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"A fast-paced, suspenseful dystopian picaresque, part Huck Finn and part bizarro-world Swiss Family Robinson..."

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Skinny Dipping

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.

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Futures, Options, and Swaps (the weblog of Alan DeNiro)

So much of this simply boggles the mind. I’ll reiterate what I said over here…
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I haven’t read the book in question. But I’ve always found her craft and pedagogy references, partic. to fantasy worldbuilding, to be really paint-by-numbers (and way over-referenced as some sort of canonical source for worldbuilding 101–hey, it’s on the SFWA site! [...]

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Sun, May 17 2009 » Fiction » 1 Comment

“America Is My Client” says Bryce Lefever

I nearly drove off the road when I heard this on NPR.
Just listen to the whole thing. Bryce Lefever, ladies and gentlemen.
Complete with a “sit down, shut up, watch what you say” warning to the American people who dare question his espousal of torture.
And I really wonder–the fact that many of the people picked [...]

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Mon, May 4 2009 » Polis » 4 Comments