So, I got a FedEx package today from Charles Tan, and in addition to other things I’ll blog about later, it has an attractive box with a picture of some chickens on it. Hmmm, say I. What could this possibly be?

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UPDATE: MONITTER GETS MUCH CREEPIER IF YOU TYPE IN: ultimate destruction, world domination, iron fist. IT GETS MUCH MUCH CREEPIER IF YOU TYPE IN: duck paddles, marmot pants, chicken knuckles…But I would sincerely suggest not putting dirty words into it. Because the amount of data streaming across the screen would blind a thing made entirely of eyes.

OMFG. This is too much. I’m going to need monkeys to monitor the monkeys monitoring the monkeys that monitor the intertubes for me. Or, more seriously, this is part of the growing case for turning off and tuning out.

I typed in “ambergris” and this came up in the last two minutes:

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I just did a short interview with Michio Kaku for Amazon’s Omnivoracious blog. Kaku is the author of the very cool Physics of the Impossible, which ranks SF impossibilities into three “classes,” class III being the most unbelievable. Even though the interview is brief, it’s one of my favorites just because a kind of wonderful enthusiasm shines through all of Kaku’s responses.

What’s most surprised you about the reaction to the book? Any specific reader feedback?
What surprised me the most was that there were so many people who, like myself, have been inspired by science fiction to delve into science. I grew up as a child watching the old Flash Gordon re-runs on TV, then went on to read Asimov and other science fiction writers, and finally decided to pursue a career in theoretical physics to answer the questions of my childhood.

Just a few choice ones:

Clarions to Reduce Weeks, Team Up with SyFy, and Engage in Cage Fighting (see Kelly Link swear like sailor) – by a certain squid…

Mashups, Including My Forthcoming War and Peace/Alien-Pred Novel (and more fool linkage in the sidebar)

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Here’s a podcast of my story “Secret Life,” which includes a section called “Mimic” that’s a personal favorite of mine.

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