What’s been keeping me so busy; or: what I’ve been doing this weekend (with photos!)

I just realized that I never wrote a post yesterday, which just goes to show you how busy I’ve been this weekend. So for those who are wondering what has been keeping me so buys; or for those just looking for some new content, here following (with pictures!) some of the things keeping busy since [...]

A smile that cures all ills

I had a long day at work today. I was in the office just after 6am with the thought of trying to catch up on some things early, before I could be interrupted. Alas, that’s not how it worked out. I was recruited to a task that diverted me for more than 2-1/2 hours. That [...]

A quick update on the roofing

Roofing1 I slept better last night. The pain medicine helps. And even during the day the pain is better than it has been for the last 10 days. I’m not yet certain if the one “mosquito bite” is improving. I think it is, but I am biased. I am going to say that I am cautiously [...]

Sleeper cells (literally!)

I had the chicken pox when I was 5 or 6 years old, some 33 or 34 years ago. It still stands out in my mind for two reasons: (1) I’d been invited to my first bowling birthday party, and then I came down with the illness and could not go. Being 5 or 6, [...]

My interview with Barry N. Malzberg is now live at SF Signal

I had the pleasure of interviewing Barry N. Malzberg1 for SF Signal last week. We talked about the science fiction of the 1950s and his involvement with The Galaxy Project, an effort to bring back some of those classic novelettes and novellas that appeared in Galaxy during that decade. Head on over there to check it out. This [...]

My Strange Horizons contest prize has arrived

Recall a few weeks back when I was the randomly-selected winner of Strange Horizons’ donation drive? Well, yesterday, my prizes arrived, the two gorgeous, hardcover volumes of Paul Cornell’s Superman: The Black Ring. And Mr. Cornell was kind enough to sign them, too: Thanks again to Strange Horizons and Paul Cornell. This was a really [...]

A recap of my recent posts around the Interwebs; plus one new one!

So in case you’ve missed it, I’ve been a busy boy the last few days with various guest posts and things seemingly all over the place. Here is a recap in case there’s anything you missed: Over at John Mierau’s Serving Worlds, I have a guest post on my interpretation of a famous science fiction [...]

Introducing the Author Index to my Vacation in the Golden Age

I’ve been wanting to do this for some time now, and I’ve finally got it done! I have put together an Author Index to the Vacation in the Golden Age. The index is a listing of all authors alphabetically. Indexed beneath each author is their stories or articles that have appeared in the Vacation so [...]

I have a guest post over at John Mierau’s Serving Worlds

Not long ago John invited me to write a guest post on a quote from science fiction and interpret the quote any way I chose. Today, you can find out both the quote I chose and my interpretation by heading on over to John’s site and checking out my guest post. I think it’s an [...]

My favorite writing weather

I often hear writers talking about their favorite time of day to write, their favorite coffee shop in which to write, their favorite office space or chair. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard a writer describe his or her favorite type of weather in which to write. I was thinking about this recently because I [...]

My latest Wayward Time Traveler column is up at SF Signal

Over at SF Signal, my latest Wayward Time Traveler column, “A Correspondent to the Past, Part 1: 1939” has been posted. This is the first of 4 parts and it’s a little different from what I usually post in the column. But I had a lot of fun writing it and its 3 companions.

Bryan Thomas Schmidt: How Golden Age SF Influenced Me (A Dialogue)

Bryan Thomas Schmidt is in the midst of a month-long blog tour promoting his debut novel, The Worker Prince. Bryan and I had a fascinating discussion about his book, writing, and the Golden Age of science fiction. You can read our discussion below. Bryan Thomas Schmidt: Well, Jamie, thanks for inviting me to your blog. I [...]

« go back — keep looking »

  • Vacation in the Golden Age

    Episode 38 August 1942

    Stories by MacDonald, Clement, Rocklynne, Cartmill, Padgett and Knight

    View previous episodes

    Episode 39 coming May 28

  • Subscribe

    Subscribe in a reader

  • Archives

  • Stuff

  • Meta

  • What I am reading

    I'm currently reading

    All Clear
    0 of 5 stars
    All Clear
    by Connie Willis

    goodreads.com

  • Fan Page

  • Networked Blogs

    • With Picasa plugin by Wott