Nicola Griffith

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Month: February 2009

oldest words in English identified

The BBC tells us that the oldest words in English have been identified. (Via Heroic Age.) I feel as though I should…

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Posted on February 28, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Nebulous

Woo hoo! Kelley’s novella, Dangerous Space, is a finalist for this year’s Nebula Award. You can read it free here. And, y’know,…

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Posted on February 27, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

shortcovers: brilliance, beauty, risk

I just posted my 2001 Liverpool* Guest of Honour speech,“Brilliance, Beauty, Risk” on Shortcovers. Shortcovers is a website of stuff–fiction and not–to…

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Posted on February 27, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

duck on fire

Kelley did a guest post yesterday over at Learning Voyager. It’s all about how fear kills focus and yet, paradoxically, how focus…

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Posted on February 26, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Notes from Walnut Tree Farm

A year or two ago I came across this review in Publishers Weekly of a book by Roger Deakin, Wildwood: In this…

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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

migration, climate change, war

A bunch of climate change negotiator bigwigs got stranded together overnight in Cape Town on their way to Antarctica. They chatted about…

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Posted on February 24, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I like to headbutt windows

On her blog this morning Kelley played with the current Facebook meme ‘likes to’. I gave it a go. All I can…

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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

jaguar!

Wow, there are wild jaguars in this country. This from Live Science: The Arizona Game and Fish Department caught and collared a…

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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

weather blank

The weather is changing here in Seattle. The air is perfectly still; the birds are quiet. When the barometer plummets my mind…

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Posted on February 22, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

pronouns and reader engagement

A report in Science Daily about pronouns in fiction and how readers imagine character: ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2009) — While reading a…

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Posted on February 21, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

drop and give me 20

Exercise kills cravings. Another duh: ScienceDaily (Feb. 16, 2009) — Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that…

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Posted on February 20, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

a big duh: naked objectification

From the Guardian, a report of a study on photos that objectify women. Men are more likely to think of women as…

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Posted on February 19, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

most wanted painting (and not)

A follow up on the world’s worst song post. The same people, Komar & Melamid, put together the most and least wanted…

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Posted on February 19, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

worst song in the world, scientifically speaking

The crack team of Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid have scientifically created the world’s worst song: It clocks in at over…

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Posted on February 18, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Pride and Predator

Oooh, I want to see this: Will Clark is set to direct “Pride and Predator,” which veers from the traditional period costume…

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Posted on February 17, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

ammonite fanfic

Every few weeks I list some of the search terms people use to find me on the web. Sometimes I understand how…

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Posted on February 17, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

why angsty teens keep diaries and write bad poetry

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Brain scientists are starting to understand something poets, songwriters and diarists have long known: putting feelings into words helps…

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Posted on February 16, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I don’t even have a hangover

So for Valentine’s Day Kelley and I ate more delicious Indian food than you can shake a stick at, then went to…

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Posted on February 15, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

let’s get chemical, chemical (in honour of valentine’s day)

Oxytocin makes the world go round. Well, it makes women fall in love, makes us pair bond. It’s a hormone released when…

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Posted on February 14, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

lesbian Batwoman debuts in June

From the Guardian, news of the new lesbian Batwoman: Fans at Comic Con in New York this week were treated to a…

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Posted on February 12, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Aud’s great aunt does jujitsu!

Though she sounds remarkably English for a Norwegian: (Thanks, Doug. For another one, go visit BoingBoing.) I love the fact that she’s…

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Posted on February 12, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

just read: Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

One day last week, when I was very tired, I downloaded onto my Kindle what I thought would be a quick read:…

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Posted on February 11, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

read this blog on your Kindle!

Want to read this blog on your Kindle? Sign up with kindlefeeder.com: kindlefeeder.com is a service for Amazon Kindle owners that lets…

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Posted on February 10, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Australian bush fires

In the Guardian, an update on the truly terrible bushfires sweeping Victoria: The death toll from the deadliest bushfires in Australia‘s history…

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Posted on February 9, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

don’t stop to breathe

From Medical News Today, news of why it’s a very, very bad idea to stop CPR chest compressions, even to breathe for…

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Posted on February 8, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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