Other folks round these here parts have pointed out that the Locus Recommended Reading List is online this year. Let me congratulate the folks I know more than glancingly whose work appears on the list, including Laird Barron, Beth Bernobich (❦beth_bernobich), Rick Bowes, Toby Buckell, Alyx Dellamonica (❦planetalyx), Cory
Since John Klima will want me touting my chapbook at every opportunity— Okay, no, I can't shuffle my toe in the dirt and put this off on John. I have in hand an introduction from Cory Doctorow that will appear in my chapbook An Alternate History of the
In which Bill, rather than beating a hasty and prudent retreat, takes more bad advice from the same wrong people and runs afoul of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Will the Mounties get their man? Snarkily recorded in stunning Rhinoviraphonic sound!
What is going on in Mexico? First Pan's Labyrinth from Guillermo del Toro, and now Children of Men from Alfonso Cuarón, both directors whose work I've admired in the past but who have far exceeded themselves this movie season. I finally saw Children of Men last
I don't often post about my writing progress here, because usually it inches along with such dismal slowness. I have been unusually disciplined working on projects over the past few months, though, and am feeling good about it all this morning. My normal writing routine, even most weekends,
I had forgotten until now, but Netherview Station (setting of "Inclination") has been illustrated before, by Dominic Harman. The station is also the setting of my 1998 Science Fiction Age story "The Practical Ramifications of Interstellar Packet Loss," which is about a boy 70 light-years from
I keep meaning to remind eligible Hugo nominators (i.e., members of this year's or last year's Worldcon) to keep "Inclination" in mind in the novella category. Asimov's, April/May 2006. (Hey, ❦paulmelko's novella from the same issue, "The
In which Bill, against his better judgment, accompanies a runaway Elder Finn to the airport, where he experiments with phrases you must never use whilst frequenting such establishments. In other words, this is the episode you've been waiting for!
Part Two of Amy Brozio-Andrews's interview with yours truly is now available at Absolute Write! This time around we discuss genre, conventions, and technology. Part One of the interview, which focuses more on writing, revision, and inspiration, is still available as well. Absolute Write says they don'
This is not a lament—it's a honest question. Where are they? Which ones do you know that I don't? A friend wrote to ask me what shops in Manhattan have a good large selection of new SF. I had to cop out and tell her
Asimov's associate managing editor Brian Bieniowski has a delightful guest editorial in the most recent issue, on the subject of SF Grandmaster Jack Vance. Read it, read it, do. Brian's piece dovetails nicely with Robert Silverberg's "Reflections" column, as well, which is
The good folks at Asimov's have released their 2006 preliminary Nebula Award ballot entries online for free. This means you can now read my novella "Inclination" at their site for free, in its entirety. But that's not all! Read Paul Melko's excellent
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