In the wake of the Stephen Colbert Whitehouse Correspondents dinner kerfuffle, I was cruising the Internet[s] looking for prior precedent for comedians excoriating a sitting president to his face when I stumbled across a draft version of Al Franken’s routine…
Amazon will occasionally send me email with recommendations for me to check out. Apparently, I have been confusing the heck out of their suggestions system, as the above email is the result. Yes, they simultaneously recommended War Against the Weak:…
You’ll slap yourself over this one, as you too could have traded your disdain for OPEC in for a phat book deal. Looks like your anti-OPEC arguments are represented fairly substantially in Learsy’s Over a Barrell. *grin*
Credit goes out to Aron for ferreting this one out. He’s been on a bit of a Flickr kick recently and happened across a Flickr group that is seeking to photographically document the real-world locations described in Neal Stephenson’s Baroque…
Title: Old Man’s War Author: John Scalzi Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Military Science Fiction Available From: Barnes & Noble, Amazon If my blogging has seemed a bit light and/or incoherent this week, it is entirely the fault of John Scalzi’s…
SciFi buffs will most likely be familiar with the name “Orson Scott Card” – yes, that Orson Scott Card. He’s written up a very, very positive review of Serenity. Dig it: It’s great. I’m not going to say it’s the…
I know I’ve been flogging the Serenity horse pretty hard these last few days, but this will be (one of) the last movie-related posts, I swear. TIME.com has posted an hilarious three-way interview with Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman that’s…
That’s it. It’s time for a “Browser Brain Dump,” folks. I’ve had a huge number of tabs sitting open in my browser as of late, with all sorts of information ephemera taking up valuable virtual memory. Thus, in the interest…
As previously noted, Glenn Reynolds has been slacking on the “Insta” portion of his nom de ‘Net. He’s apparently expecting a copy of the physical version of John Scalzi’s superb Agent to the Stars. From the looks of things, Glenn…
I’ve always thought that romance novel covers offer an frightening intriguing view into the bizarre notions that publishing companies hold regarding what attracts female readers. Were I a female, I do believe I’d be downright offended at the vast majority…
