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Is Detroit The Dieselpunk Mecca?
Los Angeles, Tokyo, and New York City are cyberpunk/biopunk. London, Paris, and older New York is steampunk/clockpunk, but where do you think dieselpunk would have likely been set? I think since dieselpunk is all about the petroleum power based technocratic society wouldn't Detroit be the logical place? Chicago, Cleavland, and Cincinnati are also ( Read more... ) -
History
Today, January 20th, 2009 at 12 pm eastern standard time, history was made when an African-American man became The President of The United States of America. That's pretty amazing. Whether you voted for him or Sen. McCain you have to admit this is pretty huge, and I for one am glad to be alive to witness it. The country is experiencing a difficult ( Read more... ) -
Things I Want To Do With This Blog.
The beauty of the internet is that everyday people like myself are able to express themselves and their opinions and (hopefully) lots of people will read what they have to say. Some people are funny, some are droll, some are smart, and others...not so much really. The best part is there is so much variety that you don't have to read the stuff from ( Read more... ) -
Cyberpunk Is Dead.
Or so that's what I've been told... I was even told this by Bruce Bethke, and he should know since he coined the term and all. But honestly, as I was editing and re-writing one of my short stories, it hit me; I am either a total maverick (not the McCain/Palin type, but the real deal), or I am kicking a dead horse. Of course I realize it's probably ( Read more... ) -
Why The Double Standard?
Has anyone noticed that Angelina Jolie has been demonized for something half of Hollywood has done...hell half of the world has done? Angelina Jolie seems to have committed the unpardonable sin of ruining one of America's favorite romances. She "stole" Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston, and apparently no one, (by no one I mean the entertainment ( Read more... ) -
My 30 Favorite Video Games of All Time, 30-26
Like most people of my generation I grew up with video games. My uncle bought an Atari 2600 before it was assigned a number, (it was just called the Atari). And I soon inherited it when he upgraded to Intelevision. I then got an NES and soon realized that I could become hopelessly addicted to games if I wasn't careful so I took a hiatus from gaming ( Read more... ) -
The destruction of Flint Michigan, and other industrial cities.
I'm from Flint Michigan, most of you know this. I have been reading about how the Big Three have been needing a bailout, and I am in favor of it. Not because I have any great love for the corporations themselves but because I know that the failure of the auto industry will cause Michigan's already failing economy to go belly up. Not to mention the ( Read more... ) -
I'm attempting Young Adult Fiction.
I've never really thought about writing YA but I was looking at some typical YA and I noticed something odd. There are all kinds of vampire novels, there are lots of fantasy and space science fiction too, but no real cyberpunk or post-cyberpunk, (save for the original short story Cyberpunk by Bruce Bethke, but then I doubt he was writing YA, he ( Read more... ) -
It's Thanksgiving and I'm going to be cooking and cleaning all day.
Yep, I am the chef de la Maison here so I am going to be doing all of the cooking and most of the cleaning. I will be exhausted, however we will be eating well ( Read more... )
