Monthly Archives: February 2009

What will be your Edward Gorey death?

Another one of those stupid internet quizzes. I do enjoy Edward Gorey, though. What will be your Edward Gorey death?

Novel by Philip K. Dick Gets an Ending

In this NY Times article, it is revealed that Tessa, P.K. Dick’s last wife, has finished the novel The Owl in Daylight that Dick was working on when he moved to the next level due to a massive stroke induced by alien mind control rays mixed with amphetamines. Interesting that she could not find a […]

The Long Tail

Here is a Bruce Sterling interview (in English and Italian) about The Long Tail. “In the future a million writers with one reader each will be more important than a publication with 10 writers and a million readers.“ I think that is obvious. Today the value of one share of stock in the New York […]

Status Update

I am getting over a nasty little cold. I have not been doing much of anything, including reading, just sneezing. I ordered a new pair of glasses online at quite a savings. I got the eye exam at a department store and I am waiting for the glasses. I will blog about the results when […]

Dreams With Sharp Teeth

Harlan Ellison is a total asshole. He’s also a good writer. I’ve got the first part down pat, although I don’t think I’ll ever be a good writer. See a talk by Ellison and the trailers to this movie about him: Dreams With Sharp Teeth

Free Public Domain Movies

The link is to an interesting blog that finds public domain movies. There are hundreds of movies that did not have their copyright renewed and went into public domain before the current Mickey Mouse copyright act went into effect. Most of these are “B” movies or were filmed at studios that went out of business […]

Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, July 2008

Last year F&SF had a giveaway to bloggers of a free magazine. I finally got to it and the review is at: Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, July 2008

Jimmy Rogers

I like this guy. I read his book (about his motorcycle trip around the world). I think he is very smart, but I don’t always like his opinions (or else I don’t understand them). This is great rant about the banking system from 2/11/2009. The key here is that Jim is shorting American Stocks, which […]