All posts for the month June, 2009

A Response on Literature and Stephen King

I came across this in a recent blog post: Along with Harold Bloom you may be astonished and dismayed to know that Stephen King was given the National Book Foundation’s annual award for “distinguished contribution” in 2003. (‘Dumbing down American readers’, Boston Globe Op-ed, September 24, 2003. Found on their web site). He wrote, “I’ve [...]

Put your fist in the air

While I’m busy working on Phenomenon 32, why don’t you have a listen at Street Sweeper Social Club? Tom Morello plus Boots Riley equals a great deal of ass-kicking. And if you like the music, buy the album when it comes out. Then go out there and make a difference.

Work

Good progress on Phenomenon 32. Yesterday was frustratingly slow because of a pain in my right arm, but I’m very happy with what’s there. Currently I’m trying to complete the intro; then I’m going to start building the actual game world. It’s a great deal of fun, and the resulting game will be a lot [...]