Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt

IS THERE A THING FOR CRAZIES WITH SWORDS LATELY:  So the other day we were sitting at Pete’s Kitchen (Colfax Avenue) having late dinner, and next to our table was a table of policemen (not unusual there) with a radio.  And suddenly out of the radio the words crackle “He’s run back into the alley and he has a sword.”  Uh.  Bringing a knife to a gunfight… in Nebraska.

ON BOOKS PUBLICITY, AND NOT BAD ADVICE ON WINE, EITHER:  In Vino Veritas.

IT’S NOT SO MUCH OUR BEING RULED BY BOTS THAT UPSETS ME. IT’S OUR BEING RULED BY STUPID BOTS:  Code Is Free Not Spam.

AND THEIR STUNNING LACK OF SELF AWARENESS WILL NOT HELP THEM SCRAMBLE FROM THE BRINK:  Purity Spirals Into Evil.

THOUGHTS FROM THE BOSS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT HERE’S THE THING — THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT TOO.  THERE’S MORE AND MORE TALK ABOUT HOW IT DOESN’T ALLOW US TO RESTRICT “HATE SPEECH” AND THAT’S A BAD THING. I VIEW ALL THIS AS THEIR FIRST STEP TOWARDS THAT:  Freedom of speech is under attack from the big cybertech companies.

FROM BLAKE SMITH:  In Pursuit of Justice (A novel of the Garia cycle.)

Garia and the East Morlans have been on increasingly rocky terms for years, and when Téo and Zara ran away together, they touched off the powder keg of war between their kingdoms. Now they have to fight for their lives while learning to live in a foreign land.
In the Morlans, Hanri and Alia are facing their own sets of problems. He must control and divert the single-minded vengeance of his father King Reynard, and she must sort the gold of information from the dross of gossip in a palace swarming with rumors. It could mean the difference between life and death for all of them.

WHAT IS MORE, WE’VE KNOWN THAT FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT I STILL RUN INTO THE ALARMIST THEORIES IN THE POPULAR PRESS:  Bees are not in Danger.

THE DEMOCRATS TELL THEMSELVES FAIRYTALES, LIKE THAT REAGAN’S BOOM WAS THE RESULT OF CARTER’S PRESIDENCY.  BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE KEEP THE DEMS IN POWER THE BOOM NEVER MATERIALIZES.  AFTER ALL, WE WERE ON THE VERGE OF RECOVERY FOR 8 YEARS UNDER OBAMA.  AND NO, DON’T TELL US THE RECOVERY HAS BEEN GOING ON THAT LONG, BECAUSE WE DON’T CARE FOR DOCTORED NUMBERS.  WE’RE GOING TO GO WITH OUR LYING EYES:  Evaluating a president—any president.

FROM RICHARD BLEDSOE:  The Cthulhu Blues and Other Stories.

The sinister legend of a mysterious blues man. A fateful encounter with a dangerous work of art. A horrible visitor enters a humble pub. In the spirit of H.P. Lovecraft, comes this morbid collection of short stories; a terrifying trio of Eldritch tales.

And he made a blog post about it, too.

PEOPLE WHO CAN EVEN THINK OF THIS ARE NOT JUST IGNORANT, THEY’RE EVIL.  THEIR DISGUSTING PARODY OF ART CHEAPENS BOTH HORROR AND CIVILIZATION SPLINTERED BY THAT HORROR:  Anne Frank Reimagined: Repulsive in Every Way.  They are also the ones paving the way for the repetition of these horrors.

THE DOGS ARE FINDING THEIR OWN FOOD.  ALL THE TRAD MEDIA CAN DO IS HURT THEMSELVES.  AND MOST OF US DON’T CARE, ANYMORE:  The Dogs Don’t Like It.