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Watch This Space
I had a writing project I was going to post here for Black History Month, but it’s not quite done yet and it’s more appropriate to post next week. See you there.
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Parable of the Gracchi
Yes, I know, it’s an illustration of Julius Caesar’s assassination. Bear with me, nobody paints the Gracchi. Today, I saw screaming on Facebook about civility, screaming on Facebook about political...
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Cowboy Bebop, 20 Years After – Introduction
Once upon a time, in New York City in 1941… at this club open to all comers to play, night after night, at a club named “Minston’s Play House” in Harlem, they play jazz sessions competing with each...
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Cowboy Bebop, 20 Years After – Session 01: Asteroid Blues
Session 01: Asteroid Blues Song and Silence What is Cowboy Bebop? In the fall of 2004, as my fiancée’s mother lay dying during a long, long convalescence and I took six college courses at a community...
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July 20, Day of the Moon
Worlds grow old and suns grow cold And death we never can doubt Time’s cold wind, wailing down the past Reminds us that all flesh is grass And history’s lamps blow out But the Eagle has landed; tell...
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Cowboy Bebop, 20 Years After – Session 02: Stray Dog Strut
Spike: “Well, the show’s finally underway!” Jet: “What’s all this?” S: “Next week, we’re totally changing gears. It’s gonna be anime for all ages.” J: “What’s the story?” S: “Housepets wreak havoc...
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I’ve just (re-)discovered Twitter, and on about the second day, Cat Rambo posted a tweet from the Magical Realism Bot: “A Brazilian math teacher proposes marriage to compassion.” She challenged the...
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2312 – Kim Stanley Robinson
I really, really want to like Kim Stanley Robinson. I do. His ideas are beautiful. The Mars trilogy is the most in-depth analysis of Martian terraforming ever committed to print; Mark Watney couldn’t...
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New Story! “Hull Down” on Amazon
At last, “Hull Down” is available to read from Amazon! “The room pulsed around him, its fetid breath almost palpable even through the helmet. The bodies of Commander Wu Suzhen and Major Sam Harris...
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The Stars Come Closer: WorldCon 76
[Not a real George R. R. Martin, but one of the four Martin impressionists at large]As most of you know, I spent this last weekend in San Jose, at WorldCon 76. It’s why I overhauled the blog and...
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