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Seen any good American science fiction lately?
It's occured to me that I haven't found any really good American science fiction lately --the last two writers from those parts I discovered were Wil McCarthy and Kage Baker and that's a good five years or more back now. Are there any new stars I should know about ( Read more... ) -
Why Laura Hamilton sells more than Robert Jordan
Andrew Wheeler has Taken on Patrick of Pat's Fantasy Hotlist, about the socalled changing of the guard in fantasy, that is, the idea that there is a top tier of bestselling epic fantasy writers and whether or not the people on the top will be replaced anytime soon or not. Andrew Wheeler thinks this is the wrong question to ask, but also says that ( Read more... ) -
Happiness is...
...A cup of coffee, fried-egg sammiches and a full friend list... -
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So Sand is gone home to see the kids for a week, which means I have the house to myself and can walk around in briefs and nothing else do some serious work for a change.
Since I know myself, I thought it would be handy to make a little list:
Clean shed
Bring bike to be repaired
Keep house clean
Keep garden alive
Go to Ikea and see if we can ( Read more... ) -
It's official
Today, I'm finally as old as Jesus.
That's right, I turned thirty-three today. -
oh meow, look at all the colours, man
Apart from the light blue monster, this comic is pretty much what happens when you feed our eldest cat catnip. Enough drool to flood a small county. -
Make the stupidity stop!
The Wikipedia page on Copernicus is currently locked, apparantly due to an edit war between Polish and German partisans about his nationality.
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Heroes
Yes, it has finally travelled to this side of the Atlantic; double bill on BBC2 tonight, which just finished. Interesting, certainly will watch it again next week, but
Boy do those start and end voiceovers annoy me. Also, saying it's heavyhanded in its foreshadowing is like saying World War II was a bit of a fracas. -
Braaaaaaaaainsssssssssss
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