China Mieville held a kaffeeklatch at the Readercon 2006, at which he chatted with the audience about writing, politics, and other topics. On how wanting…
This was another panel where I heard some new-to-me ideas, and enjoyed it a lot. The most unusual one was that the very notion of…
On China Mieville’s influences and early writing China Mieville. In my mid-teens I came to a decision that I wanted to do this (i. e.…
From Within It Devours: a panel on horror This was a panel where I heard some novel thoughts. Maybe it’s because I don’t know much…
According to my notes, this was a panel on “the uncomfortable” in science fiction and fantasy. I don’t have a more concrete title. But the…
Readercon is a literary science fiction convention that takes place in Burlington, Massachusetts. The guests of honor in 2006 were authors China Mieville and James…
Synopsis. To quote from Linucon program book: “What does it take for an author you used to really like to honk you off so badly…
This small post is dedicated to the now-defunct Austin Linux Group. Though my interest in Linux has never been more than casual (learned a few…
Synopsis from Linucon program book: “The most popular open source license, the GPL, inspires controversy to this day. Eric Raymond recently expressed some ambivalence about…
Steve Jackson’s Chaos Machine is, to quote the convention program book, “a giant communal build-it-yourself project that’s a cross between an erector set, model trains,…