October 5, 2011
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Perhaps it’s my Internet Attention Disorder showing, but lately I despair of links that lead to The Atlantic. It would seem their essayists have little more to say than writers anywhere else, and yet they possess so many more words with which to say it.
September 10, 2011
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Just a quick note to remind folks that epic fantasy author Terry Brooks will be making a stop at Flying Pig Bookstore in bucolic Shelburne, Vermont on Sunday. Which is tomorrow. As Terry’s likely to turn out a crowd, the … Continue reading
September 9, 2011
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This week Project Gutenberg announced that its founder, Michael S. Hart, had died at the age of 64. You may not know the name… but you are probably familiar with Michael’s work, particularly if you’ve ever read an eBook. Michael … Continue reading
August 21, 2011
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Via SF Signal, the 2011 Hugo Award winners have been announced. I’ve linked the winners to the works, themselves, as several are currently available to read online. Congrats, one and all (and especially Ted Chiang and Mary Robinette Kowal… woot!) … Continue reading
August 21, 2011
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“I’ve always liked the idea of a special Hugo to be awarded (by force, perhaps) to literary authors who write books dripping with themes filleted from mainstream SF and then deny that it’s science fiction ‘because it’s not about robots and spaceships’.”
— Terry Pratchett
August 17, 2011
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“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.” — E.B. White I’ve become obsessive over writers’ spaces, those places where authors throw wide the doors of their imagination, spread … Continue reading
August 12, 2011
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NPR has tabulated the results of its survey and names its top 100 SF&F novels of all time! It’s quite honestly a pretty fine reading list even if might quibble about where some of the titles landed. I do wish, however, … Continue reading
August 8, 2011
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Matt Staggs (writer, publicist, one-time list-keeper of SFF awesomeness at Enter the Octopus) has spawned a crowd-sourced, gothic horror, shared-world wiki based on a New England village with a hidden, haunted history. Feel free to join in on the world-building — it’s a Creative Commons share-alike-ganza!