Tad Williams

Tad sent this to me. It's so fantasy-cool-techno.

Cleaning things is, in my humble opinion, not only time consuming and smelly, but futile and morally questionable. Follow me down this convenient rabbit hole so that I can explain in detail. Watch out for the synecdoche, it’s been known to nip.

Serious People have written books about the end of evolution (e.g., about ten years ago, Peter Ward wrote a detailed account of mass extinctions which muttered darkly about our impending doom, a subject of infinite interest to me . . . if I had my own university, you would be allowed to major in Eschatology). One theory goes that humans...

So then, I have been to Denver and back, and a fine first time visit it was. It’s a surprisingly small city full of very healthy looking, fit people; even the few street people observed looked less ravaged than their Fogtown equivalent.

And in spite of the Denver Convention Center being as large as two, maybe three city blocks, and that all relevant activities were held on the far end of said facility, Denvention ‘08 was a consummate blast and a half. This was my third Worldcon since ConJose in ’02, and as usual never lacking in abundant intellectual and sensory no...

So, apparently, The Clone Wars isn't that good. I've seen some reviews that merrily describe it as a 'stellar flop'. Get it? Playing with the whole star thing? Clever!

So I was wandering around downtown today, listening to Ladytron and thinking about Star Wars, because that's the sort of mad way I spend my Friday afternoons. That, and not walking into the drunks staggering out of the serious drinkin' bars to have a smoke.

And it came to me that it's all been downhill since The Empire Strikes Back, really. As much as Star Wars<...

Posted on Aug 19, 2008 | 07:48 PM