http://jdsawyer.net The Sordid Stories of J. Daniel Sawyer Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:21:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My new podcast series, Antithesis, will start podcasting the first of five novels on July 31. The feed for that book, Predestination and Other Games of Chance, can be found here. Subscribe now! http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/07/23/antithesis-1-predestination-feed/ Welcome to all fans of Phillipa Ballantine's Chasing the Bard! You're doubtless moseying on over here because you heard me this week on The Story So Far and are wondering about those podcasts I mentioned. Well, look no further. You can find my collection of fantasy, science ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/07/18/chasing-the-bard-fans-welcome/ When the days are long, and the heat is oppressive, and the construction site next door is pouring the smelliest damn asphalt you've ever smelt, and you're starting to get cramps from the stress...well, you know it's that time of the month. The time of the month when only ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/07/18/two-for-one-linuxjournal/ Well, it's official. I interviewed Cory Doctorow for a LinuxJournal earlier this week, and just got done transcribing the interview. He's not the fastest mouth in the west, but man does he talk fast. At the end of the transcription I clocked his word-rate, subtracting out the ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/07/18/official-doctorow/ This post is mostly for my own benefit, feel free to skip over it if you're not interested in my dusty brain's internal gear grindings. As I've been researching the current state of the biotech debate for my next two books, I've run up against a broad cultural trend ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/06/25/entitlement-mentality/ As part of the research for one of the new books I'm working on, I'm coming up to speed on the state of the art in biotech, nanotech, gerontology, and bioethics. As such, I'll be posting periodically links to speeches, lectures, and articles I find germane to the topic ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/06/15/aging-and-death-desirable-necessary-evils-or-preventable-dysfunctions/ I've updated my Publications and Media Appearances pages to reflect recent article sales which I've been too busy to blog about as they came out, and to list some recent places you can hear me opine about archaic and interesting things. Click on the links in the menu above, ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/06/09/publications-and-media-appearances/ So, after finishing Predestination, and getting the last of the edits in this week from my readers, I'm well on the way to recording and mixing it for the podcast. It's going to be a near thing making a June release date, but so far it looks good. ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/06/09/the-man-in-the-rain/ 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 ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/06/03/ive-been-blogged/ My latest appearance out and about in the podosphere is on The Reason Driven Podcast, where I discuss Satan. We go to and fro from the real history of the devil as told in the Bible (it's not what you heard in church), the history of the devil as ... http://jdsawyer.net/blog/2008/06/03/satan-teaches-sunday-school/