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Your Late-Lunch Long Read

So you just ate lunch, and you’re feeling a little sleepy. Your productivity is already dropping, so why not read this? It’s a long interview of William Gibson by the Paris Review about his writing and his writing process. It’s definitely worth your time. Too long you say? Well check out this article on speed…

A Grabbag of 2012 Goodies

Two quick things for you today. First, although the Decemberists announced that they were going on hiatus, they also announced a double album. The Onion’s AV Club have the track listing. I’m a big fan of this band, and especially their latest album, The King is Dead, so I can’t wait to listen to this…

A Response to Neal Stephenson’s Call to Innovation Among SF Writers

A few days ago, a talk by Neal Stephenson (author of the newly-released REAMDE) was posted online. Stephenson recalls how both he and his parents have seen tremendous scientific developments: planes, cars, television, nuclear weapons, space travel. He notes that science fiction authors similarly wrote about about worlds were even more fantastic inventions were commonplace,…