The Hieroglyph On The Wall Dept

io9 (which I normally don't read) just posted an extract from one of the stories inHieroglyph — "By the Time We Get To Arizona," by Madeline Ashby — and it looks intriguing — just edgy (I hate that word, but whatever) enough to be skeptical, and just curious enough to be optimistic. If the rest of the anthology is in the same vein, then I'll be making a meal of my previous words with a side order of crow and a helping of Werner Herzog's boiled shoe leather.

Most of my skepticism — read: cynici...