Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Month: July 2012

Kitties!

Because I’ll be gone most of the day doing medical things, and because throwing Cute at you is acceptable once a year,…

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Posted on July 31, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sharks vs. Christmas tree ornaments

This is for those friends of mine who love non-cuddly beasties. (I have a surprising number.) From the London Review of Books:…

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Posted on July 30, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

E.L. James vs. King James

This caught my eye the other day (from the Westmorland Gazette):E.L. James vs. King James: A HOTEL boss has swapped Bibles in…

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Posted on July 29, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sly, surreal eccentricity: opening ceremonies

The Danny Boyle-directed Olympics Opening Ceremony was, well, Britain on acid. Or maybe ecstasy. A wild, weird and wonderful party. With great…

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Posted on July 28, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

DOMA is going down: but when, and what then?

Yesterday I read this article from The Advocate New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn filed a…

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Posted on July 27, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

A scientific breakthrough that will revolutionise archaeological epidemiology

My friend, Dr Angelique Corthals, has a new paper out. (Perhaps you recall her last one, which caused a stir by asserting…

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Posted on July 26, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Man Booker Prize 2012 longlist: zero novels by women about women

The 2012 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced: Nicola Barker, The Yips (Fourth Estate) Ned Beauman, The Teleportation Accident (Sceptre) André…

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Posted on July 25, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sally Ride and Tam O’Shaughnessy

Sally Ride, the first woman from the west to go into space, died yesterday. And she came out in the obituary on…

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Posted on July 24, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

You can have it all if you love to read

The lyrics say it all, really: There’s a story waiting to be toldWaiting for all of us, whether we’re young or oldThe…

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Posted on July 23, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ella Fitzgerald captures Sunday perfectly

The first song is “Something to Live For,” written by Billy Strayhorn (who arranged the music, too, I think) and performed by…

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Posted on July 22, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Penguin, self-publishing, and analytics

Yesterday news hit of Pearson (parent company of Penguin) acquiring the self-publishing vendor Author Solutions. From Publishers Weekly: In a move that…

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Posted on July 20, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Long, lazy, and leisurely

Today has dawned light and bright, so I’m going to take the day off. A massage, a long, leisurely lunch, with wine,…

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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Britain goes for gold

I enjoyed an article this morning in the Wall Street Journal, “The Return of the British Empire.” Great Britain came home from…

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Posted on July 18, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The indefatigable weirdness of ’50s American science fiction

“These novels testify to the extraordinary range, profound intelligence, and indefatigable weirdness of ’50s American science fiction. A must-have for anyone interested…

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Posted on July 17, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Recreating the past, steering the future

When I was writing about the Polari prize the other day, I was reminded of a question that came up here both…

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Posted on July 16, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Me and my father

He’s 86. He used to be half an inch taller than me. Now I’m a couple of inches taller than him. He…

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Posted on July 15, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Polari First Book prize longlist and what it means

Via Diva, the longlist of the UK’s Polari First Book prize: Rory’s Boys  by Alan Clark (Bliss/Arcadia Books)Pennance by Claire Ashton (self published…

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Posted on July 14, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Lesbian Super PAC

A couple of days ago I read this in the Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — Women including sports icon Billie Jean King and…

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Posted on July 13, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Go read some SF by women

Over at io9.com, Charlie Jane Anders has rounded up some opinions on the 10 SF novels people pretend to have read–and why…

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Posted on July 11, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Update on same-sex marriage in Washington State

As I’ve said previously, Referendum 74 made the ballot. But Initiative 1192–which could have proved confusing to those voting on same-sex marriage–has…

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Posted on July 10, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The Hunger Games, the movie

On my way back from the UK last week I ate lunch and watched a film. The lunch, despite one’s palate being…

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Posted on July 9, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Our evening with GRRM and Connie Willis

Last night I was one of about ninety people who gathered for drinks and delicious food–lamb kebab, grilled salmon, a variety of…

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Posted on July 8, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Alzheimer’s disease linked to cholesterol metabolism

Just published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences*, “The link between altered cholesterol metabolism and Alzheimer’s disease,” by Paola…

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Posted on July 7, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Supreme justice

Fish is brain food. At least that’s my sincere hope. Jet lag shrinks my brain to a dot. Fish and fruit are…

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Posted on July 6, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Back in the US

So last week was mad–we got a last-minute flight to the UK to see my family. It was a special occasion, a…

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Posted on July 5, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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