But they’re not firm, and I may get to those projects tomorrow. I’m listening to the latest Björk release, Volga. I shall have to buy it, it’s quite cool. There are always a couple of tracks on every one of Björk’s albums which are, for me, perfect SF-writing fodder. In this case, it’s both mixes of “Earth Intruders,” the tuen “Declare Independenc”, and the Mark Stent mix of “Innocence.” So what I’m working on is a rewrite of my novelette “Ogallala,” which was too long and slow, and was turned down by Analog a while back with a plain old …
Month: October 2007
“THAT’S Romance?” and other classroom stuff
Attention saver: this post is about stuff from my classroom: an amusing comment about defining romance; thoughts on homophobia in the classroom; and a discussion of transparency, anonymity, and freedom in one of my classes. For those not interested in such things, skip ’em.
Memory Bank
My memory is starting to give out. Last year, I was able to keep track of everything that was happening in all of my classes without any trouble. Now, in all the classes for which I have two sections, I have mixed up at least something in each class. Of course, I should be keeping notes, and I’m going to start doing so again, but this distresses me. I also mixed up the bio of several well-known authors in an online crit group, have addressed people by other people’s names, and even gone to the wrong classroom for class. (Though, …
Miéville on Floating Utopias
China Miéville’s article Floating Utopias, or at least the bit online, was a good read.
Cheap Brain Implants! (But Read the Fine Print in your EULA…)
Oh yes. New story. For the call for the Mundane SF issue of Interzone, because while I don’t think SF needs to be Mundane, it’s after all just a set of constraints. I learnt stuff from full tonal writing fugues, I learned stuff from composing using serialist procedures, I learned stuff composing with twelve-sided dice, and I learned stuff when (badly) arranging Thelonious Monk songs for chamber orchestra and jazz quintet. So I’m sure I can learn something from writing a little Mundane SF. (And though I have a few potentially Mundane works, I’ve got nothing really appropriate under 5,000 …