I read S.J. Rozan’s most recent novel in January and reviewed it here, where I said, and I quote myself without shame: I do so love me an ending where maybe not everyone gets what they want but everyone who deserves it gets their due. A novel where you get a dozen plots for the…
I first read this book back in my teens, and I was in Hawaii recently and decided it was time to reread it. It has held up really well in the interim. Okay, Michener not the greatest master of the craft of writing, agreed, but he knows how to tell a story. Here he tells…
Read more Pake Kokua (Hawaiian for, roughly, Chinese Helper, which really ought to read Saint).
Quote: “The companies outline futures in which regular people can zip between neighboring cities in a matter of minutes, sailing above traffic and reordering the economy as they go.”Dana sez, Calling George Jetson… (h/t Wired Weekly) Dana sez, love There I Ruined It. And no, he didn’t. (h/t Kottke) Quote: “[T]he Trump administration is putting…
As usual, the Danamaniacs were the real stars of the show. Meaning at the launch of The Harvey Girl at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore on February 28th. But click through the link below and watch for yourself. We laughed a lot. And click through here to join the Danamaniacs. It’s the best…
How about some good old fashioned doowop today?
[from The Heinlein Society‘s Facebook page] “I never “created” or “invented” a “Future History.” On April Fool’s Day 1939 I started to write commercially (appropriate date?); by the middle of August I had written 8 shorts & a serial. As 5 of these items were more or less to the same fictional background, I found…
Here’s an even sneakier way of doing it. I need to go back to Trinity College, because they’ve got a lot more than the Book of Kells. And of course there’s a DIY. I am a sucker for fore-edge paintings, and I’m happy to report that publishers haven’t forgotten how. The most recent example I’ve…
Quote: “Balcony solar is taking state legislatures by storm. In more than half of U.S. states, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would boost adoption of DIY solar systems.” (Fix the News) Fun. Try not to repeat yourself. Heh. (h/t Kottke) I’m dug into the second season now. Increasingly weird but good. Quote for the current…
I took this panorama standing on top of a dune at the far end of the loop that goes into White Sands National Park. It is one of the most extraordinary places I’ve ever been and I wished I’d brought one of those big green trash bags with me. Read on. You know that cheap…
