Mary Robinette Kowal

Arabian Nights revisited

Last year, I designed the set of Arabian Nights for McCarter theater’s touring production. They have re-imagined the show, eliminating the frame story and making other changes significant enough that the existing set doesn’t make sense any more. At the same time, there are scenes within the show that they did like and want to […]

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Back on the boat

So. For those of you who have only recently begun reading my blog, I’ll do a little backstory. In 2000, I had a wrist injury and wound up having to take about two years off from puppetry while things healed. I got a job at the Portland Spirit, a river cruise dinner boat, in their

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Quizzes

I spotted this on Patrick Swenson’s blog. You paid attention during 91% of high school! 85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don’t get scores that high! Good show, old chap! Do you deserve your high school diploma?Create a Quiz I had to go back and see which ones I missed. #3,

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SFRevu Column

Oh happy day! SFRevu Column gave us “Very Goods” on all the stories in the Autumn 2006 issue of Shimmer. Here is the last line of the review: Shimmer is one of the best small press magazines out there and you should all be subscribing to it!

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2000 year old computer

Oh, baby. Forget steampunk. I am so writing an ancient Greek Gearpunk story or novel. Go check out this article in Gear Factor An Anglo-Greek team of scientists has revealed what they consider the true workings of the Antikythera mechanism, a 2,000 year-old analog computer recovered from a Mediterranean shipwreck over a century ago. The

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Christmas shopping

Okay. This was the coolest thing in the world, for me. I went to the bookstore to pick up Christmas gifts for my family to save me the cost and hassle shipping them to Chattanooga. With one exception, I wound up selecting books written by people I know. I like all of these people, and

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Acephalous: Measuring The Speed of Meme: An Experiment in which You Will Participate, Or Else…

Acephalous: Measuring The Speed of Meme: An Experiment in which You Will Participate, Or Else… You too can participate in science from the comfort of your own home. Click on the link above to read the details of the experiment, or take the shortcut and just follow the instructions below. Write a post, in which

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The visit so far

On Sunday, Mom and I went over to visit Grandma. Besides looking forward to seeing my 101 year old grandmother, I was armed with a mission. At Orycon, someone (I’m sorry I’ve forgotten who) was talking about epidemics and how one couldn’t really interview people who had lived through the great Influenza epidemic. I realized

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