A Problem With Language
Something’s been bugging me for a while. It’s about fictional languages and how I fucked up handling one of them.… Read More A Problem With Language
Category: Brain Fuel
My Grandfather’s Antenna
My grandfather turned 90 last month, and I’d like to share an anecdote from the Long, Long Ago. I love this anecdote because it encapsulates a number of my granddad’s characteristics, and because it has a serious atompunk/dieselpunk flavor to it.… Read More My Grandfather’s Antenna
The Sad Tale of the Ininite Monkeys, Who Just Wanted Science Fiction Without Politics
This post is adapted and expanded from a Twitter thread. It may sound familiar to some of you. Do not click this link. (“Indie Sci-Fi Authors Are Upending Traditional Publishing, And It’s Turned Into A War”) It’s hot garbage. I warned you. It’s an article from The Federalist, a conservative web-magazine founded about six years… Read More The Sad Tale of the Ininite Monkeys, Who Just Wanted Science Fiction Without Politics
The Naked Facebook
This post first appeared in 2012, before our opinion of Facebook got even worse. It therefore is somewhat dated. -JU In 1956, Isaac Asimov wrote The Naked Sun, second in a series of science fiction murder mysteries starring Earth detective Elijah Baley and his human-appearing robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw. I highly recommend The Naked Sun, as… Read More The Naked Facebook
Rerun: Messin’ With Sasquatch (Feb 7, 2014)
In light of some recent Twitter chatter, I decided it was a good time to dust off this four-year-old post… No, no, it’s true. The Sexsquatch is real…
The Black Sarcophagus of Doooom
You’ll have seen the mysterious black sarcophagus, yes? Something close to 3 meters long, unbroken, sealed and intact, about 2300 years old. Everyone making the same joke. Fun fact. There really are two types of people in this world, and you can separate them by how they choose to spin that joke: I’ve seen movies, obviously… Read More The Black Sarcophagus of Doooom
