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\"They<\/a>

They say I’m in here. Even though I’m not on the cover. Bastards.<\/p><\/div>\n

So, here we are again. Another year.<\/p>\n

The last one went decently enough, writing-wise at least. “The Colonel<\/a>” got picked up for reprint both in Dozois’ Best SF 32<\/em> and in Allan Kaster’s Top Ten Tales of SF 7<\/em>. “Collateral” made the ninth iteration of Jonathan Strahan’s The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year<\/em>. I was actually a bit surprised at those choices\u2014 I thought “Giants<\/a>” was more epic, and had more ideas and exotic weirdness than “Collateral” and “The Colonel” combined\u2014 but I’m not complaining.<\/p>\n

Echopraxia<\/em> seems to be doing okay too, all things considered. Ended up on some best-of lists (even the occasional non-genre one), even managed to sneak into some kind of Goodreadsian Top 25 SF\/F\/H<\/a> tally, based on a formula whose underpinnings I’m willing to take on faith. Blindsight<\/em> continued to do my translators proud, grabbing the Seiun and the T\u00e4htivaeltaja; and in just-breaking news, I recently learned that its Bulgarian edition made the finals for something called the “Krastan Dyankov” Award for translated works. On the one hand, not a winner, just a finalist; on the other, though, the award itself is non-genre, and apparently this is the first time a genre book has made the finals for eight years. So there’s that.<\/p>\n

So that was last year. What about this one?<\/p>\n

\"greendesign2015\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As it happens, I’ve made a few predictions for 2015. They’ve been posted over on a site called Inhabit.com<\/a>. If you check out the opinions listed under “2015 Green Design Predictions<\/a>“\u2014 scroll down past environmental superstar Bill McGibbon, the environmental activism of 360.org, the sustainable solutions of Autodesk and a handful of other forward-thinking entities\u2014 you’ll come to my own thoughts about what 2015 holds in store.<\/p>\n

\"You<\/a>

You collected data on this? The boys in red serge would like a word with you…<\/p><\/div>\n

You’ll notice that my predictions diverge somewhat from the others. For one thing, the other guys restrict themselves to predicting the future; I start off by predicting the past (which, I’ve learned, tends to return significantly higher bullseye count). Also the other soothsayers tend to be a bit\u2014 well, perky<\/em> might be a good word. We’re going to “protect vulnerable areas” and “learn to build the way nature always has”; the climate justice movement will become “too powerful to ignore”.<\/p>\n

I cover much the same territory, although I suggest it may be a lot easier to ignore voices which have already been silenced by an unexpected and previously-unknown strain of equine encephalitis. Or perhaps simply by RCMP officers kicking in your door after you’ve quantified the death toll attributable to Tar Sands development.<\/p>\n

Don’t take it too seriously. I admit up front that I’m probably being a bit conservative in my predictions.<\/p>\n

Ether way, though, we’re in for quite a year.<\/p>\n

Yup.<\/p>\n

\"Fellow<\/a>

Fellow scribe Jon Evans sent this to me yesterday. Random encounter on a subway. Oh, how I have longed for such a moment.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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