Three Things For Today.
No great announcements, just a few writerly things I saw today: #1: Regarding my recent reviews of Jeanette Winterson’s The Stone Gods, Jo Waltonnails my opinion to the floor: The techniques of writing and reading [science fiction] have developed in that time. Old things sometimes look very clunky, as if they’re inventing the wheel—because they [...]
Review: Jeanette Winterson, The Stone Gods
So, I’ve finished reading The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson, and my reactions are mixed, to say the least. My primary reaction was one of intense sadness: she really does believe that she’s braving new territory. She is completely unaware that she’s hacking through a jungle right next to a long, well-trodden road and the [...]
New Story! And bonus stories by others!
In case you missed it, I’ve posted a new story in the Bastet series: Bath Night, which brings us to the most recent decade and a riff on something I read during the Iraq war. If you’re a fan of the Singularity, here are two stories told from opposite sides of the fence: Gentle Seduction [...]