Walter Jon Williams's Blog, page 235
October 28, 2009
Seeing the Elephant
Crossed an item off my life list today:Rode the giant steampunk elephant. In France. On my birthday.I`d upload photos,but it doesn`t seem possible on this connection.
October 26, 2009
First Observation
French airports are built with a steely Cartesian logic that is sometimes inaccessible to the Anglo-Saxon mind.
October 25, 2009
Ad Astra
Novel finished and delivered to editors in UK and US.Bags packed for France. Flight in six hours.I'll be gone for three weeks, and may not be able to check in during that time. In the meantime, please buy many copies of This Is Not a Game. Thank you.(Now if only I can find all that sleep I seem to have lost . . . )
October 23, 2009
Eric Idle Responds
Don't we all wish we could respond this way to our critics? Well, now I think about it, we can, can't we?
Michael Palin Responds
Don't we all wish we could respond this way to our critics? Well, now I think about it, we can, can't we?
A Fine Phrenzy
I am preparing to leave this coming Sunday for Utopiales, Europe's largest SF con, where I am one of the guests of honor. After which I will spent a couple weeks wandering around France, basically kicking the tires and looking for cool stuff to write about. (A previous trip to France produced a Nebula-winning novella, so there's hope.) While in France, I will eat about a pound of butter every
Net Neutrality is a Commie Conspiracy!
War hero John "a google" McCain is standing up for America yet again! He's trying to keep the government's evil hands off our tubes--- I mean, our Internets!Yes, children--- John McCain has introduced a bill to ban Net Neutrality! In this he has support from brave weeping patriot Glenn Beck, who has publically called net neutrality a "Marxist plot" aimed at controlling content on the
October 21, 2009
Left Fab 4 Dead
The huge success of Rock Band: the Beatles has produced yet another Fab Four crossover game!What's more fun than blasting hordes of zombies in Left 4 Dead? Blasting zombies with John, Paul, George, and Ringo, that's what!
A Writer's Life
It turns out that F. Scott Fitzgerald's tax returns were never thrown out. An analysis by William J Quirk shows that Fitzgerald was not the irresponsible spendthrift of legend, but a very careful and reliable earner, who carefully documented his income and expenses. (Though, like all of us, he did sometimes wonder where the money went.)Because our profession is, essentially, a gamble, success
October 20, 2009
Wizard Rap
Harry Potter vs. Voldemort in a Wizard Rap Battle!
