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- Who are today's Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein?
- TechRepublic member lcallander asked me for some suggested reading material, with a rather intriguing sci-fi stipulation: "I was rereading an old post, where guys were reminiscing about reading 'Heinlein, Asimov, and Clark,' my personal favorites. I got out of reading SF in the '80s and am bewildered by the...
- Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Scalzi, Games, C/C++, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- Is there any all-ages "gateway" science-fiction out there?
- Member JoetheJet asked this question in the discussion thread of one of my Geek Trivia columns: "I think my 14 year old son would like these science fiction types of books, but I don't think he's ever read one. Do you have a recommendation of the 'best' one to start...
- Tags: Science Fiction, Scalzi, Quality, Business Operations, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2006
- Books I can personally recommend"Glasshouse" by Charles Stross, is one of the author's signature post-singularity mindbusters. I recommend it very highly, but I'd point you to "Accelerando" or "Singularity Sky" first. Stross is probably my favorite
- Tags: geekend, off-topic, books, The Trivia Geek, Charles Stross
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
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- John Scalzi has read my blog!
- !Engage fanboy mode! John Scalzi has read my blog! Cherie Priest has commented on the blog that talks about my blog! They both think I'm a flippin' idiot which I am, but published writers know...
- Tags: Blog, John Scalzi, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-10-17
- John Scalzi has read my blog!
- Engage fanboy mode--> John Scalzi has read my blog! Cherie Priest has commented on the blog that talks about my blog! They both think I'm a flippin' idiot which I am, but published writers know I exist! ...
- Tags: Blog, John Scalzi, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-10-17
- I've got everything a writer could want...except success
- Just had to take one of those smell-the-roses moments in regards to my writing career. The little project I rushed about to write in a mere five days--and which preoccupied me from my blogging--was presented to my writers group last night. For some reason, they really liked it. I even...
- Tags: Professional Development, Blogging, Financial Services, Career, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-08-03
- Found: Mission statement, Jedi Master
- Longtime readers of this blog (oh, there you two are) will recognize that I haven't posted anything about my creative writing in a few months. That's mostly because I haven't been doing any. Crisis of confidence, really. I didn't know what kind of science fiction to ...
- Tags: Science Fiction, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-12-15
- Why are there always more books than time?
- A few weeks ago, SFSignal asked all sci-fi bibliophiles to show their stacks of unread books, knowing that most speculative fiction fans have a chronic habit of buying books at a much faster rate than they can read them. I'm certainly of that ilk, even if I read and buy...
- Tags: Stack, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Take cheap shots at the Trivia Geek's fiction
- So my unwitting and likely unwilling Jedi Master John Scalzi posted today that somebody had gone and made the first chapter of his military sci-fi novel The Ghost Brigades available for download--without telling him. It wasn't illegal--the book's publisher was responsible--and Scalzi certainly didn't have a problem with the idea...
- Tags: Fiction, Story, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-07-06
- Finished two great SF books: 'Glasshouse', 'The Ghost Brigades'
- So this weekend, I finally finished the reading I began on my vacation a couple of weeks ago. As is my wont, I always pack a couple of sci-fi novels for long road trips, and this time around I headed out with Glasshouse by Charles Stross, and The Ghost Brigades...
- Tags: Page, Novel, Plot, SF, Glasshouse, John Scalzi, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-09-11
- My masters' bidding: Read these books
- There is a book out there that has involuntarily ascended to the top of my reading list once I finish Accelerando. Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge has been recommended by both John Scalzi my Jedi Master and Charles Stross (high god of my beloved singularity science...
- Tags: RAND Corp., Rainbow, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-01-30
- Bacon taped to a cat - Why I never doubt my Jedi Master
- When John Scalzi says he's going to tape bacon to his cat, by god, he's going to tape bacon to his cat. There's a reason this man is my unwitting and likely unwilling Jedi Master. And for all you crunchy-granola animal lovers out there, not to worry, Ghlaghghee pronounced fluffy...
- Tags: Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-09-13
- Why my writing stinks, and what to do about it
- My Jedi Master, John Scalzi, has posted 10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing, where he explains why all teenage writers tend to be awful at writing--despite the fact that most teenage writers think they themselves are brilliant. (Full disclosure: When I was a teenager ...
- Tags: Blog, Fiction, Blogging, Games, Internet, Personal Technology, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-04-28
- Looking for a few good books
- I'm nearing the end of my epic struggle with Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross (no fault of the book, I just haven't made time to read). Since I still have time to make out Christmas lists, I was hoping some of my regulars could post a "one...
- Tags: Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-11-16
- Xbox Live brat gets busted by Google video
- Once again, I'm stealing from John Scalzi, who pointed out this little gem of a Google video, wherein a 9-year-old kid curses out his mom for refusing to bring him some chocolate milk while he plays his Rainbow Six. Unfortunately for the little punk, he forgot to turn...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Video, Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Xbox, Corporate Communications, Game Players, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-11-21
- R.I.P. - Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi icon
- The last of Science Fiction's Big Three has finally left us, as Sir Arthur C. Clarke has passed away. The man gave us geostationary satellites, HAL 9000, and a place called Rama. And now he's gone. The above is a video interview he gave just three months...
- Tags: Blogging, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Internet, Marketing, Networking, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- IT Law: The nicer the hotel, the worse the Internet connection
- Sci-fi author John Scalzi has formulated a new techno-axiom whilst on his current book tour--Scalzi's Law of Hotel Internet Connections, which reads thusly: The more expensive the hotel, the more expensive and/or crappy the Internet connection. I think he may be on to something....
- Tags: Internet Connection, Hotel, Information Technology, Internet, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Strategy, Wireless, Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- The Pros of Sci-Fi Cons
- OK, so I only just today learned of the existence of PenguiCon, the combo Open Source/Science Fiction convention held in a suburb of Detroit. (Spare me the Detroit jokes, I have both friends and family in the metro area. Yes, it's a hellhole, but I've peeps in...
- Tags: Con, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-04-20
- Said goodbye to Serenity
- So, among various and sundry other fun times had this weekend, I made a special effort to go see Serenity. I liked it alot, and my wife loved it, but it truly felt more like a series finale for Firefly than a standalone movie. That's not to say that casual...
- Tags: Movie, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-10-03
- Welcome to our 12-planet solar system
- I found this helpful illustration from the BBC via Warren Ellis. For those of you who haven't heard, the International Astronomical Union--them folks what gets to name space-y stuff--may have finally settled the issue of whether or not Pluto was actually a planet, what with its...
- Tags: Planet, Pluto, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-08-16
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