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Siiru o kudasai?
August 5, 2007 – 1:57 pm
According to the upcoming Worldcon’s site, exchanging siiru or stickers is a tradition among Japanese science fiction fans. So I ordered a couple of booklets of stickers from Moo to take with me on the Japan trip. I tried several images from my iPhoto library, but settled on this firework from 2004. Cyn and I [...]
WisCon Quotes
May 27, 2007 – 12:02 pm
Steven Schwartz, on the proposal for a frozen turkey bowling fundraiser: “The Revolution lacks dignity.” Tag: wiscon
New Tiptree Site
May 27, 2007 – 11:24 am
The James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award has a shiny new website, replacing the design they’ve used since 1988 1998.
WisCon 31 Panels
May 15, 2007 – 12:05 am
And it’s almost WisCon again. This year I’m on two panels: Celebrating the Fabulous Work of Pat Cadigan, Queen of Cyberpunk Saturday, 10:00-11:15 a.m. SF writer Pat Cadigan’s novels take us inside the lives of cybernetic therapists, cops, media artists, and even the dead. Cadigan’s futures are both fantastic and believable, intertwining virtual and real [...]
Kitty Bennet, Vampire Slayer: Convention One Shot
April 14, 2007 – 10:52 am
In the comments to Jim Macdonald’s afformentioned post, Heresiarch outlines the convention one-shot version of the Jane Austen + Vampires plot.
Jane, Joss. Joss, Jane.
April 8, 2007 – 7:15 pm
It is a truth universally acknowledged that in every generation, a Slayer is born.
Regendering the Hugos
April 1, 2007 – 11:46 am
Helen and Campbell Award Nominations [ via Sharyn November ]
One of Us
March 29, 2007 – 10:05 pm
Regarding the question of Scalzi’s fannishness: Duck typing applies here. Fandom, to most people outside the Hugo voting population, now means people who read and write fan fiction, not grizzled APA hackers, or twiltone slinging faneds such as we. John can put Member, FWA in the header of his blog and be done with the [...]
Everyone calls me “ma’am” these days
March 12, 2007 – 9:31 pm
Today’s the 10th anniversary of the first broadcast of Welcome to the Hellmouth. I didn’t get into BtVS until Cynthia urged me to watch around the end of season five, “I’m just getting into it and they kill off the title character.” Of course, I got Cyn back: “hey, Avram mentioned this Japanese cartoon, His [...]
Potlatch
March 8, 2007 – 11:02 pm
While many of my tribe are off to Geek Spring Break, I’m in Portland for Potlatch, a small SF convention. Behave yourselves. Potlatch doesn’t have a guest of honor, instead the committee selects a book. This year it’s a collection of stories by the late Robert Sheckley. You can read Bad Medicine, a story of [...]
Acronym Convergence
November 2, 2006 – 10:26 am
Anil Dash mentions the rise of the term TL;DR: the self-describing acronym for short attention spans in “social networking.” The antecedent to that one is RAEBNC, from APA hacking (what we did in fandom before rec.arts.sf.fandom and Live Journal). It’s not new, Anil, it’s just that the cycles are shorter.
Eyeballing Madison, WI
December 28, 2005 – 11:55 pm
Doc Searls flew over my former home of Madison, WI last month on the way to Boston, and shot a decent photo of downtown and the University from the plane. I put in a plug for WisCon in the annotations.
H-Wing Crash
November 29, 2005 – 12:49 am
The Honda H-Wing art car, mentioned previously, was in a wreck last month. Shawn’s insurance company wrote it off as totaled, but he’s repairing it.
She’s Such a Geek! Call for Submissions
November 15, 2005 – 7:26 pm
Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders want stories from women active in geek culture for a collection of essays: We want introspective essays that explain what being a geek has meant to you. Describe how you’ve fought stereotypes to be accepted among nerds. Explore why you are obsessed with topics and ideas that are supposed to [...]