People have commented that my discussions of recent listenings, viewings, and readings all bundled together in a single post make for unwieldly linkage, so I’m just going to go on about books here — partly also because November was so busy I watched very little anyway, and will review what I have seen at the end of December instead. Like I said, I was very busy, so my short, short list is as follows: Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2007 was an okay issue. Ted Chiang’s work was, as usual, respectable. This review does “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” …
Month: January 2008
Duck!
I remember this story fondly! That afternoon in Seattle, reading it over and thinking, “Hey, this is weird…” … in a good way. It’s dark, but sweet, like a chocolate that you never had yourself as a kid, but probably will appreciate more for having waited till adulthood to taste. Eh? Anyway, my classmate and friend Caroline Yoachim‘s lovely short story “Time to Say Goodnight” is online at Fantasy now — it got posted on New Year’s Eve, apparently. Go check it out now, for free. Or I’ll put you in the microwave and something bad will happen to you.
“Grade Grubbing”
It strikes me why Korean profs so often get their grades into the computer system so quickly. Yes, now, after so many years here… My grades went into the computer system at the Uni only a little more than 24 hours ago, and already, my email inbox is bursting with pleas. Last night — get this, New Year’s Eve! — I got 12 emails in total. Today, another 3 or 4. Of these, exactly four have been valid (in my books) inquiries. One was from a student who was wondering why she got an F when she’d done all her …