Walter Jon Williams's Blog, page 177
July 16, 2012
Comic-Con Newbie
I’m now installed in academic splendor at UCSD and have started my Clarion teaching gig. The students seem to have been drawn from a very large talent pool, and I’m impressed by their technical abilities.
But I arrived on Friday, and the actual teaching didn’t start till Monday morning . . . so what did I do in the meantime?
That would be what is seems now to be called San Diego Comic-Con International, which I gather is the world’s largest gathering of pop culture fans. Comic-Con had very kind...
But I arrived on Friday, and the actual teaching didn’t start till Monday morning . . . so what did I do in the meantime?
That would be what is seems now to be called San Diego Comic-Con International, which I gather is the world’s largest gathering of pop culture fans. Comic-Con had very kind...
July 13, 2012
To Clarion!
I’ll be teaching Clarion for the next week, and so my appearances here may be few, and brief.Yes, it’s my third workshop in, like, six weeks. And my fourth trip out of town.
And it will be awesome!
July 11, 2012
Missing the Wire
For all its virtues, David Simon’s Treme can’t replace David Simon’s The Wire in my affections.
Unfortunately, neither can this.
Yes, it’s Wire: the Musical!
The Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams from Michael Kenneth Williams
Unfortunately, neither can this.
Yes, it’s Wire: the Musical!
[via Chris East]
The Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams from Michael Kenneth Williams
July 10, 2012
Got It In One
It took about ten seconds for John MacMichael to guess the answer to my last quiz.
Yes, I was in Seattle. I was there for my agent’s annual retreat, and I caught the Tutankhamun exhibit while I was there.
The exhibit was full of lovely stuff, but I was annoyed at the misleading advertising, which makes use of Tut’s golden sarcophagus. Tut’s golden sarcophagus isn’t actually in the exhibit. Nor were any of his other sarcophagi. Nor was Tut himself.
There was one golden mask, the one in my last po...
Yes, I was in Seattle. I was there for my agent’s annual retreat, and I caught the Tutankhamun exhibit while I was there.
The exhibit was full of lovely stuff, but I was annoyed at the misleading advertising, which makes use of Tut’s golden sarcophagus. Tut’s golden sarcophagus isn’t actually in the exhibit. Nor were any of his other sarcophagi. Nor was Tut himself.
There was one golden mask, the one in my last po...
July 8, 2012
Where’s Walter?
I’ve been traveling the last couple days. This photo should offer a clue as to my present location.
Where am I?
Where am I?
July 4, 2012
Detective Dee. Plus a Temple of Doom.
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame never made it to New Mexico, so far as I know, so it took me a while to see it. Directed by my onetime creative associate Tsui Hark, the film showcases Tsui’s deranged imagination as well as his usual breathtaking imagery. Along with lots of big, bright, expensive special effects.
You won’t be bored.
The film is based vaguely on history, but that doesn’t slow it down much. Judge Dee— Di Renjie— was a jurist and imperial official during the Tang...
July 3, 2012
The Life Cycle of the Red Corpuscle
I found out how long my mountain-boosted pulmonary system lasted. Ten days.
During Taos Toolbox I spent two weeks at nearly 10,000 feet, which means my body was madly churning out red blood cells to carry all the extra oxygen I needed to survive.
When I came home, I figured I’d be bringing a ton of O2 with me, and I would be, like, Superman, at least till all my extra corpuscles kicked the bucket. And in fact I was. I blasted through my karate class the other day. When I was running on the elli...
During Taos Toolbox I spent two weeks at nearly 10,000 feet, which means my body was madly churning out red blood cells to carry all the extra oxygen I needed to survive.
When I came home, I figured I’d be bringing a ton of O2 with me, and I would be, like, Superman, at least till all my extra corpuscles kicked the bucket. And in fact I was. I blasted through my karate class the other day. When I was running on the elli...
June 30, 2012
Advice on Titles?
Since it’s the bicentennial of the War of 1812, I’m going to see if I can get a little bounce off the anniversary and release my old sea stories as ebooks. Beginning with those set in the War of 1812, of course.
(For those of you who don’t know, I had a career writing historical novels before I found a new berth as a science fiction writer.)
First up will be The Raider. Except that The Raider wasn’t my original title, it was the title that Dell foisted on the book following its own strange algo...
(For those of you who don’t know, I had a career writing historical novels before I found a new berth as a science fiction writer.)
First up will be The Raider. Except that The Raider wasn’t my original title, it was the title that Dell foisted on the book following its own strange algo...
June 29, 2012
From Our Friends in Mockba
Hey, sometimes it’s just about the joy, y’know? Start the weekend with some toe-tapping and finger poppin’, secure in the knowledge that Irving Berlin will be with us always in spirit.
[via Sue Casper]
June 28, 2012
O Rage! O Désespoir!
As most of you probably know, I’ve kept a finger, sometimes a whole arm, in the game business, and there’s nothing I like more than a game based on a literary source. (Particularly if the source is mine.)
But of course the literary works chosen for games tend to be, well, full of large-scale violence and massive peril. Spells and swords collide in Stormbringer, and adventurers battle Elder Gods in Call of Cthulhu. More swords and spells in Conan, and superheroes bash each other in the Marvel H...
But of course the literary works chosen for games tend to be, well, full of large-scale violence and massive peril. Spells and swords collide in Stormbringer, and adventurers battle Elder Gods in Call of Cthulhu. More swords and spells in Conan, and superheroes bash each other in the Marvel H...
