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My review of Tanith Lee’s Indigara has been published on the SF Site. It’s one of the most negative reviews I’ve ever written, which was a little weird for me. I’ve enjoyed some of Lee’s work but this one was way short of the mark. I hope those who read my review will look [...]

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My review of Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky has been published on the SF Site.
Page by page, Dansky builds the tension. This is not a horror novel with much gore or many appearances by the overtly supernatural. Instead it slowly layers on just enough fear, just enough confusion, and just enough weirdness to keep you [...]

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On this fine February 29th, I find myself wondering what about February 29th is so much better than all the alternatives? We could have a December 32nd. Kids could have an extra day of summer vacation, once every four years (although knowing schools today they’d just make them go back a day earlier). We could [...]

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 Welcome to visitors from the New York Times.
I’ve uploaded new versions of the Firefly novel. All the typos which we know about have now been corrected; feel free to continue to send me corrections at kit@dreamcafe.com. The file is also now available in HTML format and I hope to offer at least one mobile format [...]

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Does an author have a responsibility to do anything for their readers, other than tell an entertaining story?
These questions came up tonight as I worked on a review of a young adult book which I’ll be publishing on the SF Site. I’m still thinking about my answers.
To give an example, I know I am bored [...]

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As I said in my last post, I’ve been playing Morrowind a lot recently. The team at Bethesda Softworks did an excellent job creating an entertaining and engaging world and I hope this does not come across as criticism of them or their game; in fact, I bet a lot of what I mention here [...]

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What’s on your mind today? What kind of distractions have been keeping you entertained (and procrastinating)?
Lately we’ve been cat-waxing by watching the West Wing (one of Steve’s favorites); I’ve been playing a lot of Morrowind and there’ve been a few three-way Civ4 sessions (four-way when we include Jennifer). We’re always on the bleeding edge of [...]

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My poem, “a 24th-century reflection on emptiness” will be published in 2008 by Aberrant Dreams. It’s my first pro sale in a few years; here’s to many more in the much nearer future.

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Thanks to the many people who have submitted either alternate formats or corrections to the Firefly, and will incorporate the rest soon — been slowed down by illness the last couple days, but we all really appreciate the response we’ve gotten to this.
BTW, according to our stats over 15,000 visitors have downloaded the novel since [...]

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Once again, by Steve’s request…

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