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So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
So here we are, in the final issue of Jim Baen’s Universe.
Chemo for Algernon
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Like most people, I grew up in a household where cancer was considered the deadliest killer of all, and where the word itself was uttered only in hushed whispers.
The Critics, Lord Love ’Em
Fri, Nov 20, 2009
The critics are secure in their opinions, and I suppose that’s a good thing.
Pros and Cons
Sat, Sep 12, 2009
There was a time—and not so long ago, either—when if you were a fan and you wanted to see your favorite author(s), there was only one place to go: Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Convention.
Looking Close to Home
Wed, May 27, 2009
Science fiction tends to take place a long distance away from here, both in time and in space.
The Sun Will Come Up Tomorrow
Wed, Sep 10, 2008
There was a (brief) time when they closed the Patent Office because there was nothing left to invent.
Remembering Giants
Thu, May 15, 2008
There is a great Secret History of Science Fiction to be written, one that exposes all the scams, lies, dirty-dealings, illicit affairs, and the like—but while I know more than my share of it, someone else will have to write it.
Television Has a Lot to Answer For
Sat, Dec 22, 2007
It was close to seven decades ago that Isaac Asimov looked around at the current state of the art, realized that except for Eando Binder’s crude, pulpish hero Adam Link, almost every robot in science fiction was a malicious monstrosity, applied a little rationality, and came up with the Three Laws of Robotics.
Breeding Like Rabbits—Or Hugos
Mon, Oct 15, 2007
Walk up to any serious science fiction reader and name the last hundred Hugo winners.
Revealed Falsehoods
Thu, Sep 6, 2007
Over the past century, the giants of science fiction have occasionally written a line or two that somehow survives them and their work, and is eventually viewed by most members of the field as a Revealed Truth.
Slush
Thu, Jun 14, 2007
Everyone talks about slush, but no one does anything about it. Except read it. Very reluctantly.
Straitjackets
Thu, May 17, 2007
I’ve received some interesting comments over on Escape Pod, an audio site where they read one of my stories every now and then.
April 2007
Sun, Mar 4, 2007
Okay, I hear you ask, how the hell can Jim Baen's Universe pay such phenomenal word rates? Are we just a loss leader for Baen Books?
Editor's Page February 2007
Fri, Jan 12, 2007
So here I am, the new Executive Editor of Jim Baen's Universe. And here you are, wondering who the hell I am and what I like.
The Editor's Page December 2006
Tue, Nov 14, 2006
Since our third issue came out a few weeks ago, we've expanded our staff by adding two new people.
The Editor's Page October 2006
Sat, Sep 16, 2006
Jim Baen, the founder of this magazine, died three months ago. Between that and the fact that we've now had enough initial experience with Universe to have a much better sense of the prospects for the magazine than we did when we launched it at the end of last year, I think it would be appropriate for me to use this issue's Editor's Page to let our readers know what our current plans are.
The Editor's Page August 2006
Tue, Aug 1, 2006
My original plans for this issue's "The Editor's Page" got swept aside last month by the death of Jim Baen, the man who launched the magazine and whose name is
