Eschewed Obfuscation

Via coalescent: The only debate on Intelligent Design that is worthy of its subject. [statement of faith] Also, the wife John McCain callously left behind. Look, Ma, religion and politics in one neat paragraph!

Daniel Abraham (bram452)'s excellent story "The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics" is now up online, albeit in a weird print-scan flash format. It's worth the hassle though, especially if you like the style of Theodora Goss or Ellen Kushner.

Definr is a super-fast online dictionary lookup; it works in the definr.com/whatever form, too, if you want to set up a keyword bookmark or just like working from the address bar.

I'm putting this review, perhaps the longest book review I've ever written, under a cut for both length and content. A warning: I now hold a decidedly low opinion of Leslie What.

( In which I exemplify logorrhea in written form )

While I was initially attracted to the concept of Logorrhea--I love spelling bees and vocabulary words--I chose to read it for Theodora Goss's Kubla Khan story. That, and other surprises such as Daniel Abraham (whose novels have now moved up my TBR list significantly) and Duncan's unexpected success in short form made this collection satisfying. Other stories fell in the mediocre hit-or-miss range, with the notable exceptions of Michael Moorcock's trite "A Portrait in Ivory" and certainly Leslie What's tale "Tsuris." Overall, an average book for me as far as anthologies go, with stories at both extremes. I tentatively issue a broad recommendation because the range of genre and style here is so wide; you will probably find at least one story to like.

ETA: Minor edits to correct grammar.