My piece “How Your Filipino Science Fiction Novel Will Be Adapted for Film” is up in @mcsweeneys
It’s about Buenos Aires, the legendary @CasperVanDien, and Hugo awards. (About 960 words)
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how-your-filipino-science-fiction-novel-will-be-adapted-for-film …
it's that much more poignant if you contemplate that Juan "Johnny" Rico, breaking-the-mold non-square-jawed-white-guy protag, was adapted into John "Johnny" Rico, square-jawed-white-guy protag