Blog Eugene Fischer | 27 Aug 2009
From a very young age I have devoted a great deal of mental energy to the process of making popcorn. My parents had an oil-based popcorn maker that I fell in love with as a toddler. It had a yellow plastic dome that you could see through, and a reservoir for oil and popcorn, and [...]
Amusing Eugene Fischer | 18 Aug 2009
But the sign outside the theater says I’m seeing something else…
SF/F Eugene Fischer | 14 Aug 2009
For one day only, John and Kristine Scalzi will match donations made to Strange Horizons, up to $500. I got to meet Kristine and John at Worldcon, and they are fully as amazing people as this act of generosity would suggest. Let’s help them make the most of this awesome gesture. Donate to Strange Horizons [...]
SF/F Eugene Fischer | 13 Aug 2009
Karen Meisner has explained that she and the other editors of the online SF magazine Strange Horizons, which is run as a donation supported NPO, have a problem I can easily relate to: a lack of facility for self-promotion. I need to merely think back to how my high school councilors tore their hair trying [...]
Blog Eugene Fischer | 11 Aug 2009
Storms over New Jersey kept me from getting home last night as originally planned. I should end up getting into San Antonio around 9:00 pm. The story of my (pretty damn awesome) first Worldcon will have to wait until after I’m home, showered, and wearing clean clothes.
Blog Eugene Fischer | 06 Aug 2009
I’m up, I’m finishing my packing for Worldcon, and in a few hours I will head to the airport. I do have one nagging thing on my mind though: the rather intense itching on my ankle. I’m fairly certain I was bitten by a brown recluse spider about 32 hours ago when I slid my [...]
Books Eugene Fischer | 05 Aug 2009
As previously related, James Van Pelt kindly sent me an advanced copy of his forthcoming short story collection, The Radio Magician & Other Stories to review. I decided that I would read the book straight through, writing a review of each story as I finished it. “The Radio Magician” – The story that got me [...]
Art &Writing Eugene Fischer | 05 Aug 2009
I can’t stop thinking about Brock Davis’s sculpture in this post. It is so suggestive of genitalia, as it was intended to be, but it isn’t actually shaped anything like any human genitals. It’s just a decorated aluminum can. And to me it equidistant between male and female, suggesting both, but neither predominantly; a clever [...]
Blog Eugene Fischer | 04 Aug 2009
It’s almost time for Worldcon. In Montreal. Hmm.. I think I’m going to like this little vacation. Also: reunion with friends and a science fiction convention.
