The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction — A compendium of all (most?) things science fiction BestSfBooks — Provides a centralized spot to find the winners (and nominees!) of the 12 major sff prizes. Writing Through a Rough Patch — From Michael […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went to Toronto this weekend. Mostly for this: and this: I also got treated to this: We had awesome weather! Union station flooded! with raw sewage! Fun! It got better the next day, and we walked around for a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So there’s this guy Jay Lake, maybe you’ve heard of him. Writer type. I’ve only read Mainspring so far, but it’s good. On his blog, he drops three posts daily. Daily. Yikes. There’s an informational one, like this. There’s a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I recently finished Among Others. Since I spend at least an hour each day in active transit, be it the car or bike, I listened to this one rather than read it. It’s a lively book about a teenage Welsh […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A week has passed since the final event of Kontakt, and I finally have a bit of time and brainpower to reflect on it. I go to Zagreb on a fairly regular basis. I’ve been several times since 1998, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I meant to write a big wrap-up of this, but I’m still working on the Eurocon one, so Dan beat me to it. And he has nicer photos than me. So check his report out here: http://dandurocher.blogspot.ca/2012/05/cn-cycle-for-cheo-2012-edition.html I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is why I always get a copy of the Sun when I go through Heathrow. Did you know that people take pictures of cats and caption them amusingly? And then put them on the Internet?! Gosh! Also, they have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t forget, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario needs your help. I need your help, Team Awesome has hit 615$, but so far, only 95$ of that is mine! Thank you, donors, btw! :). Please help us make our goal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back, safe, home again! I’ll have a write-up of my excellent time in Zagreb at SferaKon/Eurocon once I can feel my brain. I finished Rule 34 on the plane, and wooo, pretty good. I’ll try to elaborate later. Also I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I managed to talk my sweet into going to Hopdevil last night and had this tasty lager. The bar seems to have branched out from its specialization on Belgian Trappist ale to a more worldly offering. In fact, they only […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…