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In which our collaborate novel Our Lady of the Islands, written by me and Shannon Page, finds a home

Jade par Jay Lake - A French review of the French translation of my book Green. Some complaints, but I interpret the Google Translate version as generally positive.

Textopornographie: France creates its own word for 'sexting' - Of course they did ( Read more... )

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Tolkien - Daniel Larison is very unhappy with Peter Jackson. I pretty much agree with his points, though I am perhaps less vociferous in my articulation thereof.

Literary self-loathing: How Jonathan Franzen, Elizabeth Gilbert and more keep it at bay - Really? Yeah, maybe for them, but I’m with Scalzi on this one. ( Read more... )

Two more movies we've seen for the first time recently are Monsters University [ imdb ] and Thor: The Dark World [ imdb ]. These have both been in release long enough that I'm not going to worry about spoilers, though I'm not deliberately planning any, either.

If you liked Monsters, Inc., you'll probably like Monsters University. If you didn't see ( Read more... )

In the past week, I have managed to see both Frozen [  imdb ] and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [  imdb ].

My capsule reviews...

Frozen: Does for Nordic culture what Brave did for Celtic culture.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Starship Troopers of fantasy movies. A feature film made from 2.5 chapters of a completely different book ( Read more... )

Analysis of "Midnight at Valdosta's" by Jay Lake - Hmm. Interesting.

Sophia Stewart wins the Matrix copyright infringement case - Fascinating. (Via ( Read more... )

Report: 1 in 3 adults aren't screened for colorectal cancer - I’m here to tell you, if you’re one of those unscreened adults, get your ass into the doctor. A colonoscopy may be annoying, embarrassing or expensive, but dying of colon cancer as I am now doing is far, far worse.

Drug Combination Therapy Causes Cancer Cells to 'Eat Themselves' - ( Read more... )

The lights go out and I can't be saved, tides that I tried to swim against - Lisa Costello talks about her end of what’s been going on in our life lately, including parts of the story I have not been free to recount.

Hanging out with Jay Lake (figuratively) - My friend ( Read more... )

Reading: METAtropolis: Green Space - A reader reacts positively to my novella, “Rock of Ages”.

Love, The Weak and Fragile - Love, to me, is like an emaciated refugee that shows up at your door in the middle of the night during a storm. You’re not sure how she had the strength to get here, but here she is regardless, her thumb on your doorbell ( Read more... )

Jade - A middling review of the French edition of my novel Green.

The Jay Wake Book is Complete - Hooray for Sandra Tayler, hero of the revolution!

Classic TV show maps - in pictures - At first the arrangements seem random, but with Monty Python's Flying Circus across the road from Fawlty Towers, and The Killing adjacent to The Bridge (and The ( Read more... )