Susan Wise Bauer's Blog, page 29

Shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke SF award

Some interesting titles on this list: I've only read one of them, but intend to look up the others. There's a little bit of wrestling with genre definitions in the news article that accompanies the list:

"It's a very strong selection and quite varied, reflecting science fiction publishing in this country," said chair of judges Paul Billinger. "There are novels from people well-known in the genre – Miéville, Robinson and Roberts – but what they have written is not perhaps standard SF; they...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-28

Family day. COOKIES FOR DINNER. #Started the day with 47 emails in my Priority A email box. Now have 24. Unfortunately, those are the 24 most complicated… #Polishing up lecture I didn't give last Wednesday because I was in ER w/DD9 (who is fine–currrently outside, whacking things with a stick). #Just got off elevator to RIC terminals. Filled with very happy guys: "Hey, you flying into Cancun?" Me: "No, New Jersey." #Heading out to walk and think (and shiver) in Central Park. #Free Friday at...

Signs of spring on the farm

This morning Dan found the biggest egg ever in the nesting boxes. Not just an egg. An EGG.

That's ONE egg in the pan.

Somewhere out there, a chicken is lying down to recover.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-21

Heading off the grid for family day. #DS18 called from India. He went on a camel safari, took a 15-hour bus trip to Delhi, likes his volunteer job in the Rajasthan desert. #Just ate Baskin-Robbins brownie hot fudge sundae w/peanut butter & chocolate ice cream for dinner. Don't worry, I'll take some vitamins too. #Writing tonight's lecture: clarity and simplicity in sentence style. #Heading home from ER with DD9: concussion and fractured clavicle. NO MORE HANDSTANDS! #Man, are we tired. #To...