Monday, April 20, 2026

Albert Hodkinson, A Great And Ordinary Man

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. Friday, I attended a memorial service for Albert Hodkinson. Albert lived next door and was for over 45 years the best neighbor anybody cou...
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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Phil Ochs, Dead Fifty Years Ago Today

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 . A half century later, the man is still dead. And we're still doing our best to forget him. Phil Ochs was, to put an easy label ...
Monday, April 6, 2026

A Box Full of Controversy

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. Look what I found! I've been reorganizing (and, in many cases discarding) my papers and I came across a box containing the "A Us...
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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Your Kevin Bacon Number with Stalin.

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 . I met Sergei Nikitich Krushchev  once--sort of. I shook his hand and got his autograph on one of his books anyway. This was at a lecture ...
Monday, March 30, 2026

New Wave Classics for a Chinese Editor

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 . The other day, I shared an essay I wrote to explain the New Wave to a Chinese audience. It was never published, but that was okay. I wrot...
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Saturday, March 28, 2026

The New Wave Explained in Fewer Words Than Ever Before!

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 . Several-to-many years ago, an editor at  Science Fiction World  in Chengdu, China, asked me to write an essay explaining the New Wave to ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

My Thumbnail History of Fantasy on Fantasy Cafe--Also, a Book Giveaway!

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 . I am pleased to announce that I have a guest essay on Fantasy Cafe . Furthermore, they're offering a book giveaway of my new collecti...