Christopher B. Wright's Blog, page 55
May 15, 2012
Aeschylus, James Dean, William Shatner, and Writing
When I was in college and majoring in theatre I had an opportunity to listen to a short clip of a very old recording of a performance of Oedpius Rex. When I say “very old” I mean the recording dated from just before the 1900s, and I was curious to hear what the performance what like. The actor, whose name I can’t remember, was apparently very highly regarded in his day, so it was a chance to hear one of the greats performing one of the classic works of theatre from a time that pre-dated the a...
May 10, 2012
The Points Between Podcast - Chapter 20
"The Other Side" : Matthew leaves Daylight...
May 9, 2012
What Oracle Wants You To Believe
Let’s start with a basic component of any language:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
You’re looking at the fundamental building blocks of a written language—a series of symbols intended to represent discrete components used to communicate ideas. We can add extra symbols into the mix, which can be used to separate and organize these components:
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Now we have the ability to construct sentences. With sentences it should be possible to effectively communicate ideas. Let’s try:
tfrgk id. Uppxq; tmno “...
May 4, 2012
SF Is Better Than Every Other Genre Imaginable, Ever
This is crossposted from my Tumblr page. It has two things going for it: first, it's the most pretentious thing I've ever written about speculative fiction, and second, I stand by it 100%.
Before I begin, let me explain to you, dear reader, exactly why I am eminently qualified to talk about this, and why, based on my impeccable credentials, you should immediately agree with me and accept, uncritically, every word in this essay:
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Glad we cleared that up. Let’s get started.
May 2, 2012
The Points Between Podcast - Chapter 19
"Consequences" : Feeling under the weather from the previous night's adventure, Matthew has a brief encounter with the darker side of Daylight.
April 27, 2012
Pay Me, Bug! reviewed on Easily Mused
Pay Me, Bug! got its first review from a review site today. Easily Mused is a website that focuses on self-published books. Today they reviewed mine, and I have to say, I'm pretty happy with what they wrote.
April 25, 2012
Opposing CISPA
Remember SOPA and PIPA? They're nothing compared to this.
In the name of "cyber security," and under the auspices of helping the federal government defend itself from external threats (threats outside of the United States), a new bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA.
When it comes to passing a law, doing something in the name of security is always a safer bet than doing something in the name of Intellectual P...
April 23, 2012
In Honor of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day...
I hunted through my archives and culled some of the text I wrote from last year's NaNoWriMo. Now, technically the rule for today is "professional level quality," and I don't see this as really fitting that definition. Still! It might be entertaining, in a trainwreck sort of way.
Superhero fiction. Not the entire thing, just four parts... the equivalent of the first issue of a comic book, I suppose.
All Ye International Pixel-Stained Technopeasants, Unite!
On April 12, 2007, Howard V. Hendrix, the then-current Vice President of the Science Fiction Writer's of America (SFWA), sent a letter to the SFWA LiveJournal page that was... um... very ranty. In it, he railed against some of the things he felt was destroying the noble profession of writing. Two paragraphs particularly stand out:
April 14, 2012
The Points Between Podcast - Chapter 18
"Silence and Song" : The mystery of the tower deepens as Matthew takes an unexpected journey.
