YES! My last semester of classes at Brigham Young University is FINISHED! And now I’ve got to grade a million tests and papers, mail my books home (the ones that I’m willing to pay to keep), clean out my car, sell it (I hope), pack all my junk in two >50 lb. bags and a… Continue reading FINISHED!
Author: Joe Vasicek
Joe Vasicek is the author of more than twenty science fiction books, including the Star Wanderers and Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus. He claims Utah as his home.
Finishing and beginning
Classes for this semester are over, I’ve turned in all my papers, taken all my exams but one, and now I feel like I have this giant void in my life. I was walking around on campus today with literally no idea where I was going or what I should do. It was…strange. With school… Continue reading Finishing and beginning
Star Wars meets Ennio Morricone
I’ve been listening to a lot of Ennio Morricone music while I finish up the second draft of Bringing Stella Home. While dinking around on youtube, I came across this awesome take on Star Wars: Star Wars + Ennio Morricone = Epic Win!
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Urras and Annares, a world and its moon, separated by the gulf of space and two hundred years of mutual contempt. On Urras, capitalist and socialist nations vie for dominance over the world’s rich and abundant resources. On Annares, the anarchist exiles scrounge for a meager living, but live in peace–and in hope. Shevek has… Continue reading The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Genesis Earth 4.0 is complete!
And it’s about time. I started this back in September, thinking I could easily get it done before World Fantasy 2009. More than a month after the convention, and five days after the last self-imposed deadline, it’s done! Alright, here are the stats: ms pages: 270 words: 73,009 file size: 492 KB chapters: 16, prologue… Continue reading Genesis Earth 4.0 is complete!
An existential time of year
School has been kicking my trash this semester. Maybe it’s senioritis or something, but I feel like I’m doing half the work I did as a junior and still, all I can do is put out fires. I was hoping to be finished with Genesis Earth 4.0 by now, but it’s looking like that won’t… Continue reading An existential time of year
Video game proposal
Oh my heck. This has got to be one of the coolest proposals I have ever seen. A guy hacked into Chrono Trigger while his girlfriend was playing through it and inserted his proposal into an extra village scene. Now that is romantic! Check it out!
FF6 Werewolf Tribute: fifth day
[NOTE: this is part twelve in a series of posts lifted from the quark message boards where I recently GM’d a game of Werewolf. The theme was Final Fantasy 6, one of my favorite RPGs. To see the other posts in the series, click here. WARNING: there will be spoilers here, and lots of them, so if you… Continue reading FF6 Werewolf Tribute: fifth day
FF6 Werewolf Tribute: fifth night
[NOTE: this is part eleven in a series of posts lifted from the quark message boards where I recently GM’d a game of Werewolf. The theme was Final Fantasy 6, one of my favorite RPGs of all time. To see the other posts in the series, click here. WARNING: there will be spoilers here, and lots of them,… Continue reading FF6 Werewolf Tribute: fifth night
FF6 Werewolf Tribute: fourth day
[NOTE: this is part ten in a series of posts lifted from the quark message boards where I recently GM’d a game of Werewolf. The theme was Final Fantasy 6, one of my favorite RPGs of all time. To see the other posts in the series, click here. WARNING: there will be spoilers here, and lots of them,… Continue reading FF6 Werewolf Tribute: fourth day