SF in SF

September 20, 2008 – 7:18 pm

At the Variety Preview Room with Nick Mamatas, Terry Bisson, and David Levine. Mamatas read a mashup of Lovecraft and Raymond Carver. Levine read an equaly scary story about comic strip characters learning the horrible nature of their universe. It’s a fun evening out. Terry Bisson’s a great moderator. The seats at the Variety Preview [...]

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“[A]meliorate the evils under which the country is laboring”

September 17, 2008 – 10:38 am

[ Hat tip: Tom Higgins ] Given the mess in the financial markets, this bit of history is amusing: September 17, 1859 “At the peremptory request and desire of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last [...]

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