Daily Archives: October 3, 2010

Spiderpunk

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(Picture from here.) I am not a steam punk writer. I enjoy it immensely. But it is a fantasy arena in which I do not participate. Partly this comes from my love of eighteenth and nineteenth century science and engineering, … Continue reading →


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Writers on Writing: black teeth vs everlite candles, or research vs experience

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Most people have heard of Lord Chesterfield’s Letters to his Son. I lucked into either first editions or copies published not long after, which had obviously sat on someone’s shelf for two centuries before being dumped on a used bookseller, … Continue reading →


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