12 Jun 2009, 20:57 p.m.

Let's Hear It For (Labors Of) Love

Here is another narrative of my WisCon: something I learned from editing and publicizing Thoughtcrime Experiments, and what that makes me want to do next. It's long (the longer the post, the more I feel …

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12 Jun 2009, 18:11 p.m.

Should I Go to Think GalactiCon?

I had such a great time at WisCon that I'm now considering sneaking a weekend at a like-minded science fiction convention: Chicago's Think GalactiCon, two weekends from now (the end of June). This year's Think …

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08 Jun 2009, 19:23 p.m.

Rhythm Methods

Seeing the trailer for "Surrogates" put me onto this escalator: I don't say "philosophical zombie" nearly enough In the future, a "horse of a different color" will be a "brain in a differently-colored jar" "Brain …

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08 Jun 2009, 0:34 a.m.

On Desire And Vulnerability, Like Everything Else I Write These Days

The scariest question is "What do you want?" The first time anyone seriously asked me, "What do you want?" it was a teacher, after I'd gibbered at her about a boy and asked for advice. …

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06 Jun 2009, 10:11 a.m.

Hajj

Wow. Leonard and I have gone to MoCCA (a comics festival/expo) every single year we've lived in New York! This year I plan on seeking FREAKING KATE BEATON, Brian Wood, Sarah Glidden (will probably buy …

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05 Jun 2009, 8:58 a.m.

On Reciprocity: One To Many To One

How can I reconcile the awesome company or person you are with the fact that you made a partnership with little ol' me? Could it be that I am exactly as important to you as …

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04 Jun 2009, 23:18 p.m.

Possibly Another Post-WisCon Reentry Letdown Post

Sometimes I forget that various friends of mine will have different frames of reference than other friends have. "mpreg? Is that a file format, like mpeg?" "Maybe you explained open source before, I don't remember." …

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04 Jun 2009, 8:05 a.m.

Post-POST

Scott Rosenberg has been on a roll recently, with blog entries like "Once more into the pay-wall breach: No gravedancing edition": [Y]ou can get some revenue from readers, and there's nothing wrong with trying; but …

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03 Jun 2009, 14:56 p.m.

Failure And Imagination

As it scrolls off my blog's front page: this entry borrows "informational topology" from the excellent science fiction novel Blindsight by Peter Watts, available as a free ebook from his site. If you have not …

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02 Jun 2009, 13:47 p.m.

Wearing Out HREF

Empirically, at least a few folks seemed to enjoy my panel participation at WisCon. Some links that came up during a panel on representing our stories in genre fiction: Tempest's plea to genre authors, they're …

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