James Schellenberg

I wrote an article for The Cultural Gutter:

Prince of War

My latest column at Strange Horizons:

Ender's Decline

I wrote an article for The Cultural Gutter:

Hooked Three Times Over

And we're back! Wedding planning, then a trip away for two weeks, and then a week of no internet at home... that takes out a big chunk of time :)

Wedding photos

Honeymoon photos

My attempt at an artsy picture: Tourist vs. Bug

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My latest column at Strange Horizons:

Ender's Peak

I wrote an article for The Cultural Gutter:

"A Book's Natural Fate"

It's been busy lately, and I will be away for two weeks as of Saturday (which is the big day!). So it's been pretty much radio silence here, although I do check in with Google Reader pretty regularly and I'm still sharing items there (my Google Reader shared item page or feed).

One link worth pushing here: Sorting out when those Avatar episodes will air - that clears up a mystery for me. And the fact that Avatar is wrapping is very sad for me, although I have always been a bit worried that they didn't have what it takes to sustain the show and provide a satisfying ending across four seasons. Three seasons... from what I've seen so far, seems doable. The storyline of Prince Zuko (for those in the know :) in particular seems at a good spot to wrap things up.

I added an entry to BiblioTravel:

Ender's Shadow

Ah, good old search engine optimization. I can't tell whether Google is just not stemming from all the variations of "gauge" and "gage" properly or what. But I had to make a few changes to this page to try and get "infeed gaging" a little higher in the search results - as opposed to the proper spelling!

Echo Hill Automation Inc. - Grinder Automation, Infeed Gaging

I wrote an article for The Cultural Gutter:

An Engineer and a Dreamer

So my piece about Y: The Last Man is posted over at Strange Horizons, and I just did a quick little BiblioTravel entry about Runaways. I'm officially feeling a little overdosed on Vaughan! Not really, since his writing is so good, but I'm still not sure how to handle such a large amount of episodic content, as is now available, when such items are designed to be as addictive as possible. You won't see me catching up on 70 years of comic books, but a few seasons of Lost are starting to look like no big deal! As long as I have my exercise bike all warmed up in the mean time of course :)

I added an entry to BiblioTravel:

Runaways

My latest column at Strange Horizons:

Final Issue

In a recent Moveable Type upgrade, one of my Cultural Gutter articles fell into the cracks. Thanks to Library and Archives Canada, a preserved copy is right here: "This Book is Too Long!"

I spent some time clicking around on my old Gutter articles, and it seems like there are a batch that are still attracting comments. What are they? My diss of His Dark Materials (His Dark Ending), my defence of the conclusion of The Dark Tower (Not So Happy Ending), and a pre-Serenity defence of Firefly (Kicking Ass, Literary Style). I'm pretty happy with all three pieces.