Archive for November, 2009

New Traveler’s Companion: Tropic of Kimber

November 18, 2009

Olympia Press has just published, as New Traveler’s Companion #144, my 376-page Tropic of Kimber, which comprises all three volumes of my House of Dreams trilogy that Blue Moon Books put out 2005-2007.
Blue Moon was set to issue all three in a trade paper omnibus, but they folded before that happened.
So, finally, here are all [...]

The Dress Reprinted

November 14, 2009

Originally published in 2002 by Blue Moon Books and included in my omnibus collection, The Garden of Love (Blue Moon, 2004), The Dress has been reprinted by the Olympia Press in one of those nifty plain green New Traveler’s Companion Editions — #150 here.
The movie option is still in effect but have not heard anything [...]

SF Studies Issue on Sex and Science-Fiction

November 13, 2009

The recent issue of SF Studies (Vol. 36.3, whole #109), with the theme “Sex and Science Fiction” has two longish research notes by me:
“Vintage Sleaze and SF” — about Robert Silverberg, Harlan Ellison, Earl Kemp and Nighstand/Greenleaf/Cornith.
“Sex and Star Trek” — self-explanatory

NaNoWriMo: Post-Crime Noir and A Bra Full of Bullets, Yo

November 6, 2009

Every year I try to do the National Novel Writing Month thang, aka NaNoWriMo, but I always get side-tracked.  Doing 50,000 words in 30 days is nothing, it’s a matter of not letting assignments, deadlines for late books, new book deals, and life get in the way.
It’s a good motiavtor.
So I decided my project this [...]

Essay on Vollmann’s Seven Dreams in New Critical Anthology

November 2, 2009

Continuing my literay scholarship in all things William T. Vollman Studies, my essay on Native America myths found in his Seven Dreams Series is included in the above anthology, published now by Mythopetic Press.