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A Conversation with Charlie Stross

Posted on February 8, 2013January 8, 2025 by eidolon

To celebrate this week’s UK release of The Coldest War, the folks at Orbit Books recently asked if I’d like to interview Charles Stross about his excellent Laundry series.  (I think they knew it was a slam dunk, since I’m a fan of the series and not above begging copies of Laundry novels from them).  Charlie was game for it, too.  Since the Laundry and Milkweed series reside in a similar neighborhood — after all, to put it rather broadly, we’re both writing about British spy organizations that contend with occult forces, albeit very differently — it turned into a fun conversation.

Our wide-ranging interview/discussion about espionage, the Cold War, the occult, and plush Cthulhu bedroom slippers is posted here.

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Clarion Is Accepting Applications for the Class of 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013January 8, 2025 by eidolon

I just received this reminder in my email: the Clarion Writers’ Workshop is accepting applications for the class of 2013.  The application period is open through March 1.  (And it opened in December, though I neglected to mention that at the time.)  Also open for applications right now are Clarion West, Odyssey, and Taos Toolbox!

The lineup of instructors at each of these workshops is, as ever, phenomenal.  I would encourage anybody who wants to become serious about their writing to consider a residential workshop, whether it be Odyssey, Taos, or one of the Clarions  (which includes Clarion South, may it find its feet again soon).

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Battle of the Books, Summer 2012

Posted on January 10, 2013January 8, 2025 by eidolon

Well, gosh, this is a swell surprise.  I wish every week came with such an abundance of good book news.

Anyhow, Fantastic Reviews has a blog, and on this blog they run various good-humored brackets comparing various books against one another.  To my complete and utter astonishment, The Coldest War somehow ended up on the top of the heap for the Summer 2012 books.  Golly!

TCW has also appeared on a list of Fantasy Book Critic‘s Top 10 reads of 2012.  So hooray for that, too!

And speaking of TCW: a reminder that it will be out from the terrific folks at Orbit UK next month!

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Odds, Ends, A Few Moose, An Interview, And Superpowers

Posted on January 8, 2013January 8, 2025 by eidolon

I just saw this on my Twitter feed, via @doctorow: on-board video of a quadcopter buzzing a Norwegian moose.  Let’s all reflect on that for a moment: there was a moose, in the woods, and it was buzzed by a remote-controlled quadcopter.  This is the modern world, people.  It’s like something out of a Charlie Stross novel.

This next thing doesn’t involve a moose, but I’ll mention it anyway.  My friend Emily Mah recently posted an audio recording of an interview we did for Black Gate this past summer.  Emily and I were in the same writing critique group for several years before she and her family moved to a foreign country.  It was a fun interview, even if she spilled the beans about the greatest writing project in the history of literature: Vlad Jetpack.

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Well, Gosh, THIS Would Have Helped

Posted on December 9, 2012January 8, 2025 by eidolon

File this under “Really Cool Stuff The Web Makes Possible But Doesn’t Make Possible Quite Soon Enough To Be Truly Useful To Me.”

Or, if that won’t fit on the file folder tag, just call it, “GAHHH Why Didn’t I Have This Three Years Ago?!?!” for short.

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