Walter Jon Williams's Blog, page 53
April 1, 2020
Kali in the Age of COVID
[thanks to Pat Cadigan]
March 31, 2020
Rates of Infection
So, lets compare infection and mortality rates in the different countries! Heres a useful video courtesy of the BBC. Who wins? Who loses?
March 29, 2020
Now We Are Sick
So. Apparently I started the self-isolation thing a little late, because I am now unwell. Its a common cold, so far as I can tell, but just because everyones talking about one virus doesnt mean the others go on holiday. I started coughing on Wednesday, which raised a modest amount of concern, but I didnt have the continuous dry cough thats a symptom of COVID 19, nor did I have a fever, and until those things happened I was going to stay off the hot line, and let it try to help people who...
March 23, 2020
Hang On Little Tomato
All things being normal, Id mosey to a cocktail bar tonight, then walk down the street to the Kimo, the worlds only art-deco pueblo revival theater, to see Pink Martini. But things arent normal, I wont be in any theater anytime soon, and if I drink any cocktails Ill have to make them myself. But I can still listen to Pink Martini, albeit at some remove. So here they are with a timely message, in Hang On Little Tomato.
March 22, 2020
The New Profiteers
Something I heard just today. A couple weeks ago, before COVID really hit New Mexico, trucks from Texas appeared in nearly every community and bought up toilet paper from every outlet, including convenience stories like 7-11, then carried them back home. I kind of admire the enterprise of these guys, but I also want to shoot them in the head. Reno, are you there? Yes. Hand this Texans ass to him.
March 21, 2020
Ten Days to Shake the World
Youve go
t ten days left to apply for Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, this year with Nancy Kress, George RR Martin, EM Tippetts, and myself. Theres a hard deadline of April 1. Not to be pushy or anything, but you should probably get that manuscript in the mail.
t ten days left to apply for Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, this year with Nancy Kress, George RR Martin, EM Tippetts, and myself. Theres a hard deadline of April 1. Not to be pushy or anything, but you should probably get that manuscript in the mail.
March 20, 2020
In Place
Im rusticating in place these days. Not because Im showing symptoms of COVID 19, but because our governor has closed all theaters, gyms, bars, and restaurants (other than take-out). My karate school has closed, and so has my masseuse. I should be in Orlando right now for the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, but it got canceled (and left me stuck with a non-refundable $700 hotel reservation). The Jack Williamson Lectureship is moving to next autumn. Theres no place to...
March 17, 2020
March 16, 2020
The Green and Purple
Had a very enjoyable St. Urhos Day, topped off with a supper of Finnish pancakes. The only thing that would have improved the day would have been Finnish gin, but I cant get Napue in the States. I notice that St. Urhos Wikipedia page links to a list of fictional saints. And the other ones arent? I thought. Let us all chant along with Finlands mighty saint: Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen! (Grasshopper, grasshopper, go from hence to hell!) Long live the green and purple!
March 15, 2020
The Big Sleep
So my masseuse broke into a coughing fit with me right there on the table. Well, thats it then. Ive got it. Im doomed. Bury me with a roll of toilet paper in my hand.
