They came completely unexpected. Hundreds of silver spaceships, hovering above all the capitols and major population centers of the Earth. For nearly a week, as thousands rioted in the streets below, they sat there, waiting. And then came the voice of Karellen, chief of the overlords, viceroy of Earth, heralding a new, planet-wide administration that… Continue reading Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
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.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Lyra is a young girl who lives in Jordan college, Oxford university, with her daemon–a shapeshifting, talking animal companion that is as much a part of her as her growing, changing personality. She is perfectly content to stay at the university forever, exploring and playing games with the local children and their daemons. All of… Continue reading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
New writing goals
Alright, the first week of school is behind me, I’m probably as settled in as I’m ever going to be, so it’s time I set some personal writing goals for myself this semester. So here goes. My major goal, at this point, is to have three polished novel drafts in time for World Fantasy 2009… Continue reading New writing goals
First week craziness
So, this last week was the first week of school. It was as crazy as anything. Back to classes, back to papers, readings, buying books, waking up early…everything. Fortunately, even though I’m taking six classes, three of them are only two credit hours, so the load is going to be somewhat lighter, freeing me up… Continue reading First week craziness
Why PCs are better than Macs
The unthinkable has happened. My trusted, beloved laptop, which has served me faithfully for almost three years, has died. I suspect it’s a problem with the motherboard. While I was in Jordan, the power cord sometimes had trouble making contact with the contacts in the power socket on the back. Now, it’s almost impossible to… Continue reading Why PCs are better than Macs
Thoughts on being busy
I was browsing through some Facebook notes I’d imported from my old blog (now nonexistent), and I came across an old book review I wrote for Momo by Michael Ende. Awesome book–I recommend it 110%. However, the thing that got to me was what I’d written about how the book made me think about how… Continue reading Thoughts on being busy
Figuring out my Characters
I am REALLY close to starting work on my next novel. It’s an exciting time. Last time, I didn’t do a lot of planning/worldbuilding before I started: I just had a bunch of general ideas and did the worldbuilding as I went along. This time, I’m doing something of an experiment: I’m doing most of… Continue reading Figuring out my Characters
Megaman DDR!
This makes me happy. It’s 2:30 am. My work here is finished.
A million different things to say
Wow. I feel like I have a million different things to say, and I’m not sure which one to start with. I just got back a couple of days ago from the Jordan study abroad, and I’m currently at “home” (or something similar but not quite it), here in Massachusetts. In a couple of days,… Continue reading A million different things to say
Critical Mass
Stars form when billions of tons of gas, scattered across space in the midst of an impossibly huge nebula, gradually come together through the attractive pull of gravity. Over the course of thousands of years, these gases slowly, almost imperceptibly come together, until they reach a critical mass. When that critical mass is achieved, the… Continue reading Critical Mass