Peter David's Blog, page 171

…and boy, are my arms tired.

I just flew in from the west coast...



Comicon is, as usual, more of a marathon than a convention. I have just finished running the latest one, and it was its typical combination of entertaining and exhausting. Every year I'm a little older and it gets a little ...

POTATO MOON, Part 71: "Decisions" by Alison Aspasia

NOTE FROM PAD: Sorry for the delay, Potato Tots (my freshly coined name for fans of the story, since "Potato Moonies" has unfortunate connotations.) It was entirely on my end; Alison turned in her contribution right on time. I've been pretty brain fried because of Comicon. ...

Since Peter is out of Town and at SDCC

I present our annual ask the wife thread with a  bit of a twist.

You can also ask Ariel questions and for the first time,  you can ask Caroline a question.

A few rules:

If I deem a question inappropraite, it will not be answered. I ask that you limit yourself to one ...

STASH WEDNESDAY - July 22

Putting this one up early since I'll be in transit.

PAD

Forty years ago today…

My family and I were visiting Israel, and we watched on television as the astronauts walked on the surface of the moon.

Some weeks later, my kid brother Wally, all of six years old, started school, and he came bounding home at the end of his first day all excited to ...

My Schedule for San Diego

Folks have been asking me what my schedule is like for the San Diego Comic Con. It is as follows:

Thursday – 1 – 2 PM, Marvel Booth signing (#2429)

Friday – 10-11—Xbox 360 booth, Hall G #5225, signing
Friday – 11:15 – 12:15 PM, X-Men Panel, Room 6DE
Friday – 1-2 ...

POTATO MOON, Part 70: "Origins and Revelations" by Robert Fuller

"The wot, milady?" asked the confused vole.

"Never mind!" snapped the Potato Goddess. "Which direction did they go?"

"Well… that is… I don't rightly know." The vole quavered as he shut his eyes, certain that something unpleasant was about to befall him, probably involving chives.

Fortunately, they were ...

"Please state the nature of your medical emergency"

From the opening sketch for this year's "Mystery Trekkie Theater" at Shore Leave: "Mad scientist" T. Alan Chafin goes on a rant, and then perfectly mimes having the beginnings of a heart attack. With Mike Friedman, Bob Greenberger and me clustering around him, I shout, "We need a ...

Cowboy Pete hangs out for a spell with "Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Prince"

Half-Blood, half-baked, whatever.  Discussion with mild spoilers (oh, right, like you don't know every beat already) follows:

The latest entry in the Harry Potter film series presupposes that you've either read the books, seen the previous films or--more than likely--both.  It hits the ground running and just assumes that you'll catch ...

This off the news wire…

"SAN DIEGO (July 17) - Jumbo flying squid — aggressive 5-foot-long sea monsters with razor-sharp beaks and toothy tentacles — have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, spooking scuba divers and washing up dead on tourist-packed beaches."

Am I the only one who thinks they're coming to town for Comicon?

PAD