Doctorow Short Stories (And A Long One)
In anticipaion of today’s mail drop, I re-read “Another Time, Another Place”, the short story contributed by Cory Doctorow to the Chronicles of Harris Burdick anthology. Without spoiling it too much, it’s a great story about hope and possibility. As much as I’m a fanboy at MAXINT volume for all of Doctorow’s work, I tend [...]
Locus Magazine Recommended Reading for 2007
Every year Locus magazine, the trade journal for science fiction and fantasy writers, puts out a recommended reading list. I usually end up reading about half of it, sometimes based on re-inforcements from sources like Cory Doctorow (himself a frequent name dropped on the list), BoingBoing or a nod from another author whose work I [...]
The 2007 List
Presenting the fourth installment in a continuing series dating back to 2004: the 2007 list. Best Parenting Moment: Son Benjamin’s Bar Mitzvah, celebrated with lots of friends and family. He made us cry, he made his hockey coaches cry (something I hadn’t seen before) and he played a mean guitar solo with the band. Best [...]
Cory Doctorow Comics
Combining my love for off-beat comics with an overtly fan-boy consumption of Cory Doctorow led me to my own Brighton Beach Memoirs moment of perfect mash-ups: I’m now in possession of the first three Cory Doctorow comic books based on his short stories. The artwork is fantastic, the realizations of the characters contain enough subtle [...]
Foreground Process, Reading Input
I basically did a control-Z on blogging about a month ago. It was completely unintentional, a combination of too much travel, holidays, a short family vacation, a lot of work, and quite honestly, the NJ Devils going on an 8-game winning streak that had me devote significant time to coaching from in front of the [...]
Vacation Reading
Just got back from a week of much-needed vacation in Aruba. Our first time to that wonderful country, but definitely not the last. The confluence of Dutch, Spanish, Caribbean and American cultures is fantastic; where else can you see a 300 year old fort with a Dunkin’ Donuts across the street? Spent most of the [...]