Can’t wait to see the book. You might enjoy looking around San Luis Pass, farther on down Galveston Island, where a channel cuts through from the sea to the mudflats, creating rip currents, and attracting many different kinds of birds. I have never seen a wolf there, but now I know to look for them.
One of those pieces that I feel like I can really vibe as a science fiction reader, because it feels only a few years away from a particular and hopefully unlikely timeline where the world morphs from Brownian into Ballardian, and the wolves are hanging out in lobby of the hotel
I so appreciate your enthusiasm and willingness to explore along animal tracks and through forgotten nature places. I think I'm past my time for that, so all the more I relish your stories and discoveries. The pink roseate spoonbills are splendid. I am on tenterhooks waiting for your new Empty Lots book!
The sense of place pops off the screen with every sentence. Geesh this was a great adventure in pursuit of ghost wolves which have fascinated me for some time after a sighting several years ago. Those spoonbills! Stumbling upon that sight was a delight.
Spoonbills are really amazing birds, especially in big numbers, and the Texas coast is rich with all manner of beautiful wildlife somehow cohabiting with petrochemical infrastructure. Thanks for reading!
Unrelated except by title and place, have you read Sean Stewart's excellent GALVESTON?
I have not, but I have heard great things about it, and will check it out on your recommendation. Thanks!
I second the recommendation - I've read it a couple of times, and the Carnival-as-climate-change metaphor stays with me.
Thanks!
Can’t wait to see the book. You might enjoy looking around San Luis Pass, farther on down Galveston Island, where a channel cuts through from the sea to the mudflats, creating rip currents, and attracting many different kinds of birds. I have never seen a wolf there, but now I know to look for them.
Thanks, Diana! I will definitely check that out next time we get down there, which should be soon.
One of those pieces that I feel like I can really vibe as a science fiction reader, because it feels only a few years away from a particular and hopefully unlikely timeline where the world morphs from Brownian into Ballardian, and the wolves are hanging out in lobby of the hotel
I love that vision, Mike! The story practically writes itself 🐺
I so appreciate your enthusiasm and willingness to explore along animal tracks and through forgotten nature places. I think I'm past my time for that, so all the more I relish your stories and discoveries. The pink roseate spoonbills are splendid. I am on tenterhooks waiting for your new Empty Lots book!
Thank you so much!
The sense of place pops off the screen with every sentence. Geesh this was a great adventure in pursuit of ghost wolves which have fascinated me for some time after a sighting several years ago. Those spoonbills! Stumbling upon that sight was a delight.
Spoonbills are really amazing birds, especially in big numbers, and the Texas coast is rich with all manner of beautiful wildlife somehow cohabiting with petrochemical infrastructure. Thanks for reading!