Here’s a recommended summer reading list I wrote for Wired.com:

Science fiction author and podcaster
Episode 63 of my science fiction podcast is up at Wired.com. In this show we interview author Seanan McGuire and discuss Ridley Scott’s Prometheus with guest geeks Matt London and Theresa DeLucci.

You know what would be cool? An iPad app that used voice recognition to provide a real-time graph of how much each person on a panel was talking. This would give certain people for whom nature apparently didn’t furnish a basic sense of courtesy a clear-cut visual cue of when they should start shutting the hell up. Could also be useful for restaurants, dinner parties, staff meetings, etc.
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Episode 62 of my science fiction podcast is up at Wired.com. In this show we interview author Kim Stanley Robinson about colonizing the solar system and discuss ecological collapse in science fiction with guest geek Tobias Buckell.

Here’s my commentary on last night’s episode of Game of Thrones:

Here’s my commentary on the new characters that have been announced for season 3 of Game of Thrones.

My grandfather Roger Barr passed away early this morning at the age of 98. He was my mom’s father, and was my last surviving grandparent. He was being cared for by my uncle Steve (his son) and aunt Denice — both medical professionals — and was still sharp and good-humored in his final days. Yesterday […]