Hi all! The awesome alanajoli was kind enough to interview me for a panel on vampires at Flames Rising. A bunch of writers share their thoughts about the Undead, french fries, and the most dangerous vampiric ability; I was especially interested to see where the panelists first encountered vampires. I haven't seen Barnabas Collins name-checked in a while ( Read more... )

I'm trying to update maxgladstone.com every weekday this month, and see how that feels. Today's entry: Rose vs. Amy, or why I feel Stephen Moffat hit the characterization on the Doctor's new companion out of the park.

That's all from Doctor Who, if you're confused. The new series is on netflix instant, I think, and is absolutely worth a view.

I went for a run in shorts on Saturday; the last two days I've doffed my battered leather jacket for the old corduroy, though I'm still sporting the hit man gloves. If / when the Rapture of the Geeks occurs (or any other rapture) this is one of those things we'll lose forever: the feeling of blood opening like a flower as we return to the sun ( Read more... )

Three major projects weigh down my writing table:

1. The "sequel" to Three Parts Dead, on which more later.
2. A serial novel I'm cowriting with alanajoli for the Baeg Tobar website
3. A webcomic with the estimable Mel, who (after a glance at her blog) has been wasting almost as much time playing Robot Unicorn Attack as I've been recently. Warning: don't ( Read more... )

One of the central conceits of my novel Three Parts Dead is that, in the world in which the novel takes place, money as we think of it doesn’t exist. Magic does. Money, if you think about it, is essentially a system of points people use to obtain things they desire: a farmer tills a field, and she gets paid because people want to eat. A ( Read more... )

Any of you interested in zombies or China or horror or love (sort of) will want to check out my short story, "The Four Modernizations," available in the most recent issue of Necrotic Tissue Magazine, which you can purchase here or as part of a subscription through the publisher's website at www.necrotictissue.comGo forth! Read! Enjoy! You know ( Read more... )

Crossposting from maxgladstone.com:

The wonderful people at Eposic Diversions, who published my short story “On Starlit Seas” in The Book of Exodi, will soon publish another story of mine, “Zach and the Thunderbird,” in their forthcoming anthology Out of Order, a collection of short stories about tomfoolery with time ( Read more... )

Just posted to maxgladstone.com again for the first time in a while -- go check it out! Features some discussion of a new story I'm working on, plus links to some awesome illustrations a friend has been working on for Three Parts Dead ( Read more... )

I know, I may be the last person in fandom to read this book, and after winning the Arthur C. Clarke award, garnering rave reviews, and essentially founding the steampunk genre, it doesn’t need any help from me ( Read more... )

orewashinanai referred to the personal utility function in a recent post, which put me in mind of a philosophy lecture I attended as an undergrad featured one of the most hilarious displays of academic obliviousness I've ever had the pleasure to see ( Read more... )