All the longer versions of this got too long

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All the longer versions of this got too long

[Poll #1761307]

Things I either did not notice or forgot about the SIGMA site

There's an archive of editorials.

The collective term for members of SIGMA is "SIGMANÕs", which is a bit more Hispanophone than I'd expect, given Larry Niven's documented views on Latinos.

Slapfight between the man who brought us the Salt Water Nuclear Rocket and Franklin Chang Diaz

[...]“Mars Direct” advocate Robert Zubrin calls VASIMR a “hoax” saying the engine “is neither revolutionary nor particularly promising. Rather, it is just another addition to the family of electric thrusters, which convert electric power to jet thrust, but are markedly inferior to the ones we already have,” adding, “There is thus no basis whatsoever for believing in the feasibility of Chang Diaz’s fantasy power system.”

Haikasoru Reviews 19: Yukikaze by Chohei Kambayashi

What is Haikasoru?
Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science.

With a small, elite list of award-winners, classics, and new work by the hottest young writers, Haikasoru is the first imprint dedicated to bringing Japanese science fiction to America and beyond. Featuring the action of anime and the thoughtfulness of the best speculative fiction, Haikasoru aims to truly be the “high castle” of science fiction and fantasy.

Added note: these are not manga but novels.

[This is a reprint of a review I wrote in October 2010]

Yukikaze
Chohei Kambayashi (Trans. Neil Nadelman)
Haikasoru/VIZ Media LLC
316 pages
$14.99/$19.99/8.99 UK
ISBN 978142153255-4





Well, it had to happen.

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Why

Does my memory insist on filing Mists of Avalon under "1970s fantasy novels"?

Heading out to the dentist

Depending on how lousy this visit goes, I may take tomorrow off from posting.

[added]

Actually, no drama. And I think they undercharged me.