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August 18, 2009
Reviewer praise for SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH -- Best Afterword!
My editor sent this to me, which comes from an Amazon.com reviewer.
Story 14 by John C. Wright. Aside from having the best Afterword, this story is a most worthy capstone sequel to Guyal of Sfere. Poetically written passages. Occasional wry notes. Names sound authentically Vancesque. The story is a treasure trove of DE allusions (Magnatz, IOUN stones, Archveult, forest-gleft, oast), but furthermore provides tribute nods outside of DE, as Ska (Lyonesse), ahulph and Anomus [Anome:] (Durdane), Sacer
Story 14 by John C. Wright. Aside from having the best Afterword, this story is a most worthy capstone sequel to Guyal of Sfere. Poetically written passages. Occasional wry notes. Names sound authentically Vancesque. The story is a treasure trove of DE allusions (Magnatz, IOUN stones, Archveult, forest-gleft, oast), but furthermore provides tribute nods outside of DE, as Ska (Lyonesse), ahulph and Anomus [Anome:] (Durdane), Sacer
Published on August 18, 2009 12:57
August 16, 2009
Frau im Mond
I read this on the blog of the esteemed fpb: http://fpb.livejournal.com/409623.html
I had never even heard it, had any of you? And yet it is since 2007 that Germany had announced the establishment of a purely German space program, separate from the European space agency, and intended to go to the Moon. Now Peter Hintze, the German federal director of aerospace, has announced that Germany plans a mission to the Moon within ten years. One of the many ways in which the world media are corrupt is tha
I had never even heard it, had any of you? And yet it is since 2007 that Germany had announced the establishment of a purely German space program, separate from the European space agency, and intended to go to the Moon. Now Peter Hintze, the German federal director of aerospace, has announced that Germany plans a mission to the Moon within ten years. One of the many ways in which the world media are corrupt is tha
Published on August 16, 2009 08:19
August 15, 2009
HURRAH!
A short note to all of my kind (and unkind) readers (and non-readers) who called my wife a racist and who vowed never to read my books again. I'd like to bless you and kiss you and shake your hands, each of you, because I cannot possibly stay mad at you.
The paperwork came today. I just signed it.
"Based on your application and in accordance with the Adoption Law of the People's Republic of China...."
I am going to be a father.
The paperwork came today. I just signed it.
"Based on your application and in accordance with the Adoption Law of the People's Republic of China...."
I am going to be a father.
Published on August 15, 2009 13:22
August 14, 2009
A quote
Someone sent me this quote. Note the source:
"It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the Church's pastors wherever it occurs. It reveals a kind of disregard for others which endangers the most fundamental principles of a healthy society. The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in word, in action and in law."
- "On The Pastoral Care Of Homosexual Persons", by th
"It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the Church's pastors wherever it occurs. It reveals a kind of disregard for others which endangers the most fundamental principles of a healthy society. The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in word, in action and in law."
- "On The Pastoral Care Of Homosexual Persons", by th
Published on August 14, 2009 18:15
Now they are slandering my Wikipedia page
They also hit my Wikipedia page. While vandal comments about "bigot" and "homophobe" were pulled by the staff for all the right reasons, the link to the OP remains on the grounds that "A person's political and social views are always relevant when properly sourced."
I am naturally reluctant to delete the post. I got grief merely for turning off the comments, which some people for some reason think was an odd thing to do. Any suggestions?
I am naturally reluctant to delete the post. I got grief merely for turning off the comments, which some people for some reason think was an odd thing to do. Any suggestions?
Published on August 14, 2009 18:04
What I am afraid of -- Part Deux
I just got off the phone with a friend of mine. He told me that when I get to heaven, I am going to meet Jeremiah the prophet, who was stoned to death, John the Baptist carrying his head in a charger, and St. Stephen with arrows still sticking out of him. Each one is carrying a palm leaf in his hand.
John the Baptist is going to roll his eyes up and look at me.
John the Baptist: "Internet trolls, huhn? So people made fun of you?"
Me: "Well, I feel I was on a mission from God."
St. Stephen (his face
John the Baptist is going to roll his eyes up and look at me.
John the Baptist: "Internet trolls, huhn? So people made fun of you?"
Me: "Well, I feel I was on a mission from God."
St. Stephen (his face
Published on August 14, 2009 17:14
What I am afriad of
Someone asked me why I offered an apologetic olive branch to my enemies if I still thought I was in the right. Good question. I think it deserves a clear answer. It is also a long answer, so bear with me.
First let us clarify who the enemy is. It is not the homosexuals. The enemy is the homosexual lobby (who for the most part are happily married heterosexuals) that are devoted to a Leftwing antinomian agenda, and willing and eager to use pressure tactics to enforce the doctrinal conformity so ne
First let us clarify who the enemy is. It is not the homosexuals. The enemy is the homosexual lobby (who for the most part are happily married heterosexuals) that are devoted to a Leftwing antinomian agenda, and willing and eager to use pressure tactics to enforce the doctrinal conformity so ne
Published on August 14, 2009 15:32
Flash Crowd! Part Two
Well, I just spent upward of six hours going though the responses left by the friendly trolls, trying to separate the ones I can answer from the ones I cannot, and I the task is beyond me: the trolls were just too numerous.
What I regret as that buried in all that noisome putrefaction, about every fifty or hundred comments or so, was a good comment, one that I either wanted to answer, or one that forced me to change my mind on one of the points brought up.
So, whoever you are out there, you know w
What I regret as that buried in all that noisome putrefaction, about every fifty or hundred comments or so, was a good comment, one that I either wanted to answer, or one that forced me to change my mind on one of the points brought up.
So, whoever you are out there, you know w
Published on August 14, 2009 06:55
Flash Crowd!
Some craven decided to stir up controversy by soliciting his friends to come troll around on my livejournal. I have disabled comments from non-friends until further notice.
The vast majority of comments were logically irrelevant to the discussion, and hence contained nothing of value, neither as argument, nor entertainment, nor as a study in psychopathology.
To those happy few who were kind enough and mentally alert enough to write a reasonable, if opposing, viewpoint, allow me to congratulate y
The vast majority of comments were logically irrelevant to the discussion, and hence contained nothing of value, neither as argument, nor entertainment, nor as a study in psychopathology.
To those happy few who were kind enough and mentally alert enough to write a reasonable, if opposing, viewpoint, allow me to congratulate y
Published on August 14, 2009 00:58
August 12, 2009
Overlap
Combining the last two post topics, I noticed over at Sf Signal a familiar book cover. See if you can spot it.
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/08/books-received-august-10-2009/
Yes, indeed, there is PROSPERO LOST by the Mrs.
Meanwhile, over at Amazon.com three friends of mine and Harriet Klausner have already reviewed it. My friends gave it (on average) four and a half stars, and Harriet Klausner gave it five. This was a generous if odd ranking, because Harriet did not take the trouble to r
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/08/books-received-august-10-2009/
Yes, indeed, there is PROSPERO LOST by the Mrs.
Meanwhile, over at Amazon.com three friends of mine and Harriet Klausner have already reviewed it. My friends gave it (on average) four and a half stars, and Harriet Klausner gave it five. This was a generous if odd ranking, because Harriet did not take the trouble to r
Published on August 12, 2009 18:37
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