By Carl Slaughter: David Gerrold is swimming in novels and has been cranking out more than a few short stories for Asimov’s, Analog, FSF, and other magazines. On a personal note, his adopted son, the inspiration for the Martian Child … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s popular Diving Universe is back after three years. The Falls, the fifth novel in the series, came out in October. In addition to the five novels, there are nine novellas and short stories, all … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: In the 80s, Takamo was a snail mail RPG launched by a couple of college students. In the 90s, it switched to email. Now it’s browser/minion based and operates on the latest platforms. Over the decades, Takamo … Continue reading
By JJ: As part of my 2016 Hugo reading, I had on my list Impersonations, by Walter Jon Williams. I hadn’t read any of his books up to now (but hey, WJW, thanks for the beautiful color postcard from Worldcon; … Continue reading
(1) TRAFFIC. How do you get more pageviews for your blog? Talk about politics. But, of course, these things must be done delicately. Notice the daft, er, deft touch in Camestros Felapton’s post “Well, He Kept That Quiet”. The local newspaper … Continue reading
(1) WHEN LAST HEARD FROM. Rachael Acks, your life is calling. Confessions of a Pokémon Go player. I wasn’t going to play Pokémon Go. Seriously. I’ve never played Pokémon in my entire life. I still have zero desire to pick … Continue reading
Compiled by Jonathan K. Stephens. All thanks to Jonathan for assembling in one place the favorite stories named by readers over the past couple of days, and for his yeoman work in giving them a consistent format. He has also noted how many different lists … Continue reading
(1) KGB. Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Michael Cisco and Farah Rose Smith on Wednesday, July 12, beginning at 7 Eastern. MICHAEL CISCO Michael Cisco is the author of several novels, including The … Continue reading
(1) CLOSE ENOUGH FOR…WHAT KIND OF WORK? Ted Chiang tells The New Yorker that “ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web”. … This analogy to lossy compression is not just a way to understand ChatGPT’s facility at repackaging information … Continue reading
[Introduction: Melanie Stormm continues her humorous series of posts about the misdirected emails she’s been getting. Stormm is a multiracial writer who writes fiction, poetry, and audio theatre. Her novella, Last Poet of Wyrld’s End is available through Candlemark & … Continue reading