Happy birthday to the Great Detective himself, Sherlock Holmes. May you party like it's 1895!


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My latest article in Reason Magazine (Oct. 2015 issue) is now online: "The Many Resurrections of Sherlock Holmes: Why the Great Detective is Always in Fashion."

I hope you enjoy it!


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My latest article is now out in the print edition of Reason Magazine (Oct. 2015 issue): "The Many Resurrections of Sherlock Holmes: Why the Great Detective is Always in Fashion."

When it's online, I'll post a link.


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Happy 161st birthday to the Great Detective himself, Sherlock Holmes. May you party like it's 1895!


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I had quite a bit of archive-y, research-y, rambly fun before Worldcon. As for London, beyond the Sherlock Holmes Museum, I managed to drop by the Museum of London (my photos are here) and several Holmesian spots, such as Arthur Conan Doyle's home on Upper Wimpole Street (where he wrote the first five Sherlock Holmes short stories), St. Bart's ( Read more... )

Quick note, FYI: The latest Humble Bookperk Bundle from HarperCollins, featuring DRM-free, multiformat ebooks available for pay-what-you-want rates, includes works by two of my favorite authors, namely The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold and American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Check it out! (Thanks to CurtisMy new semesters begin next week at ( Read more... )

I'm back, staggeringly jetlagged and tired but very happy, from a fantastic visit to London and Loncon 3/Worldcon. I'll be catching up on emails shortly. Pictures and reports of my English adventures will follow. You have been warned.

For now, let me say that the third and final installment of my "Looking Back on Genre History" series entitled " ( Read more... )

I have my preliminary schedule for Loncon 3/the 72nd Worldcon. I'm really excited!

Friday, 15 August
11am-12 noon
Solo presentation: “Sherlock Holmes and Science Fiction”

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Ruth Graham started it with her article at Slate: "Against YA: Read whatever you want. But you should feel embarrassed when what you’re reading was written for children." Graham manages to diss not only all of YA fiction, but also fantasy, science fiction, and detective fiction, as well, in favor of big-L LiteratureOne of my favorite contemporary ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May, 1859 - 7 July, 1930)!


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