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devils on Mars

  • Aug. 24th, 2005 at 12:52 PM
Nar'eth
These days, I can't keep up with the amazing images flooding in from other worlds. Titan. Enceladus. Saturn. And this new one from Mars, the place I'm most sorry I'll never be able to visit, except via photographs (behind the cut or, if you're not reading this on LJ, click here):







An image like that is almost enough to make up for the wars and waste and hate and stupidity. It's enough to keep me moving.

There's so much work to be done at the moment that I'm not sure where to begin. I have to get back to Daughter of Hounds, to Chapter Eight, but now it seems that may not happen today. I've promised Subterranean Press I'll do the cover for The Merewife chapbook myself, so that's probably what I ought to do today. The editing on "From Cabinet 34, Drawer 6" (Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth) is finished. There's another enormous editing job waiting to be done. There are stories that need to be written. If you stare directly at this stuff too long, you'll go blind, and nothing will get written.

A new round of auctions on eBay. Since the lettered edition of Wrong Things didn't sell (and what the frell's with that, anyway?), Monster Doodle Scuplture #2 is now being offerred with the copy of "The Worm in My Mind's Eye" chapbook that is currently up. And now, if you'll excuse me, I must go slay a few vowels...
  • Mood: productive
  • Music:NIN, "The Only Time"

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[info]mellawyrden wrote:
Aug. 24th, 2005 05:29 pm (UTC)
thank you for posting that image. That's *beautiful*. I wonder what the scale of the dust devil is. It looks like it might be a few miles across at the base.
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[info]oneirophrenia wrote:
Aug. 24th, 2005 05:47 pm (UTC)
Hell, Cait, we'll *both* probably be able to visit Mars before long...even if it's not in our "human" bodies! Just remember to bring lots of WD-40. That grit will do nasty thing to robotic knees....

In sort-of related news, have you checked this site out yet: http://www.orionsarm.com ? I'm doing a lot of work for them now, and thought you'd get a kick out of some of the stuff mentioned in the historical or timeline sections--there's a lot taking place early in the history of the Orion's Arm universe (the next two hundred years) which reminds me of concepts and elements brought up in some of your more futuristic work, such as the genemods and droids in _The Dry Salvages_. It's fun stuff...but if you really get into reading the background materials, dear lords, make sure you have nothing to do for the next ten hours. It is DENSE!
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[info]thingunderthest wrote:
Aug. 24th, 2005 06:03 pm (UTC)
If you stare directly at this stuff too long, you'll go blind

So, it's like masturbation? ;)
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[info]troublebox wrote:
Aug. 24th, 2005 06:06 pm (UTC)
I would have bid on that super-cool copy of Wrong Things, but I need that money to power my gas-guzzling SUV… As a patriotic American, I figure it’s my responsibility to support the War Against the Environment.
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[info]resonantserpent wrote:
Aug. 24th, 2005 06:36 pm (UTC)
I've stopped myself from getting Wrong Things before because I was waiting on the super-uber-deluxe-edition. I doubt that a deal will ever get better than the one you just posted, but I run my own business and the gas prices have killed any extra money that I might have. I worked out a budget yesterday, and I'll be out of business in 6 months if things keep going the way they are.

The deal you've just offered was at a just price, but books in general are getting way to expensive. I love supporting authors directly, but it looks like I'm now condemned to wander the used stores when I can.
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