Monthly Archives: September 2022

Why You Should Read Books

Posted on Tuesday 20 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Busy day today, including dialogue about the future of Locus Magazine, so here it is 5:23pm and I have time only for a very brief post. Jerry Coyne: Why you should read books

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Fifteen Months Out

Posted on Monday 19 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The drenching storm anticipated for Sunday was mostly a bust. Intermittent showers, even a squall or two, but mostly dry. We got only a quarter inch in our neighborhood. No rain today at all. (The storm had been predicted to … Continue reading →

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Ursula K. Le Guin, “Forgiveness Day”

Posted on Sunday 18 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This week’s novella being covered by the Facebook Group that I post about every Sunday is “Forgiveness Day” by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was first published in the November 1994 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction, and less than a … Continue reading →

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Lake Anza

Posted on Saturday 17 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Our visit to Lake Anza today, plus the usual daily dose of headline links following.

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Surfing the Web, Friday Afternoon

Posted on Friday 16 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

No backlog of links from this morning or yesterday, so I’m sitting down right now (4:30pm PDT) and surfing all my favorite website to see what jumps out. …Posting at 5:20pm. Slate, Marissa Martinelli, 15 Sept 2022: Deep Space Whine, … Continue reading →

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SF Reviews by Spinrad and Tuttle; Political Issues, Trends, Headlines

Posted on Thursday 15 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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Recent Features and Headlines, 14 Sept 2022

Posted on Wednesday 14 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Ockham’s Razor; Randall Munroe; The best time to be alive; nephew of longtermism; political headlines.

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Themes that Go Together; Nonexistent Gods

Posted on Tuesday 13 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Paul Krugman, 12 Sept 2022: Ukraine Deflates MAGA Macho Myths

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The Opposite of Education

Posted on Monday 12 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Sunday’s New York Times had this front-page investigative article (i.e. not a piece about breaking news, but one involving investigation over a period of time — as it says, “Over more than a year, the reporters interviewed more than 275 … Continue reading →

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Frederik Pohl’s “Outnumbering the Dead”

Posted on Sunday 11 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This week’s novella covered by the Facebook Group reading Gardner Dozois’s big anthology first discussed here is “Outnumbering the Dead” by Frederik Pohl. Coincidentally, it was first published as a chapbook, in December 1992, in the same UK publisher’s line … Continue reading →

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