The 2013 and 2014 WISB Awards

It’s been almost two years since I last posted my selections for the WISB Awards.  The 2013 Awards should have gone up in January of 2014, but I got a tad overwhelmed with podcasting, Hugo stuff, and academia.  Such is life! But now the awards are back like a weird plague that never really goes […]

Cancer Free Since ’03

For those that don’t follow me on Twitter, you’ll have missed the whole “Shaun had a cancer appointment today” stuff.  As it turns out, I remain cancer free, and have done so since the conclusion of chemo in 2003. And that’s good news indeed. So hurray to me. Good news for the holidays and all […]

Top 10 Posts for August 2014

Not a whole lot was going on here for most of August, but I did post a few new things, which appear in the following list.  Enjoy! The Taxonomy of Genre: Science Fiction as Supergenre Movie Review: Riddick (2013) (or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches Top 10 Science Fiction […]

Anonymous Comments = Off

A quick note for readers:  I ran a bit of an experiment with comments to see if turning off registration requirements (even with something like Open ID) would affect the activity on this blog.  Unfortunately, all that seemed to happen is that spammers got more comments into my moderation queue than real people with real […]

My CONvergence Schedule!

If you’re curious what I’ll be up to at CONvergence this year, you’re in luck because I’ve just dropped a not-quite-full schedule over on the Skiffy and Fanty Show blog!  The schedule will be updated later w/ other happenings; for now, enjoy the huge list of panels, some of which I’m actually on!