Blog &Writing Eugene Fischer | 13 Apr 2009
My poll asking readers to tell me what genre they think my story “Husbandry” is has been up for a week now, and as of this writing the results are: 4 votes for “Fantasy,” 5 votes for “Science Fiction,” and 6 votes for “Something Else.” So it’s pretty close. The something-elses have, I think, some [...]
SF/F Eugene Fischer | 12 Apr 2009
My parents met and socialized with Theodore Sturgeon at the University of Kansas before they were married–they claim to have the only copy of Venus on the Half-Shell (written by Phil José Farmer pseudonymously) signed by the real Kilgore Trout. EDIT: My father wrote to correct me: they got Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut, [...]
Amusing Eugene Fischer | 09 Apr 2009
Facebook, which always has my best interest at heart, communicates with me through the ads it chooses to place on my profile page. I have just decoded its latest instructions: I am to set up a social networking website that lets me achieve wealth by acquiring free samples of Huggies and selling them to the [...]
Amusing &Health Eugene Fischer | 09 Apr 2009
I’m still getting over my respiratory infection, trying to take it easy and hasten being able to start on my Humira. I’m on Levaquin now, which will hopefully help. But content may be light here for a little while, as my energy levels are low and my activities not particularly varied. For now, here’s a [...]
Clarion &SF/F Eugene Fischer | 08 Apr 2009
My Clarionmate Sarah Miller has had a lovely, elegant flash piece published at Everyday Weirdness. Take a few moments and make your day a little stranger by experiencing “The Music at Bash Bish Falls.“
Health Eugene Fischer | 07 Apr 2009
I spent much of yesterday insane. I mean this quite literally. The highest that I actually measured my temperature was 102.6, but I suspect that there was some selection bias there, in that to measure my temperature I had to be competent to operate a thermometer. An easier to fact-check set of statistics is items [...]
Writing Eugene Fischer | 06 Apr 2009
My short story “Husbandry” has just gone up at Strange Horizons! I encourage you to read it, and hope you enjoy it. I have never been able to characterize this story to my satisfaction in terms of genre. I can’t decide if I think it is fantasy or science fiction. To that end, a poll:
Video Eugene Fischer | 05 Apr 2009
Those of you who enjoyed Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno videos which I linked to a while back might be interested in knowing that Green Porno 2 is now being shown. The focus of this second season is the sexual behavior of sea creatures.
Blog &Books Eugene Fischer | 04 Apr 2009
The thing to do today on the internet seems to be to post about love. Well, specifically, to post the sentence “I love you” to your social networking sites. Now, naturally, I love no one. (Well, that’s a lie. I mean, it goes without saying that I love you. But since I love only you, [...]
Amusing Eugene Fischer | 04 Apr 2009
INT. IHOP — NIGHT EUGENE is sitting in a booth. He has a sore throat, and so is trying not to speak. There is a laptop computer open on the table in front of him, into which are plugged the headphones he is wearing. In the booth adjacent to Eugene’s, a MAN and a WOMAN [...]
