Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Alan Turing in South Carolina, 1937

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In December 1937, while at Princeton, the young mathematical genius Alan Turing traveled with his friend Venable Martin to visit Mart...
Sunday, June 01, 2014

P.S. to Politics in sf, or, which side am I on?

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(Just posted to Facebook -- after hundreds of Likes and scores of comments -- and reposted here.) Folks, y'all have ranged far beyond ...
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Friday, May 30, 2014

Politics in sf, or, which side am I on?

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(Just posted to Facebook, and reposted here.) Many friends, colleagues, and acquaintances in the science fiction/fantasy trades, assuming...
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Saturday, May 03, 2014

The story of "Beluthahatchie"

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I'm delighted that the May issue of Clarkesworld reprints my 1997 story "Beluthahatchie," alongside new stories by Maggie Cl...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

I'm a Hugo and Nebula finalist

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My co-writer Ellen Klages and I are finalists for the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award , both in the Best Novella category, for " Waku...

Coll's "King of the Khyber Rifles" (1916)

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I can't afford to bid on this 1916 Joseph Clement Coll illustration -- one of a series that accompanied Talbot Mundy's King of the ...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

On inclusion in SFF

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In the nearly 20 years I have been active in SFF, I repeatedly have told hundreds of aspiring writers – undergraduates, Clarion and ...
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Sunday, June 02, 2013

I won a Nebula Award!

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My story "Close Encounters" has won the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, selected by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers ...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013

A New Year's Eve news roundup

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Secret Weapons. Agence France-Presse reports on researcher Ray Waru’s discoveries in New Zealand’s national archives, including a top-s...