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Cathedral
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
“Gentlemen . . . for next Monday,” said Dave Coyle, the mission director.
Thinking About SF
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
At this crucial point in history, one fact seems to be universally acknowledged, even across a bitter political spectrum.
Gorilla My Dreams
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
How strange that such an insignificant little world should matter so much.
In the Halls of the Sky-Palace
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
The clack of castanets tapped out a crisp, clear rhythm beneath the smoky torches of the dining hall.
Leopard
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
Under cover of darkness, Mattie crawled among the grape arbors lining the path across from his parents' cabin.
Five Famous Authors do Public Appearances in Second Life
Mon, Jan 26, 2009
“I really enjoyed my appearance in Second Life,” Robert J. Sawyer said, “and I mean that both literally and figuratively. Literally, my appearance was buff, with muscles and hair, the former of which I've never had much of and the latter of which has long been gone. Figuratively, the appearance was a blast: I was there to talk about my novel Rollback, which, in its way, is a transhumanist/extropian novel—about radical life extension. So, I was preaching to the converted, and they were a very friendly lot.”
Blade Light, Episode One
Tue, Jan 6, 2009
The children danced like daffodils in a spring breeze; Tuck gazed with horror at his impending doom.
Johnny So Long At the Fair
Tue, Nov 18, 2008
On his fourth birthday Johnny Glover had his first trip to the Big Smoke, but despite his mother’s insistence that the Outback air was clearer than Melbourne’s, he still didn’t understand why his father called the city that—he had yet to see a fire anywhere.
A Very Formal Affair: A Harry the Book Story
Mon, Nov 10, 2008
I am sitting in my office, which happens to be the third booth of Joey Chicago’s 3-Star Tavern, studying the fight card and wondering if this could be the night Kid Testosterone makes it all the way to the second record before being knocked senseless.
Astralis
Mon, Jul 28, 2008
In the muted light that occurs once a century when the Three Sisters all shine full upon the Great Plaza of Astralis, a man stands within a tall and graceful tower and before a mirror of silver eternaglass nearly as old as the fabled walls of Astralis itself, those ramparts of gray granite bleached almost as white as marble over the long generations under the unforgiving glare of Soleilgrand.
The Gossamer Mage: Intended Words
Tue, Jul 29, 2008
The body was beechwood, smooth and bronzed with age, of perfect balance.
Article of Faith
Mon, Jul 28, 2008
The first time I saw him, he was sweeping the floor at the back of the darkened church, standing in a beam of light that came streaming down from the window above him, glistening off his metal skin.
The Mudlark
Tue, Apr 22, 2008
A week and a half after my mother vanished out of the British Museum, I found her, purely by chance, picking up trash on a stretch of stony shore by the Thames.
Food for Thought
Tue, Apr 15, 2008
Hypnotized by the motion, Mergoyn watched as the array of vibroneedles traveled inexorably toward Wosbel's skull.
Moon Race
Tue, Apr 15, 2008
Usually, gazing out across the crater floor to the weary old ring-wall mountains with the big, blue, beautiful Earth hanging in the black sky above—usually it fills my heart with peace and calm.
Last Plane to Heaven: A Love Story
Fri, Mar 21, 2008
Nichols tried to light a cigarette, one of those fucking Paki horseturds.
Dragon's Tooth
Thu, Mar 20, 2008
The last place Tara expected to find magical items was in a tourist shop on the rue de Rivoli.
