FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: A Clarion West Special Event With Samuel R. Delany, Jack Womack, Cat Rambo, Kris Dikeman and guest-hosted by Rajan Khanna, July 15, 2009 In honor of 25 consecutive years of the Clarion West Writers Workshop and Amazon.com’s challenge grant, the KGB Fantastic Fiction series will be featuring a special Clarion West reading on July 15, 2009. Clarion West is a non-profit literary organization that administers the Clarion West Writers Workshop, an intensive six-week workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in …

I’ve uploaded my photos from KGB.  What a great night!

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Brian Francis Slattery, author of Spaceman Blues: A Love Song and Liberation. He has a story coming out in Interfictions 2, which is due out near the end of the year. & Mary Robinette Kowal is the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She has sold short fiction to Strange Horizons, Cosmos, and Asimov’s. Her short story “Evil Robot Monkey” has been nominated for a Hugo. Shades of Milk and Honey, her first novel, will …

After an E.C. Myers‘ recommendation, I went to see Moon last night with my girlfriend.  We were warned by the ticket seller to get to the theater early because the director, Duncan Jones (supposedly David Bowie’s son, according to one source) would be there to introduce the film and answer questions afterward.  We fattened up beforehand at Katz’s Delicatessen, where I had a pastrami sandwich that could have felled a buffalo.  Then we crept into the subterranean cinema of the Landmark Sunshine theater. Moon begins with a commercial for “green” energy.  …

It sounds like SF, but it’s not.  Researchers at Nokia have figured out a way to harness ambient electromagnetic radiation to draw power.  One day, they hope to use it to charge your cellphone while idle.  The technology is not new.  RFID chips, the kind embedded in those security tags at the store, generate electricity from a specific radio frequency in order to power their circuit.  I think this technology is incredibly fascinating.  One more step on the way to 100% renewable energy usage.