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. . . and Other Stories

I'm pleased to report that I've signed contracts for The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories, to be published by Night Shade in April 2010.Yes!!! You have only a few weeks to wait!!! Night Shade moves fast!(Actually the book has been in production for a while now. The actual contract was somewhat delayed, though.) This valuable volume was edited by Jonathan Strahan, and contents are as follows

Story. Plot. Imagination.

Yesterday I saw Terry Gilliam's new movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus--- yes, a month or more after the rest of you saw it--- and I came out of the theater with a theory. But first, a brief review.The movie is dreadfully slow. Much of the dialog just meanders about and doesn't advance the story (apparently a lot of it was improvised by the actors, and it sounds it). Tony, our main

When Latin Tattoos Go Wrong

I knew people tattooed idiotic dog-Chinese on their skins, but Latin? Latin from an online translation program?You know, I liked Pulp Fiction a lot, too.But I didn't like it so much that I needed a quarter of my chest devoted to Sam Jackson's badass Biblical quotation. I sure as hell didn't need it put in Latin. If I did need it in Latin, I wouldn't have put it through an online translator,

The Obligatory Hugo Pimping Topic

I notice that other writers are out in the blogosphere doing what they do best: working hard to get folks to give them awards. Yes!!! It's Hugo Nomination Time! I've never pimped for awards (at least, not in such a public place). I've always made the assumption that you know damn well what I've published, and therefore have an obligation to vote for my works, so that any awards I win will

Zero Rupees

A new weapon has been deployed in India's war against official corruption--- the zero rupee note.. . . the idea was first conceived by an Indian physics professor at the University of Maryland, who, in his travels around India, realized how widespread bribery was and wanted to do something about it. He came up with the idea of printing zero-denomination notes and handing them out to officials

I Am A Mere Drudge

Page proofs finished.2-hour endless dispute with UPS about getting the page proofs back to the publisher. Result: proofs still in hand.Novelet still unfinished. All fun postponed to the morrow.

Interviews With the Best

We find a brief but informative interview with me on Scifibookshelf.com.

Revenge/Bugatti

Oh yeah. Conan's having fun now.

Reviews Too Late: The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd (2006) was a pet project for Robert de Niro. He'd been trying to make his fictionalized history of the CIA for ten years, but one director after another was, er, "suddenly unavailable." (You might think there might be a story there. I'm sure there wasn't. Ahem. [Looks nervously over shoulder.:]) Anyway, in the end de Niro directed it himself, and it must be said that he did

Possibly the Longest Year of Your Life

Did I mention that I've completed the rewrite of Deep State, the sequel to This Is Not a Game? This would be the New Improved Deep State, Now with Editorial Input. I expect the book will appear in a year or so. You'll all have something to look forward to in 2011!As an aside, I have an idea for an alternate title: Revolution Creep. What are y'all's preferences?