Bruce Sterling has a blog!! Am I the last person on earth to know about this? Well, probably not, but I see it's been around for a while now. Sterling's one of my favorite science fiction writers and quite an interesting guy, so I fear this is likely to be another time drain. (He does keep some interesting company, too.)
Take his acerbic link ("I have to admire the boyish joie de vivre of a guy whose hobby is blowing up high explosives with target rifles.") to this website:What is a Boomer Shoot Adventure? In a single sentence, it is a magic kingdom for people with high-power rifles (yours or ours). Imagine that every time you hit your target it explodes with enough power to be heard five to ten miles away. Imagine that when you squeeze the trigger the rifle doesn't just recoil into your shoulder and punch a tiny hole in a piece of paper, but the chest thumping shockwave from a solid hit on a reactive target causes cars to shake and house windows to rattle a half mile away. We make that imaginary vision reality. This is the core of a Boomer Shoot Adventure.
(There's also a link there to some cool (?) audio effects.)
