Blog Eugene Fischer | 28 Sep 2009
So I posted to Twitter/Facebook Never tasted SPAM before, but I was just gifted a tin of it. Wild and ill-advised experimentation shall ensue. I got many amusing responses. First, from Nalo Hopkinson, @glorioushubris Try frying slices of it. Also helps if you’re pre-menstrual, but that might be more difficult to achieve. Then, on facebook [...]
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 [...]
Books Eugene Fischer | 06 May 2009
My friend Megan does capsule reviews of the books she reads every month, and whenever she does I think to myself, “Oh! That’s clever! I should do that.” And then I fail to keep track of all the books I read, and by the time Megan puts up her next set of reviews, I can’t [...]
Books Eugene Fischer | 30 Apr 2009
The cover of the mass market paperback of The Last Colony, the third novel in John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series: The cover of the just-released mass market paperback of Zoe’s Tale, the fourth novel in John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series, with an unfortunate detail highlighted: It seems that I am the first person [...]
Books Eugene Fischer | 28 Apr 2009
The winner of my poll on what book I already own I should read next was A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge. I will read this book soon, but it isn’t going to be the next book off the stack. The real winner is: none of the above. Kat has convinced me, in [...]
SF/F Eugene Fischer | 25 Apr 2009
It’s an incredibly strong year for the best novel Hugo. The nominees are Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, John Scalzi’s Zoe’s Tale, Neal Stephenson’s Anathem, and Charles Stross’s Saturn’s Children. I’ve now read four of these five, and though I don’t know if I will be buying an Anticipation membership and [...]
Uncategorized Eugene Fischer | 14 Mar 2009
A personal journal entry from several months ago begins with a quotation by Primo Levi, which I encountered in an essay by Ursula LeGuin. “It is the duty of the righteous man to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.” I wrote several paragraphs [...]
