Monthly Archives: November 2007

Speaking as a private citizen, my problem with voting at tomorrow’s Federal election is that I don’t want to vote for ANY of the candidates. We seem to be offered the choice between reprobates and the reprehensible, the insincere and the unconvincing, the dishonest and the dissolute. I suspect that the only real wish of … Continue reading »

I’m feeling a bit dazed this morning. Somehow we always manage to lose track of time. It’s about four weeks to Christmas, and the next week or two are going to be consumed by preparations for Jessica and Sophie’s end of year ballet and acrobatics performances. We’ve got a half day rehearsal this Sunday, a … Continue reading »

Over at Ecstatic Days, JeffV mentions that he’s just re-read Jack Vance’s The Dying Earth, and is delighted to find that it holds up today. I’ve been working with Vance material over the past eighteen months, and I’m really happy to hear that other readers are finding it as fresh and vital as I am.  … Continue reading »

Amazon have released their new e-book reader, the Kindle, this week. It’s of absolutely no relevance here in Australia because it’s not offered for sale here, we don’t have our own Amazon store, and we can’t use the wireless network it’s based on.  That said, a thought or two.  It seems unreasonable to say that … Continue reading »

Well, I’ve done exactly one of the things I’d intended to do since I got back from the States. This morning I emailed out the first draft of the Locus Short Fiction Recommended Reading List. Lest you think that I simply make this list up, it starts with a large list of stories sourced from … Continue reading »