For those of you who haven’t heard of it, SteamCon is the first anual Bay Area Steampunk Convention. It happens Halloween Weekend at the Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale CA.
I will be on the following panels:
Engines of Empire: Real Science and Gadgets of Victorian Times - Saturday 1:30-2:30
and
Steampunk Multi-Media: Steamy film, photo, audio and more - [...]
This weekend kept me busy - posting the latest Antithesis episode, hitting the pub with Chris Lester and Seth Harwood, and hitting Silicon in San Jose.
I have to say, up front, that I’m not a big fan of superheroes. Occasionally, a stand-out will come along, like the new Batman Movies or the first X-men film, that will stop me in my tracks and make me cheer, but generally speaking, the whole notion just doesn’t appeal to me all that [...]
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Lisa Paul, in the comments, delivered a round bitch-slap to me for missing the obvious possibility that the following faux-pas could be an attempt to emulate the Brooklynite coloquialism “S/he was robbed” and convey their accent. She could be right. However…I like my take on it better ;). Can anyone confirm whether the author of [...]
You heard them on Reprobates Hour - now buy the books written by Krazy Kiwi Phillipa Ballentine and Irrascible Rabble-Rouser Tee Morris. Today’s the day they make their Amazon run.
Buy
Digital Magic
and
The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant
Tor Books has joined the forward-thinking ranks of Baen Books and the two-steps-forward, one-step-backward stragglers like HarperCollins and started releasing its books on the internet.
Unfortunately, this isn’t a long-term strategy yet - it was a stopgap publicity stunt to people who registered at tor.com while the site was being overhauled. However, just for the [...]
I was discussing the results of the Democratic delegate tally today with my friend Ian Gowen. Little did I know that the man is a burgeoning Cory Doctorow, blogging everything. So, if any of you are interested in my terribly unpredictable (yeah right) analysis of the situation, take a gander at Ian’s blog.
Antithesis 1: Predestination and Other Games of Chance Sculpting God
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