There seems to be two main “movements” in science fiction (and I’m talking about science fiction, not the broader speculative fiction/fantasy etc.) at this point in time. Both were mentioned in the editorial in the October ’07 issue of Asimov’s. The first is the manifesto-wielding vanguard of Mundane SF that Read more…
Following upon my post about the oft-predicted demise of the printed book, and my opinion that it ain’t going to happen any time soon, I come across a blog post by Warren Ellis (via SF Signal) about the tumbling circulation figures of the major print SF magazines, a term that Read more…
What the hell is going on here? J. K. Rowling makes an aside about the backstory of one of her characters– something that’s not mentioned, or even evident in the text of the book– and people start freaking out. Right now there are like 40+ comments on two separate posts Read more…
Well J. K. Rowling has confirmed that Dumbledore was gay, and you know something is very strange when the sexual preference of a fictional character is a major story on CNN. I’m just saying. . . I just hope things go well for the headmaster of Hogwarts. After all, we Read more…
Sometimes you come across news that so twisted in recursive levels of self-parody that you cannot even express an opinion on it, you just have to sit back and say, “gee that’s f__ked up.” Case in point, this series of events, the latest of which I found thanks to a Read more…
According to The Guardian, ye olde brick-and-mortar bookstore is not long for this world. According to a survey at the Frankfurt Book fair [from SF Signal]: Almost a quarter of the 1,324 industry professionals who took part in the survey predicted that the high street bookseller would no longer exist Read more…
There is a movement afoot, complete with manifesto, called Mundane SF. You may or may not have heard of it, but it does seem to be gaining a little traction to the point that Interzone is doing a Mundane SF issue. If you’re unfamiliar with the movement, there’s a post Read more…
I finally feel as if the Hostile Takeover sequel is moving forward reasonably well. This should make Sheila at DAW happy, she’s been waiting for it for an inordinately long time. Wolfbreed aside, I had stalled on the project because I hadn’t decided who the main characters were. I had Read more…
No one is perfect. Sometimes mistakes make it into print. Sometimes huge steaming mistakes get in without anyone noticing until you need to write a sequel and go, “oops how did that happen?” You can probably guess, there’s a goof in Hostile Takeover. What is it? Well here’s a hint Read more…
Everyone gets annoyed when someone flubs the continuity in an ongoing series. Fans will shout, “But that’s not what you all said back in Issue/Episode/Movie #X!” From the outside, it looks simple enough to keep track of established facts of your universe. Well, I have sympathy for all those poor Read more…