[writing|books] We have a new parlor game
Today I picked up a copy of Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, ed. Jeff Prucher [ Powell's | Amazon ]. It looks like a terrific book, chock full of definitions and citations, many of which are from friends (and heroes) of mine around the writing community. Polyphony 1, ed. 
mme_publisher and me, is even cited.
:: does dance because I am inthe a dictionary ::
So the parlor game will be chasing each other's cites around in the dictionary. Maybe it will become a movement, the dictheads with secret handshakes, bright badges, and knowing nods, shibboleth at convention parties: "Are you in?" "I'm in." "Then let's go to the secret suite where the taps run with beer."1
Or maybe it's just darned cool. Paint me plaid and call me a geek.
1 — This is what is technically known as a "joke." No exclusivity or favoritism should be inferred.
mme_publisher and me, is even cited.:: does dance because I am in
So the parlor game will be chasing each other's cites around in the dictionary. Maybe it will become a movement, the dictheads with secret handshakes, bright badges, and knowing nods, shibboleth at convention parties: "Are you in?" "I'm in." "Then let's go to the secret suite where the taps run with beer."1
Or maybe it's just darned cool. Paint me plaid and call me a geek.
1 — This is what is technically known as a "joke." No exclusivity or favoritism should be inferred.