Monthly Archives: July 2015

City in the desert

Posted on July 26, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

Since 1972, one of the most colossal works of art ever sculpted has been rising from the sands in Lincoln County, Nevada. It is not yet complete. Encompassing an area more than a mile long and a quarter mile wide, … Continue reading →

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Mona Lisa, uncanny valley

Posted on July 19, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

Just because you can do something doesn’t, by any means, mean you should. The Manhattan Project scientists, just prior to setting off the world’s first atomic device at Trinity Test Site, New Mexico, in July of 1945, were taking tongue-in-check … Continue reading →

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Doctor Gonzo is displeased

Posted on July 13, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

Hunter S. Thompson, man of letters and vices, checked out of this vale of weirdness and discontent on his own terms, just over a decade ago. But through the grace of serendipity or his own careful planning (either explanation is … Continue reading →

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The prose of Independence – Happy Fourth of July

Posted on July 4, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

When in the Course of human events…. It must have been decreed somewhere, by someone, that if you are writing your manifesto, you must purple up your prose. Self-consciousness infects the pen, and the desire to inveigh into and against … Continue reading →

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Something new, something cool: Booktrope

Posted on July 3, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

It’s nice, for a change, to report on something new in publishing without opining on its contribution to publishing’s ruination. Say hello to Booktrope, for my money the biggest and best development in the book-publishing business in at least a … Continue reading →

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