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June 11, 2022
‘The Alternative Polka.’
Weird Al’s polkas are so incredibly useful.
Back from Galactic Con!
…Well, first I had dinner. And a nap that was surprisingly hard to wake up from. And then I drifted along for a bit, until it was time for me to buckle down and work on things. So this is a little delayed.
Anyway, Galactic Con went fine, in the sense that I made the table fee back. And I like it as a venue. But I gotta start finding book festivals. Heck, at this rate it almost feels like I need to start one (I am absolutely not going to start one). So: news on good venues in Maryland would be welcome.
Tweet of the Day, The Surprising/Non-Surprising Video Game Forgery Scandal edition.
Surprising because I didn’t know there was a video game forgery scandal.
People worried about forgeries of old video games.
— Neil Stevens (@presjpolkrta) June 11, 2022
Wait until the forgeries of those very expensive Nintendo games start being exposed.https://t.co/LMbGzus02j
Non-surprising, once I found out that some of these games can go for a hundred thousand bucks. Yeah, you’re gonna get forgeries when that happens. Whether or not you’re also gonna get a specific person abusing your trust networks is another question; but in general? Yeah, you can expect that too.
Book of the Week: TINSE… Hah! Just kidding. It’s AGENT OF BYZANTIUM.
AGENT OF BYZANTIUM is a collection of Harry Turtledove’s Basil Argyros stories. They’re set in a timeline where Mohammed ended up a Christian bishop in Iberia (and eventual saint), instead of the founder of Islam; it’s now the 14th Century, and the Byzantine Empire is doing fine. Unfortunately for them, so are the Sassanids. Basically the stories are about technological innovations, and how an empire that’s not so much technophobic as it is cautious would deal with them. Good stuff all around.
#commissionearned
I am at Galactic Con!
Behold!
Behold! pic.twitter.com/ZHvM2cLprk
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) June 11, 2022
June 10, 2022
‘The Galway Girl.’
The Galway Girl, Fiddler’s Green
#commissionearned
The ‘Wait, Something’s Wrong Here’ SPIDERHEAD Netflix trailer.
Not the SPIDERHEAD trailer itself: it looks fine.
It’s… this.
In 7 days a streaming service is releasing a $100 million+ movie starring one of the biggest movie stars on earth and directed by a guy with a movie in theaters currently that is the biggest smash hit of the year. Yet I can’t recall seeing a single piece of advertising for it.
— Peter Atencio (@Atencio) June 10, 2022
Neither can I. And you gotta wonder why.
Galactic Con tomorrow! (And I need a source for upcoming conventions.)
Everything’s packed up except for one bag for Galactic Con. If you’re in Howard County (Howard County Fairgrounds, 10 AM – 6 PM), come on by! Buy a book! Heck, buy them all so that I won’t have to lug anything home.
Also: I need a good ongoing resource for Maryland conventions and book fairs. Preferably the ones that don’t charge extremely large sums of money for tables. I’m not yet playing at that level.
TINSEL RAIN: Now in print!
This morning, I got the notification that TINSEL RAIN is live, and in paperback. I’ve already ordered the copies for the Kickstarter rewards: I tentatively think that I can start processing pledges in the first week of July. If you didn’t back the Kickstarter, you can order the books at the Amazon link above.
I will not have the books for Galactic-Con tomorrow, but I should have copies with me for conventions going forward. Definitely, for Fright Reads. Heck, I’m hoping to have another chapbook by then, too.
#commissionearned
The GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES Trailer Teaser.
Word on the street is that a couple of the Cabinet of Curiosities are Lovecraft adaptations. Also note: Guillermo del Toro isn’t directing these himself, but that’s okay. Supposedly, ‘Dreams in the Witch House’ is one of the two Lovecraft works, and I’m happy to see that story get done with a decent budget.
Moe Lane
PS: Of course I want to see del Toro do IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, instead. I also want world peace, an excellent working relationship with a reputable literary advertising agency, and a pony. I’m just managing my expectations.
