Cool things are afoot!
- A new documentary is in the works about one of my all-time favorite television series: Millennium after the Millennium.
- Check out the Apex Magazine 2016 Subscription Drive, complete with lots of extra goodies and rewards ( Read more... )

This is just a quick note to say that I will be hosting my annual thirty-one day Halloween countdown here in October. Please watch this space! I'm doing my best to try to make this year's countdown -- the eleventh! -- our most fun and spooky countdown yet. (You can see my past Halloween countdown posts here.) I have a few treats up my sleeve that I ( Read more... )

I'm back from an action-packed Worldcon, just in time for the start of a new semester!

My stand-alone academic presentation from the con, "His Fordship in the Capitol and Big Brother in the Districts: How The Hunger Games' World of Tomorrow Builds on SF's Classic Past," is now available for free on the latest episode of StarShipSofa. If you ( Read more... )

Because couldn't you use another smile in your day?


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Thank you, my friends, for all of your kind and sympathetic words. They've meant a great deal to me over these recent days.

FYI, my most recent "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is up on Episode 410 of StarShipSofa. It's the first of a two-part look into the science fictional and historical inspirations behind the Jedi of Star Wars. If you ( Read more... )

First, a quick FYI for you H.P. Lovecraft fans. The Lovecraftian Science blog is focusing on the extra spooky stuff this month, with delicious posts such as "The Science of Reanimation, Part I" (yes, more is coming!). Don't miss it ( Read more... )

To put a smile in your day (I hope), here's Kaitlyn on her swing.


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The very best part of last week was spending lots of quality time with Kaitlyn. The phrase "made of awesome" was meant for her.

I'm one lucky aunt.


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Today I bring you the "Gratuitous Niece Picspam" edition of the Halloween Countdown. I just can't help myself.

Kaitlyn's having a good October. She's been hanging around pumpkin patches and singing, as you can see, to complement her costume as Anna from Frozen.


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I'm pretty sure Kaitlyn is made of sunshine.


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