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Kage Baker postulated, loudly and frequently, that Mars would never be colonized until someone figured out a way to make money off of it. This wasn’t just her innate pessimism, but rather a judgment based on her studies of history: … Continue reading →

Kage Baker, being both a history buff and (at one point) a Catholic schoolgirl, did a lot of research into saints. I am uncertain that it was actual piety that inspired the research; there wasn’t a lot to read on … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved movies. Visual input was her preferred sensory channel, and so gazing into the electronic eyes of a screen was a perpetually satisfying experience for her. She would go on fondly sometimes about her childhood nights in the … Continue reading →

Kage Baker always maintained that her blood got thicker  in the winter – like maple syrup. In logical corollary, she insisted it got thin again in the spring. This is a popular old bit of folk wisdom, of course, which … Continue reading →

Kage Baker often compared her computer to the palantiri from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. She loved the access to texts of all times and nations that the Internet provided, but what really zooed her was the ability to see … Continue reading →

Kage Baker observed the classic calendrical markers for the seasons, because after all – there they are, they must be good for something.  It helps you keep track. And there’s no denying the lengths of the days and nights: solstices … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was queen of the search engines. She loved search engines. When I set up her first computer, one of the helpful built-in To Do exercises was a list of suggested search engines; which one did we want to … Continue reading →

Kage Baker did not approve of naps. No matter how tired she was, she never went for a lie-down in the day unless she was ill. Even then, it had to be some illness with a bit of heft – … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was a successful mid-list science fiction author.  That doesn’t mean tons of money. It meant she was was able to support herself with her writing, in a state of genteel poverty. Since her practical goal was to earn … Continue reading →

Kage Baker watched humanity like she wasn’t a member of the species. Writers tend to do that. Especially science fiction writers. Ideally, this is how all  scientists should work, too, especially  in the biological fields. One should cultivate a completely … Continue reading →