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Meeting Jack McDevitt

Meeting Jack McDevitt

by grlucas on 01. Mar, 2010 in Event, Literature

I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I had not read Jack McDevitt until I heard he was coming to this year’s Crossroads Conference. I’m embarrassed because I’m supposed to be up on all things science fiction. His novel Seeker won a Nebula award in 2006 for best novel (and most of his other novels have been nominated), and I [...]

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Anathem

Anathem

by grlucas on 27. Dec, 2009 in Literature

It took me a month. Perhaps longer. However, I finally finished Neal Stephenson’s Anathem.
It was not my favorite book. I’m not even sure I’d recommend it to anyone who wasn’t already a Stephenson enthusiast. I’d probably say: “Read Snow Crash, or The Diamond Age.” The former is a brilliant, fast-moving, and smart book — perhaps [...]

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J.G. Ballard (1930-2009)

J.G. Ballard (1930-2009)

by grlucas on 19. Apr, 2009 in Literature

J.G. Ballard died today after a long battle with prostate cancer. He is perhaps best known for his autobiographical novel The Empire of the Sun, but I will always remember his work from the seventies and early eighties, beginning with Crash and ending with his collection of short stories War Fever. It was these edgy, [...]

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Arts Festival Photos

Arts Festival Photos

by grlucas on 05. Mar, 2009 in Literature, Photography

It was my privilege to photograph this year’s Macon State College Arts Festival “Borderlines: Reading, Writing, Performing within American Spaces.” All of the speakers were excellent; I particularly enjoyed the stories of Tayari Jones and Carman Agra Deedy, though poets Lillian Allen and Lorna Goodison were also entertaining and poignant. My thanks to festival organizers [...]

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