Tag: Christopher Stasheff
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In Memoriam 2: Christopher Stasheff
This, the second part of our memorial to Christopher Stasheff, is tangential to the man. It’s a measure of his legacy, which was not only the immortal books he’d written, but the children he’d raised. One of those, Edward, became a writer as well, and here my First Reader interviewed him about living in the…
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In Memoriam: Christopher Stasheff
We lost a legend of science fiction and fantasy just a few days ago. I’d had the honor of meeting him in person, and he was a sweet man who’d written many wonderful books that left their mark on the world. I thought the best thing I could do to honor him here was to…
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Curmudgeon Review: Camelot in Space
I was reminded of this book recently. I first read it three or four decades ago. So I looked on Amazon and it, with the sequels, were a penny each. This book was first published in 1965. If you have read Christopher Stasheff’s 1979 work The Warlock In Spite Of Himself you have read something…
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Bunny Trails
It’s a cool and rainy morning here in Ohio, and I’m contemplating my schedule for the day. Nothing terribly exciting, I’m afraid. Working on the freelance editing gig, doing more homework… I need to get the calculations for the titration curves down pat, he’s threatening us with a quiz on just them, and unlike the…
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Freedom of Writing
I have, as I type this, a whole day to myself. I have a thing in the evening, but my First Reader is gone to work, and I have nothing pressing to take me out of the house at all. So… why is this hard? I’m free to write whatever I want, whenever I want,…
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Millennicon 28 AAR
It was a good weekend, for all that it was a pleasant surprise, and, ah… interesting to schedule around my existing events. We weren’t present much on Friday and Saturday outside my scheduled panels, due to that. The highlight of the weekend for both of us was meeting Christopher Stasheff, the First Reader’s favorite fantasy…