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Mooving Out
O*W*C member Joy V. Smith has a “flash fiction” piece up at Every Day Fiction. “Here’s the family’s file, Ken. Elmer Boardoff has a small dairy farm.” Jeff passed the file to his colleague. “His wife, Elsie, however, got their milk from the famous E line cows — the regular ones; apparently the chocolate flavor…
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Nightly Chat Reminder
It’s time for the annual reminder about our nightly SF chats! Our hosted chats begin at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and run until midnight. You can view the chat schedule here and find the chat room here. We have an upgraded chat engine, friendly hosts, and regular chatters who would love to discuss all things…
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Link Dump
How to Tell if You’re a Superhero – “For someone with several billion dollars who can sleep with anyone they desire you’re kind of a doleful son of a bitch.” Klingon Fairy Tales – “Goldilocks Dies With Honor at the Hands of the Three Bears.” Web Services as Vintage Paperback Covers – These are quirkily…
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Book Review: BSG Official Companion Season Four
Following is a guest review by our resident BSG fanatic, John DiPalermo. The book is Battlestar Galactica The Official Companion Season Four and a review copy was provided to us by the publisher. Battlestar Galactica The Official Companion Season Four by Sharon Gosling Reviewed by John “Battlestar New York” DiPalermo I need to start this…
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Patrick is Awesome
From Lamebook (via Miss Doxie)
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Seen Online
I like my women the way I like my Star Wars films – At least 27 years old & never having had Hayden Christensen in them. — elibraden I wonder if Frodo ever stood over Boromir’s grave and said, “Huh. I guess one *does* simply walk into Mordor.” — sween Fundamentalists…are possessed & driven by…
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2010: Living in the Future
Years ago, Daniel Sinker bought a children’s book at his town library’s book sale. Written in 1972, it had been withdrawn from the library’s collection by the mid-80s, when I picked it up. I’ve somehow managed to hang onto it for 25 years and now, suddenly, here we are: 2010. I’m reproducing this long out-of-print…
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‘Toons That Have Amused Me Recently
Basic Instructions: How to Write a Superhero Story How to Kill Off a Fictional Character How to Confound Your Alien Captor Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: 1719 1708 1727 Tree Lobsters: DeadBeat Dad Mixed Signals Science Cops 2: Sci Harder
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New “Laundry” Story at Tor.com
The Tor site has a story by Charles Stross set in the “Laundry” (Atrocity Archives/Jennifer Morgue) milieu, in which something that definitely isn’t Santa comes down the chimney. All bureaucracies obey certain iron laws, and one of the oldest is this: get your seasonal leave booked early, lest you be trampled in the rush. I…
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The Thing from Another Point of View
Peter Watts has a story in Clarkesworld Magazine which revisits The Thing from the Thing’s viewpoint. It’s rather unsettling, particularly given the alien’s belief that assimilating humans is doing them a favor. I was so much more, before the crash. I was an explorer, an ambassador, a missionary. I spread across the cosmos, met countless…