Title of the entry says it all. Ted Chiang, the author of the short story "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" (which won the Nebula Award) was interviewed on the StarShipSofa podcast. Go check it out.

This is one of the young authors that we should keep an eye on. I would gladly love to read more of his short stories.

So this crazy week of exams is over. Only one translation to hand in next week, but besides that, school year is over. Now I'm waiting for the internship to begin.

About two weeks ago, I wrote a sorta informal three part essay on the train in which I expressed a lot of the frustration I've been experiencing with regards to the genre and issues of ( Read more... )