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Wings! Pistons! What Is One to Do?
Tonight, Monday, and Wednesday, the Pistons and Wings will be playing at the same time. This is a damnable injustice…but at least their success is easing the sting of the Tigers being such a disappointment. I mean, really. Who thought the Tigers would be 20-28 at this point? At least there are 114 games left.…
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Things of Interest Over the Past Few Days
Phoenix is about to land on Mars, where it’s going to look for evidence of life. New York Magazine‘s Vulture blog takes an interest in Philip K. Dick’s late-50s literary novels. And the following list of Favorite Obscure Books, courtesy of the Village Voice. I’ve only read two of them: Fup and Gob’s Grief. Both…
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What My Students Get Up To, Pt. 2
My Advanced Creative Writing students recorded their flash stories and got them up on this website, for your listening enjoyment. Check it out… Ahhhh, end of the semester. Life takes on a different shape for the next almost-four months.
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PKDlicious
The guy who made and then lost an excellent robotic head of Phil Dick has had his lawsuit dismissed. The judge’s dismissal is excerpted at Total Dick-Head, and it is marvelous. Wonder where the head has gotten to by now…
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Misgivings
Guillermo del Toro, in 2006: I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don’t like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits — I’ve never been into that at all. I don’t like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff.” Guillermo del Toro, in 2008: “Contributing to the ‘Lord of the Rings’ legacy…
Crooked House Fictions 