2013 Hugos: Best Novella - A reader offers capsule reviews of the Best Novella Hugo ballot, including my own "The Stars Do Not Lie".

'Stoned wallabies make crop circles' - Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite", a government official has said. (Snurched from Steve Buchheit.)

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Yesterday, Lisa Costello and I drove the 100+ miles down to Eugene, OR to attend a Wordos meeting, with a dinner preceding. This was the first Wordos meeting I've been to in years, though for the first half of the last decade I was an almost weekly attendee. It was great good fun to see some old friends there, as well as meet a few new ones. And it ( Read more... )

Reviewing the Nebulas: The Novellas - I’m not a fan of Lake’s writing. Generally, I find it hard to parse his stories, it’s something about my brain stumbling over his word choices. I’m also no fan of steampunk. So the fact that I enjoyed this story, that it’s the best thing of Lake’s I’ve ever read, is some sort of minor miracle. Heh.

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Baseline HealthMy baseline health is a bit poorer than it has been in the past, even allowing for the fact that I'm on light artillery chemotherapy. My nails are splitting and cracking much more readily. My gums bleed excessively from tooth brushing. My ongoing weight gain is disproportionate to my dietary intake and exercise levels. (In the past I ( Read more... )

AppointmentsThings feel complicated right now. (With good reason, I might add.) In addition to my CT scan on 5/7 and my oncology appointment on 5/8, I have an appointment with my primary care physician on 5/10 to discuss the implications of liver failure, and what kind of planning we can do. I'm told by Reliable Sources that one of the best uses of ( Read more... )

Podcast

Yesterday, Mendelspod put up a 20+ minute podcast interview with me and Dad about cancer and the Whole Genome Sequencing. We listened to it in the car on the way down from Austin. I had a terrible cold the day we recorded it, and don't sound like myself at all. Still, my comments were clear and cogent for the most part. Worth a listen if ( Read more... )

I recently posted a link to Cora Buhlert's roundup of Hugo commentary. ( Read more... )

Mostly just to have it out there, but also to give people who might want to catch up with me the chance to know where I'll be, here's my forthcoming travel and event schedule. As always, this is health permitting, though I should be clear through May regardless. I haven't made plans past June except tentatively for Worldcon due to the significant ( Read more... )

A Personal Statement from Iain Banks - Ah, me.

Hugo Nomination Reactions or Why the Fuck is this Controversial? - Cora Buhlert with a roundup.

The Heinlein Maneuver - Bob Heinlein helps out Ted Sturgeon. (Via ( Read more... )

Jay Lake 2013 Hugo Nomination - A short video clip from Norwescon of my nomination being read out. (Thanks to ( Read more... )