Cory Doctorow is this fascinatingly strange guy. He makes a living writing, for one thing - that makes him pretty bizarre right there. And like a lot of folks on the Internet, he's got unusual tastes in hobbies and pass-times. But he's also full of wild, weird, and sometimes wonderful ideas ( Read more... )

Go read this one and tell me you're not the least teeny bit interested in buying her book. Go on, I dare you.

One of the things on my Christmas list this past year was Tales of the Red Panda: The Crime Cabal. anami's dad ordered it for me on preorder, and it took a while getting to me. I think I finally had it in my hands in late January. Well, now the mass-market edition is out, and it's even been updated (more polite than retconned) to track with ( Read more... )

Holy crap, it's good. You should go grab the StarShipSofa episode so you can hear it: http://www.starshipsofa.com/20090325/aural-delights-no-71-gord-sellar/

No, seriously. It's neat.

So, if you haven't "read" The Tower yet, you should go do that. It's fascinating, strange, moving, funny, and somewhat romantic. It's sweet, too. The protagonist is imaginative and good. I have warm fuzzies, but don't feel like gagging at all.

Gerald had sent an email saying that his mother was sick, and he had to run out of town for a couple days, and that he'd be staying over the holidays. He didn't know when he'd be able to write or email again. So she wasn't surprised when she got home from the business trip to find their flat dark, her fish dead, and something sentient growing on ( Read more... )

Ramona opened her eyes and rolled over to look at the bedside clock. 6:58. She turned the alarm off and got out of bed, padding over to the desk where her laptop lay, still turned on.

She had a message from Gerald in her inbox.

She was surprised at how relieved she felt.

The message said:Hi; sorry I missed last night, but I got stranded ( Read more... )

Gerald opened the door and got out. His feet crunched on the snow as he walked around to the rear passenger wheel. Yep, it was flat alright. What a night to not have a spare - or a cellphone! He got back in the car and retrieved his wallet and a few other belongings. After a few minutes' consideration, he buttoned his jacket up and started ( Read more... )

"Hey, you got another story ready yet? It was supposed to be one a day, wasn't it?" Ramona sounded a little bit disappointed at the other end of the line ( Read more... )

Ramona was just sitting down to a dinner of macaroni and cheese when Gerald came home from his job at the library ( Read more... )