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Tomorrow is November 5. This is one of those statements that look simple but contain multiplicities of meaning. I asked friends on Facebook what they thought of the date and I was fascinated by how many ways there were of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Faith and Religion
On the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct, Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz were discussing Arthur C. Clarke’s third law, the one about any sufficiently advanced science being indistinguishable from magic. They were frustrated with the way some interpretations of … Continue reading
Welcome to 5780. May it be a good and sweet year. Australia has been there for a day already and tested the waters, so check our news to find out what the early part of the year is like. Jewish … Continue reading
Once in a while I find out I’ve missed something important in the book world, some classic that’s been out forever that I somehow never noticed when it was first published, something that turns out to be wonderful. Then once in a very great while I find something I wish I’d read thirty years before it was ever published.
Continue readingI suspect I need to give a trigger warning for today. The first few paragraphs are fine, but after that… I’m writing this on Thursday because we’re getting three blasts of cold air from the Antarctic, starting around now. The … Continue reading
Last weekend, Memorial Day 2019, I was unable to attend MisCon in Missoula, Montana. But I was there by proxy, represented by numerous friends, colleagues, and B-Cubed Press. The publisher of B-Cubed is my co-author, co-editor, and best friend Bob … Continue reading
So many people joke that in Australia everything’s different. Compared with the US and the UK, Christmas is also different. For me, anyhow. Australia is one of the most secular countries on Earth. This has led to Australians claiming certain … Continue reading
Francesca Forrest’s The Inconvenient God is technically a novella (maybe even a novelette by some counts) but has been published as a slim book by Annorlunda Books, which specializes in shorter works. It’s an elegant book featuring a gorgeous cover by … Continue reading
Writing with Spirituality Alternative Theologies, parables for a modern world Phyllis Irene Radford Reading a book imbued with spirituality and later trying to write those qualities into my own work has fascinated me for a long time. Spirituality is more … Continue reading
Fifty years ago on this date, I woke to the news that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been murdered. The killing happened the evening before, but I hadn’t heard about it until my roommate’s clock radio came on at … Continue reading