Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

The convention was held at The Atlantis, Reno’s newest casino/hotel.  The amenities of the hotel were nice, but it was difficult to navigate...

(Saturday.  Blog supplemental.)   My friends Julie Mandala and Linda Donahue are having their novel Four Redheads of the Apocalypse pu...

(Friday.  Blog supplemental)  Lest you think I only saw steampunk types at the convention, here’s a picture of someone representing a diffe...

(Thursday evening, blog supplemental)  What is steampunk?  Forget the “punk” part of the name.  It is more properly called “Victorian scie...

(Thursday.  Blog supplemental)  Stark's War Worldcon -- the world’s largest science fiction convention -- is in Reno, Nevada this year...

At the risk of appearing geekish, I’m participating in the Star Trek blogfest that Ellie Garrett is hosting.  She dresses like this all day...

I’m going to be in Worldcon in Reno this Thursday through Saturday.  If you recognize me, please come up and say hello.  I hope to have good...

You’ve seen the news about the riots and fires in London this past week.  Do not listen to the talking heads who say this is the poor again...

The annual Bulwer-Lytton contest inflicts itself on us in the name of Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, the man who penned that immortal line, “I...