Award Recommendations: Things I’m Eyeing for the Awards Season (Suggestions Welcome)
A.C. Wise and Sarah Pinsker suggested I put together a list of recommendations for the awards season (Nebula nominations are coming up or something). So, that’s what I’m going to do. For now, I’m only going to discuss six categories, as I don’t read often enough in the others to have a say yet (YET). […]
On World Fantasy Convention 2014
World Fantasy Con is over. I’m home. I’m alive. I’m back to the life of a grad student and adjunct faculty, with a side of writing. And these are my mystical thoughts on the whole experience: I began my journey in the fashion of a handrail used by a string of infected boat passengers. On […]
Hugo Awards Recommendations: Which shorts / novelettes / novellas have I missed?
It’s almost that time again: time to nominate stuff for the Hugos. I usually miss a lot of stuff throughout the year, so I like to reach out to readers to see what they’d recommend so I can create a reading list for myself. Last time, you folks recommended so much that I ended up […]
On #GamerGate — Final Thoughts Before I Find Something Else to Do
If you have no idea what GamerGate is, the Wiki page gives a decent enough summary of the major events. Additional details can be found at RationalWiki. This is the only post I will write on this subject. At this point, I’m basically “over it.” The whole thing is a monumental mess. There’s abuse on […]
On Language and Reinforcing Bigotry
[Note: statistics will vary considerably depending where you are in the world. I’m using statistics and studies which are mostly relevant to the United States, and so this post will focus accordingly. This is my comfort zone, but I encourage others to take a look at these same concerns as they relate to their cultural […]
Movie Review: The Maze Runner (2014)
I didn’t really have high hopes for The Maze Runner (2014). Sure, I looked forward to seeing it on the off chance that it would be a lot of fun, but I didn’t expect it to be a particularly “good” movie. And it’s not, but neither is it “bad.” The Maze Runner is just another entry […]