I’m at the Monterey Fish Market today, buying shrimp, decked out in my Esoteric Order of Dagon hoodie — nice big graphic on the back, restrained “EOD, Innsmouth Chapter” on the front.
While the fish guy’s bagging my shrimp, he asks, What’s EOD?
It’s a HP Lovecraft thing, I tell him.
So we talk about HP for a bit, he rings me up, and the total is $6.66.
He points to the scale and raises one eyebrow.
Hey, plate of shrinp, I say.
Yep, he says. We conclude the transaction and I’m out of there, grinning like a fool.
Archive for May, 2011
Lattice of coincidence
Posted in Fun, Pop Culture on May 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Quality Time
Posted in Fun, Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on May 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
This is in the Binding Energy collection. I’d completely forgotten that it’s posted here as well.
ARCs of “A Crack in Everything”
Posted in Fun, Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on May 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Got a box of advance review copies of “Crack” this weekend. The cover loooks great. I will be sending them out to the usual suspects over the next few days. We’re looking at 9/1 for a launch date. Stay tuned for readings and signings announcements. As this publisher did with Burn Rate, when we launch we will be releasing a free e-book under a Creative Commons license and selling copies made of atoms from Amazon, B&N, and indie bookstores.
Joanna Russ RIP
Posted in Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on May 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I was surprised and saddened to hear that Joanna Russ passed away at 74. I haven’t thought about her work for awhile, but the field is a different and better place for her influence — a tremendous and lasting gift to writers and readers, men and women. It’s worth reiterating what people familiar with her work already know — she was a kickass writer. When It Changed is still with me, some 35 years after reading it. (“Katy drives like a maniac.”) Picnic On Paradise was the first s.f. book I ever read with a strong, smart, competent, interesting female lead. As a young reader and fledgling writer, as a guy, this was a huge deal.
Goodbye, Joanna — grace and peace.
