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Given the amount of SF I’ve been consuming lately (“not that there’s anything wrong with that”), I’ve decided to embark on one of the many “reading challenges” that circulate in the blogosphere.
Largely because I first learned of it about the time of my post on foreign literature, I’m going to pursue The Armchair Traveler […]
As I noted upon my return from Readercon, Jim and Kathy Morrow graciously inscribed and gave me their copy of their recent anthology of European SF after I’d forgotten mine at home. I promised to send my copy to replace theirs.
I e-mailed Jim after I returned to get a mailing address. I hadn’t heard […]
There’s been a variety of talk about post-9/11 literature in the U.S. Several novels, most recently Don DeLillo’s Falling Man, have explored the territory. Still, two recent releases by British SF authors Brian Aldiss and Ken MacLeod made me realize they seem to be most directly addressing and questioning the impact of 9/11 and the […]
I meant to get this done earlier but catching up from my trip and other sundry items interfered. Anyway:
There’s a bit of a dustup here and there over a Readercon panel on reviewing in the blogosphere. I attended that panel and, like some commenters to one of the linked posts, felt blog reviews (as […]
In my last post, I noted how friendly and courteous the authors, editors and critics were at Readercon. Sunday, I was the beneficiary of an act that left no doubt in my mind that SF professionals are a joy to be among.
I planned to take two books with me to be signed, James and […]
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