Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 57

Schlubsteak

On the difficulties engendered by total editorial freedom.

Talkin' Bout Some Bad Mothers

We shouldn't confuse tragedy with misplaced sympathy for the devil.

The Longest Possible Now

Near-future SF has always struck me as the most precarious kind of SF, because of its sell-by date.

Any Deadline Is Better Than None

Or: Set a timeframe for your work, or someone else will. And you won't like theirs.

The End Of The First Lap Is Always The Toughest

The more you go through the draft process and learn how to detach yourself from any particular incarnation of the material, the easier it gets.

I Love Maria

A kooky example of science fiction from Hong Kong, a cinematic world that has relatively little SF to begin with.

Gather Those Rosebuds (Kentaro Miura Edition)

Word broke the other night that Kentaro Miura, creator of Berserk, died earlier this month of an aortal dissection. "Devastated" doesn't begin to describe the feeling.

Behind The Scenes With 'Flight Of The Vajra', Pt. 8: The Soundtrack

The soundtrack for my space opera, 'Flight Of The Vajra', were it to have a soundtrack.

Behind The Scenes With 'Flight Of The Vajra', Pt. 7: The Themes

A discussion of the themes in 'Flight Of The Vajra', and how they are embodied there.

Finitude's Melancholy

I'm experiencing a resurgence of that feeling of how human life, my life, is a limited thing.