Author: JRVogt

Unusual hotels of the world Peek through this website and tell me, if you could pick (sans budget issues) any one destination that they offer, where would you stay? A cathedral? Caves? Maybe underwater? I’m still waiting for real estate to start opening up property for lunar resorts, but until…

I showed glasses and a keyboard a while back. They’ve got a retro-funk appeal to them that I dare you to refute. Now gaze in the glory of Steam-Driven Dreams: The Wondrously Whimsical World of Steampunk I haven’t read much in the way of steampunk genre novels. In fact, I…

Verdict? Cute? Cool? I just wonder what they run on. Coal? Gas? Wooden wiring? Here are the links that show a few more versions of these http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/wooden_robots_f.html http://take-g.com/crafts/big.html I claim this one as a personal favorite. They probably arrive with some assembly required. That’s all for Monday. Oh, and I…

Not that I ever plan to use something like this myself, but I can see it having its advantages. Those morning faces would be easier and quicker to apply on the subway commute, and it might lessen the number of car accidents due to women adding eye shadow and lipstick…

My post for yesterday didn’t go up for some reason (it’s there now), but for those tuning back in, it involved Diana Peterson who has posted a primer on publishing industry terms and concepts to help people who might not be as in-the-know on the business side of writing. I’ll…

(Edit: Srangely enough, this post was set for yesterday, but it apparently never got set online. Not sure how that happened. Sorry for anyone who wandered by for the daily update and found it lacking.) For those of you who might be interested in how the publishing industry works, there…

I’ve always had a schadenfreude reaction to agent and editor stories about the worst clients or wanna-be-authors they’ve had to interact with. From people shoving manuscripts under a bathroom stall door, to trying to get them drunk, to showing up at their homes to pitch to them (can you say,…

We’ve come to the end of the review, folks. Thanks for sticking through it. I hope it has piqued your interest in this magazine. Maybe a few of you have actually bought an issue or subscription. I’d highly recommend it. And I wanted to thank the staff at Jim Baen’s…

And we’re back with more stories! I know you’re all so excited. Check yesterday’s post if you don’t know what I’m talking about. Otherwise, I’m plunging straight into the reviews. Today I am going over the fantasy stories within the issue. Let’s begin. Protection Money, by Wen Spencer:Synopsis: An urban…

Remember a bit ago where I mentioned I was going to get to review an issue of Jim Baen’s Universe? Well, I finished it, and it’s time to let you know what I thought of it. I say “start” letting you know because this was a hefty piece of reading,…