Here's the author leaving the cabin to catch his flight. A few minutes later, he had to unlock and go back in because he forgot his computer.
On the short hop to Anchorage, Denali was out. A good omen?
Carole Chambers picks him up in her funny little Honda.
The author at Title Wave, encountering his book for the first time in a bookstore. Yikes.
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I go to Bear Tooth for free wifi when I'm in Anchorage. Otherwise, I fork over cash for it in the Kaladi's at Titlewave.
Michael Armstrong wrote a letter to the Press about my article about you, but all he did was say you were a genius and say I was clearly "unhip" and a bumbling outsider for using the phrase 'sci fi' instead of SF.
I ended up at the new Kaladi Brothers South where the coffee is great and the wifi is free. And only three blocks from Carole's.
Brandon--
I'm not sure what motivated Michael to respond like that. The SF/sci-fi distinction he points out is true, at least historically. I, myself, use SF with people who know the term, otherwise, like your editors, I'm afraid someone might think I'm referring to San Francisco and so use sci-fi. With Ellen Datlow now buying hot SF for SciFi.com, I see the distinction blurred anyway and not a matter of hipness anymore.
Just after posting the comment above, I received the distressing news that SciFi.com is dropping their online fiction component. That's terrible! Here's a farewell message from Ellen.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/message.html
Your book is excellent, David! If I hadn't had to eat, sleep and work, I wouldn't have put it down 'cause it's a real page-turner. When will the next one be ready to publish?
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