From Gwenda “Don’t Call Me Lazenby, But Daniel Craig is Okay” Bond, comes this year’s Nebula Award nominees: NOVEL: Geoff Ryman, Air Joe Haldeman, Camoflauge…
The news comes from Harry Knowles, so the veracity here is suspect. But it appears that James Cameron is getting back into the narrative film…
Expect the area south of Powell Street Station to turn into a consumer-centric nightmare. That’s because Westfield San Francisco has purchased the Sony Metreon complex…
Kevin Kinsella offers an anecdote that represents a type of experience I’ve encountered far too many times myself. Except in my case, it’s generally bankers,…
Apologies for the roundup. It’s a very crazy day here. More long-form posts tomorrow. J.B. MacKinnnon wins the $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize. Aimee Bender: “The…
Bush’s approval rating is now 34%, now rivaling Richard Nixon’s numbers in May 1973. Short of another terrorist attack, I can’t think of a single…
Return of the Reluctant regulars may remember last year’s Star & Buc Wild episode, in which two DJs verbally berated an Indian call center employee…
Dennis Weaver too? Jesus, what a lousy couple of days. I’ll always remember Weaver’s fantastic performance as the Night Man from Touch of Evil.
The good folks at the SFist somehow caught it before me, but Catherine Seipp attacks one of my favorite bookstores, City Lights, for not carrying…
I’m still woefully behind on logging my 75 Books Challenge. I hope to get to the ten or so books I’ve read in recent weeks…
Jeeves is officially being retired from Ask Jeeves, presumably because paying out a licensing fee to the estate of P.G. Wodehouse was too much of…
1987. Sacramento. I was in eighth grade and my best friend was African-American. And he was a handful of African-Americans in a school comprised almost…
Octavia Butler died on Saturday as a result of a fall from her home in Seattle. I talked with the King County Medical Examiner’s office….
ROBERTA: Who is this, Enid? ENID: It’s supposed to be Don Knotts. ROBERTA: And what was your reason for choosing him as your subject? ENID:…
The demon who I made the deal with many years ago informs me that I’ve been less than stellar in reporting Jonathan Ames-related activities. So…
As if the recent South Dakota news wasn’t depressing enough, this Nerve article exposes why it’s difficult to get affordable birth control at Planned Parenthood….
A popular proverb in LOGO says, “FD 200 BK 300 FD 100.” But sometimes you can simply type in “HOME.” That’s more or less how…
James Marcus has a great writeup of William Gass’s Wednesday appearance to promote the Dalkey unabridged audio book of The Tunnel. (via Chekhov’s Mistress)
It had been a long while (well, only a mere two months, but for a music freak, that’s an eternity) since I had seen a…
I’m no expert, but I think it’s safe to say that a has-been assclown is no terrorist threat to the United States of America. Everything…
The day is shot, the schedule too impacted for a roundup or a post pulled from my matts. I’ll see you tomorrow. But in the…
Because fresh plagiarism charges seem to be unfurled more frequently than we replenish our own underwear drawer with scores of freshly laundered boxers (Is it…
An interesting exchange between Vollmann and Kate Braverman: “If freedom means anything, it’s about being repulsive as well as being able to do flower paintings….
One year ago today, I asked readers of edrants.com to become micropatrons and support my indolent lifestyle. I suggested to you that I would, in…
Podbop: Enter your city and listen to MP3 snippets of bands touring in your town this week. (via Irregardless) C. Max Magee, having now shifted…
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