The Crotchety Old Fan

Otherwise, how else explain the wealth of really cool articles that Mike links to or highlights…?
Indeed, one hardly need go anywhere else on this fine (80+ degree NH spring day) – except perhaps to do the laundry, which task I will be undertaking in just a few short minutes.
AFTER reading just about everything Mike linked [...]

Today there will probably be a large number of posts as there are a large number of things going on.
First up – the cornucopia of top ten lists.? SFSignal and Rick Novy both raised awareness on these.? They’re offered by Gwyneth Jones (by women writers), Rob Grant (comic SF), Dick Jude (broad top 10)?and Michael [...]

Hooray for Michael Moorcock!
I had the pleasure of meeting and greeting Michael years ago when he did an appearance and signing at the original SF Bookstore in NYC.? (I loved that store; it was tiny, dark and smelled of pulp. It was jam-packed with SF goodness and I never failed to find something to read.)
Mr. [...]

I’m a crotchety old fan.? I’m a curmudgeon.? An old fart.? I happily subscribe to the world view that change is bad and therefore we must?fear it.? Nothing good ever comes from change.?
I’m an uber science fiction fan.? I’ve been reading the stuff for four plus decades and, while I can’t hold a candle to [...]