This video gives a pretty good recap of the endless fountain of scandals surrounding the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon and Hugo Awards. Larry Correia also gives an interesting take on it on his blog, and in his writing podcast. My initial thoughts: Laying aside all of the knee-jerk internet outrage (and schadenfreude), though, I do find… Continue reading Thoughts on the 2023 Hugo Awards
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One of the coolest pictures I’ve seen on APOD in a long time
Believe it or not, none of those light arcs are fake. If you were standing there next to the photographer, you would have seen them all.
Oh, Murderbot…
Why I initially enjoyed the Murderbot books Why I’ve decided I don’t enjoy them any more
Third Dune Trailer is out!
I am so incredibly stoked to see this movie. Dune is, in my opinion, the most perfect science fiction novel ever written, and Dune: Part 1 was perhaps the most perfect adaptation of the novel that could have been made, let alone the best adaptation. And this trailer is one of the best that I’ve… Continue reading Third Dune Trailer is out!
Vasicek family Christmas traditions
I’ve been thinking for a while now that I need to write these down somewhere, and why not share it as well? Here is a list of all of the things we do as a family during the Christmas season. We don’t always hit all of them every year, but we do hit most of… Continue reading Vasicek family Christmas traditions
The best take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that I’ve heard
This is, by far, the best take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that I’ve heard. It’s between a Jew and a Palestinian, but both of them are converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which means that they’re less interested in winning a debate and more interested in coming to a common understanding,… Continue reading The best take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that I’ve heard
Navigating Woke SF, Part 5: Where do things stand now?
So it’s been almost exactly two and a half years since I posted my first “Navigating Woke SF” blog post, where I demonstrated an anti-conservative bias in the responses I was getting to my traditional short story submissions, and predicted a cultural backlash against the woke moral panic of our times. Those predictions are now… Continue reading Navigating Woke SF, Part 5: Where do things stand now?
I was on a podcast!
Episode 316 of the Blasters and Blades podcast, on creating realistic geopolitical organizations in a fictional world, is now out on the feed and on YouTube. Check it out! This was a fun conversation, though it’s worth noting that we recorded it before the October 7th massacre in Israel, which definitely would have changed the… Continue reading I was on a podcast!
Hey Tolkien—why didn’t the eagles just fly the ring to Mordor?
I think most writers can relate to this—especially those of us with really long series.
This guy gets it
As I said previously, this is the defining moral conflict of our times. From the Book of Mormon: 7 And now I write somewhat concerning the sufferings of this people. For according to the knowledge which I have received from Amoron, behold, the Lamanites have many prisoners, which they took from the tower of Sherrizah; and there… Continue reading This guy gets it