Monthly Archives: January 2012

Because, yes, I have a grasshopper intellect which jumps from one topic to another without resting too deeply on any of them. (Alternately, I’m interested in lots of stuff). I’ve been doing a lot of writing and thinking about the … Continue reading →

Fascinating blog post here about the many ways in which the positioning of stamps on mail in the 19th century held a message for the recipient. What’s really striking about this to me is that it’s such a wonderful example … Continue reading →

My chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction is due on Feb. 1st, and it’s going to take me every second of the time between now and then to finish it. So I won’t be posting much here between … Continue reading →