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To the Stars!
For decades now, in space advocacy circles, there’s been a running joke: “How do we make porn in space?” It’s not prurience, it’s economics. What made VCRs and DVD players popular, and spawned the whole cassette/disk rental industry — which eventually included Netflix? Sure, Disney movies played their part, but the real bucks were in…
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The Greatest Science Fiction Novel Ever (Part 2)
My first post in this series generated a satisfying amount of comments and response, so I’m pushing ahead. Here are the next two entries. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess was a literary and intellectual giant, the author of novels, screenplays, reviews, essays, poems, translations, opera librettos, and music. He won the Nobel…
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The Greatest Science Fiction Novel Ever (Part 1)
If you ask someone to name the greatest Fantasy novel, you’ve got a very good chance of hearing them say, “The Lord of the Rings, of course.” It’s a pretty safe bet. The Lord of the Rings was named the Greatest Novel of the 20th century — overall, no genre specified — in a British…
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DragonCon Report
My science advisor was invited to participate in this year’s DragonCon, the huge SF and media convention in Atlanta, famed for the amazing quality of the costumes on display. Some have called it “Nerd Mardi Gras” and it’s not a bad summary. I tagged along, partly because Baen Books always has a pretty good presence…
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Glowing Review for Ishtar Deception
What it says on the tin. Paul DiFilippo reviewed The Ishtar Deception in Locus. Spoiler alert: he liked it.
The Cambias Digression
Notes and thoughts on everything from what I had for breakfast to the fate of the Universe.
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