If I'm going to read a book about more modern times, therefore, I like it to be one that doesn't merely retread the same worn ground as other histories with some purportedly new-fangled interpretation or spin that never quite lives up to its advertisements. The Quiet Americans fit the bill perfectly.
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Generosity of Perspective
Generosity, and its application to our interactions and the way we view the world, is not a revolutionary concept, nor is it a complex one, but that does not make it less potentially powerful.
Good Omens Review
A few years ago, Amazon Prime released a television adaptation, one of those mini-series, of the Neil Gaiman-Terry Pratchett collaboration Good Omens, and it was amongst the best and most faithfully adapted pieces I’ve ever seen.
A Meal to Live For Release and Author’s Note
Sometimes, though, a light story is a good thing, and coming in as always for these stories under two thousand words, A Meal to Live For is light in every sense of the word.
A Rejection is Published!
It is published in Sci Phi Journal, which publishes some very interesting and thought provoking pieces.
Cradle Series Review
Wight managed to produce in Cradle a series that was fresh, original, fast-paced, fun, and engaging, making him most certainly an rising writer to watch.
Pondering Utopia: A Fool’s Errand?
Utopias litter the mythological landscape. They crater the philosophical expanse, and they mar the psychological maps. Fiction’s forest is dotted with utopias like delicate, diseased orchids that never quite work.
Waybound Review
Waybound made for an excellent end to the Cradle journey, and I look forward to reading what Wight comes out with next.
Intergalactic Update 2023
Did I bury the lead on that one? Yes, I am now a two-time published author.
My Thoughts on Others’ Thoughts About AI
No matter how we complain, or resist, or throw wrenches at our computer screens in infantile, ineffectual, regressive tantrums of impotence, these tools now exist, and they will only improve with time and effort.
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