Kossacks at Lunacon
As many of you know(or used to before the Publishing for Kossacks series went on hiatus), I'm a writer and editor, but I'm also a regular program participant and sometime organizer at Lunacon, the New...
View ArticleWhat are you reading? 76 Science Fiction
We haven't done science fiction in a while, and it's always popular, and I have some time to monitor this today, so.... but first If you like to trade books, try BookMooch. cfk has bookflurries on...
View ArticleObama Video Terrible
I'm not going to pretend to have any credibility on the Obama/Clinton cage match; my sympathies for Hillary are evident by past diaries. So with my prejudices out in the open,
View ArticleUPDATE: from someone who was there (w/passages from his blog and audio link)
I posted this nearly at midnight last night, so very few people got the chance to see it, but those who did thought it was very valuable and urged me to update it and get it to more eyes. Though I had...
View ArticleR.I.P. Tom Disch
Tom was one of our great writers and poets. And one of our great under appreciated writers and poets. He was also a sad soul who could not face his remaining time on earth without agony, and chose to...
View ArticleThermoeconomics: The Future of Life
There is a far deeper and more profound transition occurring in the "green revolution" than is commonly appreciated. While the immediate benefit of humanity's shift to a sustainable energy economy is...
View Article1950s sf: Prairie D and others
Last night's GUS (Give Up Smoking) diary concentrated on smoking in science fiction. Prairie D asked for help finding some 1950s sf stories; I've passed on answers in a comment to Prairie D's comment....
View Article"Coldest winter I ever spent"
Do you really need to be told about the famous quote falsely attributed to Mark Twain? The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco A funny thing happened to me yesterday on my way to...
View ArticleWhat book should Keith write?
Our favorite political commentator just lost his show. To add insult to injury, it's likely that he won't be back on TV for at least six months, or maybe even as long as two years. He should write a...
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SFKossacks Meetup: August 6th
Consider this your early notice. Hope 35 days is enough for most of you. Ever since SallyCat's little shindig, I have been on the clock for hosting a little soiree for the hip cats of the Bay. My new...
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Photos: SFKossacks' East Bay soiree
A good time was had by most & nothing valuable was broken. Best of all, nobody fell to their death off the railingless rooftop "deck" when I hauled a gang of folks up there. The view was better...
View ArticleOccupy SF/OAK/LA Benefit, 11/25
Tomorrow night! OccupySF/Oak Benefit gig - $8 Friday 11/25 - early show, doors at 7 Makeout Room, SF http://www.makeoutroom.com/.... Johnny Angel McCabe and Mrs. Miller (acoustic) The Switchbacks -A...
View ArticleAmericans would have run Arthur Dent Over
I was reading one of my favorite books today. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" I had scarcely gotten through the first few pages when I realized that I'm no longer living in a world where that...
View ArticleSF Occupy - this has got to stop
Black Bloc? Idiot? Whatever... Leading into Chicago and Nato Summit, we can't let this be derailed by the MSM and the idiots. Too many recent examples that subversion/idiocy is becoming the story....
View ArticleDoctor Who new season opener
So the season opener for the new season (or series if you are British) just ended. It appears that:1) The new Companion is something very new. Not compliant, not complacent, nearly as bright as The...
View ArticleApplebee's Is Coming to San Francisco - At an "Ideal" Location
This in from SF Gate:http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/...San Francisco locations of Chevy’s might be dropping like flies over the last several years (for these keeping track, we’re down to one...
View ArticleSci-Fi Fantasy Club: Which Ugly SF/Fantasy Ducklings became Literary Swans?
What makes a Good Book? What makes a Good SF/Fantasy Book? What makes a Literary Classic? Today we're looking at the differences between these three questions; and discovering which SF/Fantasy books...
View ArticleBooks Go Boom! Making Magic Real
Every well-told tale casts a slight enchantment on its audience. How does an author beguile us to believe in a book that's clearly labelled "Fiction"?That's just the start of their trickery. What on...
View Article2/1/16 TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
Today isNational Freedom (from Slavery) DayNational Serpent DayNational Baked Alaska DayFebruary is Black History Month.1) "Caucus"is an Algonquin word that means a "Meeting of Chieftains". Caucuses...
View ArticleNuns who feed the homeless getting evicted in San Francisco because of 50%...
San Francisco, known for its big booming tech industry and outrageous costs of living and the self absorption necessary to achieve those things, is also home to the other side of that coin—the...
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