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.   I've been informed by Open Road Media, my e-book publisher that my collection Tales of Old Earth will go on sale tomorrow, Saturday ...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Pondering "Eshat's Temple"

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 .   This is not a review, exactly. It’s more of a speculation on “Eshat’s Temple,” a story by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro that b...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Brief Essays on Genre, Part 12: On Naturalistic Fiction

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 . On Naturalistic Fiction   Fiction was full of absurdities: men turned to asses, women finding true love, boys ridi...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Claes Oldenurg's Clothespin

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 .   Claes Oldenburg died the other day and the world is a little less fun than it used to be.   Oldenburg's best-known works, often cre...