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While attending LTUE this week I had the pleasure of attending an academic presentation by Dave Doering, the founder of that excellent writing symposium. He described himself as a fan historian, and quipped that when he started LTUE at BYU, he felt like a “science fiction missionary.” As he prepared to deliver the presentation, I... Continue Reading →
In light of yesterday's post by Jason about the whole WorldCon thing, and conversations I've had with friends recently, in addition to learning more about the history of Fandom: Breendoggle, the rampant child molestation at cons, Kramer of DragonCon... I have not seen the seedy underbelly of the big, old cons myself. My con experiences... Continue Reading →
I don't like to stir the pot. Primarily because I've discovered that the best slow cooker involves a pressure cooker and only 20 minutes! But today I'm definitely stirring the pot with a big ol' wooden spoon (we ran out of wooden assterisks, sorry) because Worldcon just went and jumped the shark. If you're a... Continue Reading →
On one of the mailing lists I belong to, someone commented about how Publishers Weekly was basically declaring the imminent death of science fiction. According to PW, sales of SF were down 21% in 2013 and another 7% in 2014. In other words, SF sales were down approximately 4.14 million units and now is smaller... Continue Reading →
Insanity is repeating the same experiment over and over and hoping for different results Probably not Albert Einstein Now, that’s a bit rich, coming from a writer, and me especially. But hey, I’m a bit stunned and even more idiotic than usual: today was Australia Day, our first as Australians, and as a new Australian... Continue Reading →
Whew! There for a moment, I thought I'd lost my mind. I logged into the Dashboard for the blog and was greeted with a new interface. Worse, it went "Beep, Boop" and I'm only on my first cup of coffee this morning. Finally it loaded the new post page and OMG! it was different. Apparently,... Continue Reading →
and it's the day after a con. For Dave, it's Conclave Two. He's posted over at Coal-Fired Cuttlefish that he is having to borrow access and a computer. So that may be why we haven't heard from him this morning. Either that or his "con-fusion" is like mine usually is the day after a con... Continue Reading →
Mad Genius Club 