9 This just in: I’ll be doing a fiction reading, with fiction writer and SF academic John Langan, at the Melville Gallery of Manhattan’s South Street Seaport on Tuesday, January 2, as part of the New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series.
The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and complete details can be found on the NYRSF page. The series is curated by Jim Freund, host of Hour of the Wolf, broadcast on WBAI radio.
“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” --W. Somerset Maugham https://twitter.com/nadiabulkin/status/1365010996188901385
People who have written novels: what's your best advice for writing a novel? Please share! ⤵️
https://youtu.be/dN3wEdK_vxw
NOMADLAND is a grim reminder of Gibson's aphorism that "the future is already here--it's just not evenly distributed." I once naively thought that meant the shiny, cool future of tech would trickle down--now I realize it also refers to post-apocalyptic futures that seep up.
Sorry, you lose the right to complain about partisanship once you've fanned the flames of violent insurrection. https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1364628986769399818
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) goes off on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) during USPS oversight hearing:
“I didn’t vote to overturn an election. And I will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship.”
People are really trying to dissect what is a "cage," what is a "facility," what is a "shelter," when the bigger issue we should be dissecting is very simple: why have we as a country been criminalizing migration from the Global South since the 1990s and even before that?
steelbrassnwood
Damn! It’s unlikely that I’ll get back from upstate in time. 🙁
Anonymous
I should be able to make it.
Bill
shelly_rae
Yay! Now I wish I could stay one more day. I’ll check out the story on Salon. Happy New Year indeed!
Anon
admin
Damn your corporate masters! Well, it’s the thought that counts.
admin
Dude, excellent! I’ll see you there.
admin
Happy New Year to you, too, Shelly Rae. I completely understand you needing to get back to the left coast. By the way, re: seals, had this to say.
Anonymous
Thank Ellie and you for last night. Sorry to say by tomorrow evening I will be out in the heartland, bringing those poor benighted souls, the gift of ME!
rick bowes
admin
Ah, the gift that keeps on giving. It was good to see you last night.
kuangning
Just sneaking in birthday greetings; I hope it was a good one, and a wonderful year ahead.