• Archive for July, 2008

    Can You Read This?

    by  • July 6, 2008 • WRITING • 2 Comments

    I can’t quite read this post in which Jeppe Larsen reviews the July 2008 issue of Asimov’s, but I think it’s in Danish. I can make out bits of what he has to say about my piece in the magazine, Første historie i nummeret, “Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moons’ Blues” af Gord Sellar,...

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    Fovea &c.

    by  • July 5, 2008 • KOREA, SF, WRITING • 2 Comments

    I’m collaborating with a classmate from Clarion West (shall I out you, sir?). The working title, which my collaboratron said was a placeholder but I rather like, is “Fovea.” Yeah, I had to look it up, too. It is what looks to be my first story involving, you know, space suits, landing on a...

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    Clarion West Laptop Theft

    by  • July 5, 2008 • SF • 0 Comments

    Ugh, this is horrible. Someone broke into the Seattle sorority house where Clarion West is going on this year, and stole four laptops, along with other random items. (Including, er, clothing?) The workshop is an intense training camp for writers of science fiction and fantasy, meaning losing their laptops means losing the very thing...

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    Fleeting Update

    by  • July 3, 2008 • KOREA, PERSONAL, SF, teaching in Korea • 6 Comments

    Let’s see: Personal Stuff Lime got a job today! Short term (till mid-September), but she wanted that, while she studies for the Neverending Huge Giant Evil Big-Boss (for you arcade game fans out there) Exam. For two months she’ll be working part-time in a hospital near our home. We’re going to Hong Kong next...

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    Wonmi Ghosts and Wonjjang Proofs

    by  • July 1, 2008 • KOREA, WRITING • 4 Comments

    I was hiking Wonmisan (Wonmi Mountain) just now. It was dark, and got me to thinking about ghost stories. I’m supposed to be working on one independently, but I let it stall. It’s for this call for stories, but the problem is, I don’t really know any famous Korean ghost stories. When I’ve asked...

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    Catholics 1, Riot Cops 0

    by  • July 1, 2008 • KOREA • 18 Comments

    A brief note: as always with blogs by foreigners in Korea, caveat emptor. I’ve done a lot of work confirming a lot of this, but there are many points of view I’ve not represented. Yes, some protesters have been badly behaved. Yes, I haven’t been at the protests daily, like Scott Burgeson. Yes, I...

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