The Kids These Days and The Novels: JT Crane, Popular Amusements, and Other Things That Will Kill You

J[onathan] T[ownley] Crane’s book Popular Amusements was published in 1869. As you might guess (or maybe you can figure out from the teaser in my last post, or from the title of this one), the answer to the question “What popular amusements does Crane suggest?” is “NO!” Base ball (sic)? It’ll kill you dead. Dancing? … Continue reading The Kids These Days and The Novels: JT Crane, Popular Amusements, and Other Things That Will Kill You

2016 Hugo Awards

Far more illustrious blogs than this one are reacting to and discussing the 2016 Hugo award nominations (which, much like your taxes, are for work done in 2015). I’ll provide a roundup of a few interesting ones below, but here’s my own personal reaction: I’m mostly just kinda bummed out that so many excellent podcasts, related works, and short stories were overlooked in … Continue reading 2016 Hugo Awards

Bioethics in genre fiction

  Twitter pitched in to create a list of science fiction and fantasy novels (and more) related to bioethics. Got more? Please comment! [View the story “I’m a teacher, not a doctor!” on Storify]