"A fast-paced, suspenseful dystopian picaresque, part Huck Finn and part bizarro-world Swiss Family Robinson..."
---Kirkus
Long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and finalist for the Crawford Award. Title short story listed for the 2000 O. Henry award.
There is some good thinkings going on in these posts:
The issue isn’t with revolution or change itself. But moving beyond the “single angry male revolutionist” or the “small cadre of brave revolutionists” model — to realize that the whole field is always changing and swirling, inevitably by itself — that the field is itself responsible [...]
Sat, January 31 2009 » Fiction, Poetry, Uncategorized » No Comments
What is geekier on the part of my early nineties self?
1. Writing fanfic based on Moria (a Roguelike)
2. Playing Magic the Gathering with others over a TELNET BBS. (honor system in describing the cards textually).
Both on a VAX/VMS system.
You decide!
Sun, January 25 2009 » ?!?!?, Life Studies » 2 Comments
The paradox of progress is that imagination is always linked to style, and yet it also provides the seed for innovation that changes the face of function. –Bethlehem Shoals
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My rss feedification seems to be broken. I really need a new blog platform.
Fri, January 23 2009 » ?!?!? » 1 Comment
“Those who treasure philosophical and literary works of a pessimistic, nihilistic, or defeatist nature as indispensable to their existence are hopelessly frustrated with living in a world on autopilot when they would like to switch it over to manual consciousness and nosedive humanity into a crash without survivors.” –Thomas Ligotti
Mon, January 5 2009 » Polis, Uncategorized » 2 Comments
ON FURRIES
It is perhaps not surprising that the furry culture as we know it today sprung up in early virtual worlds (MOOs, Mucks, and Muds — these acronyms themselves hint at the wet dust of the first creations, paradise’s barnyard). Besides FurryMUCK, one of the most significant early furry spaces is the Swedish MUCK called [...]
Sat, January 3 2009 » Computers/Tech » 1 Comment
