Writing News – “Entropy’s Girlfriend”
- At May 21, 2006
- By Bob Howe
- In News
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My novelette, “Entropy’s Girlfriend,” which originally appeared in the October 2005 issue of Analog magazine, has been reprinted in the Russian science fiction magazine Esli (“If”). I don’t yet know exactly how one gets a copy—when I find out I’ll post the details here.
On another note: to those of you who’ve noticed my almost complete absence from LiveJournal, I wanted to say that it’s because of a new and all-consuming job as the editor of internal publications for a university. I’ll be more visible in my blog and your comments sections soon.
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I am convinced that at this stage of the pandemic, misleading and irresponsible headlines from otherwise reputable news outlets are a major source of damaging misinformation.
“A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful.”
Primo Levi, born on this day in 1919, on human nature: https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/04/24/primo-levi-survival-in-auschwitz/
One other point I'd highlight re: the current Delta Panic is that it's driven media innumeracy rather than by what the Actual Experts™ think. Here e.g. is the White House pushing back vs. an extremely misleading and harmful @nytimes tweet that NYT is too stubborn to correct. https://twitter.com/benwakana46/status/1421182153224818694
VACCINATED PEOPLE DO NOT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS AT THE SAME RATE AS UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AND IF YOU FAIL TO INCLUDE THAT CONTEXT YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1420972977005412354
A responsible headline would read: 99.93% of fully vaccinated Americans have not tested positive. The COVID vaccine works. https://twitter.com/cnbc/status/1421209879629422594
Breakthrough Covid cases: At least 125,000 fully vaccinated Americans have tested positive https://cnb.cx/2Wv0nJM
Good point by Kevin here. What people will hear is that "vaccinated people spread delta variant as effectively as unvaccinated" but that statement ignores low probability of infection if vaccinated https://twitter.com/KevinFPBennett/status/1421081517942624259
Careful about retweeting claims that vaccinated people spread Delta just as easily as unvaccinated people. Here's the slide that's based on. It's conditional on a breakthrough infection occurring, which is still rare.
curmudgeon
editor of internal publications for a university
Oooh! Need any freelance work done?
holyoutlaw
Thanks for the update! I’ve been wondering where you were.
laurie_daniels
Is that a Schwarzenegger model on that cover there? I clicked on the site, but my old eyes can’t tell.
Normally I would not speak for anyone but me, but this time I can say with certainty that you were missed times a thousand. Exciting news for you, but I wish we could have it both ways. Work 22 hours of the day and blog for two! Sleep is overrated!
keikaimalu
Congratulations, and good to see you again.
kijjohnson
Glad you’re back. I figured it was something like that.
And congrats on the reprint!
And did you do anything with that story you sent me a little back?
admin
What I need is about 36 hours of uninterrupted sleep. And a pony—I need a pony.
admin
Hey Luke, sorry I’ve been the Claude Raines of LJ. I’ll check in soon. How’s married life?
admin
Thank you dear. The cover image looks more like the love child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren, if you ask me (imagine those two making the beast with two…uh, fronts—talk about the thunder of the gods).
But I don’t read Russian, and I only speak two works: Spasibo (thank you) and Nekulturny (uncultured). I’m only mildly amazed that I know no profanities in Russian.
admin
Hi! Thank you. It’s good to be back, if only fleetingly. I promise I’ll make a more substantial appearance soon.
admin
Thank you—I know I’ve been observing radio silence too long. Anything happen while I was gone? Coups in the Russian Federation, perhaps? Gordon is using the story to kill rats. That’s why I make all my manuscripts disposable. Cute Vespa—yours?
shunn
Hey, fuckin’ A! That’s so horrorshow!
I feel very out of touch. Gotta catch up!
admin
That’s so horrorshow!
Which, the reprint or the all-consuming job? Is that a good thing or bad?
shunn
The reprint is horrorshow — what they said in A Clockwork Orange to mean “good.” From “horosho” in Russian.
admin
Ha! That’s a great joke—too bad I ruined it by forcing you to explain it. Без перевода.
shunn
Это не проблема. Все ваши основания принадлежат нам!
admin
“My goat is a ruddy scupper?” Boy, talk about supple idioms.
Сопротивление бесполезно.
shunn
Indeed, Bobya, and I have always feared such is the case. By way of corollary: Вы будете ассимилироваться.
admin
Bobya
Okay, I find that highly amusing. I guess it would be Bobya Williamovich.
Я не боюсь Вас, Четыре из Шесть!
shunn
Can you tell I’ve already started browsing Dostoevsky on bookstore shelves?
Я не боюсь Вас, Четыре из Шесть!
Разве Вы не знаете мое истинное название? Я – Один из Восемь! Дрожите, мальчик обезьяны!
astartes_girdle
Hide n seek
It’s amazing who you find on here when you’re other friends post things about their friends. I didn’t know you were still writing. Yay and congrats. Me, I’m now trying to pick myself up out of a two year hiatus, partly cuz I’m unemployed and have time and figuring out how to send out all those things that haven’t ever seen the light of day. Hope all is well with you.
admin
Re: Hide n seek
Hey! I wasn’t hiding—I’ve been right here. Good to “see” you. Send me your current e-mail address.
astartes_girdle
Re: Hide n seek
Errrr, I’ve lost my address book. I upgraded, which meant my modem (that I bought when the internet was DOS) no longer worked. And other glitches.
If you have any old email from me the address is sorta still the same. First part hasn’t changed in ten years and the last is now @telus.net
Kij should have it as I don’t really want to post the whole thing in LJ. : )