http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com Society is communication. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:59:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Steven Brust has written a novel length Firefly story. A free download under the Creative Commons license. Brust is a professional writer, very respected in SF/Fantasy circles. My Own Kind Of Freedom My review: Overall, I’d give this (very short) novel an A-. The tone and voice of the characters are very nearly ... http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2008/02/29/of-course-the-black-is-infinite/ 1. Dawn found him on the north side of the mountain, sheltered against the wind. His small fire from the night before still lived, and took only a handful of gathered twigs and a few moments of stirring to set to dancing again. He unpacked the aging enamel coffeepot from his ... http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2008/02/22/broke-circle-part-i/ So, Castro has retired. He may even be dead. Hard to call with the information lockdown Cuba is justly famous for. This is good news — or at least possibly good news — for Cuban people, both on the island and in the Diaspora. With the totemic visage of Castro ... http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2008/02/21/fidel-wanders-off/ For all intents and purposes, I am back — with stories to tell. I’ve been working on a long essay about my three month adventure on the raggedy edge, but have been having trouble wrapping the damn thing up. I wanted to re-start the blog with a bang, but I miss ... http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2008/02/10/up-from-the-depths/ Just a quick note to let everyone know that I am alive and well and living in decent comfort at The Salvation army in Kingsport, TN. I’ve been beating the streets putting in applications and have a good feeling. There seems to be plenty of people hiring for just about ... http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2007/10/10/on-being-alive/ Expect sparse posts for a little while, folks. I’m pretty consumed with the process of moving. Consider the story situation ‘on hold’. Bill — you might want to remove the sticky from the top of ETWOF for now. Sorry, man — but I promise to get back to it ASAP. I’ll ... http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2007/10/05/slack-jack-his-adventures-in-the-movin-game/ Stanley Kubrick was a master. In the annals of film he is a legend and he will always be a legend, like Murnau and Hitchcock before him. Why? Because, quite simply, he did things with 35 and 70 mm silver nitrate emulsion film and sprocket coded sound that not only had ... http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2007/10/02/remembering-kubrick/ This is probably my favorite month, for entirely weather related and aesthetic reasons. I like the nice cold nights (just pulling out my quilt is a happy day for me) and the pleasantly warm-to comfortably cool days. I also like the look of foliage when it’s getting ready for winter. Not ... http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2007/10/01/happy-october/ Still packing, cleaning and doing the other hundred and one things necessary to move. It’s a good thing I’m travelling light. A heavy trip would drive me insane. Will try to have some writing up tomorrow. Hope all is well amongst the readerfolk. http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2007/09/30/tote-dat-bale/ ! http://markettheocracy.blogsome.com/2007/09/29/mark/