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It keeps growing. The “to be read” pile has not only overwhelmed the built-in shelves on the bed, it’s creeping onto the nightstand and I’m running out of room on the “to be read after some of these others” shelf in the adjoining room. (The interim stop for books between the TBR stack and “one […]
Reportedly, the latest novel from Charles Stross is not only more of his somewhat unique approach to SF, it uses a different copyright approach. Accelerando is comprised of a short story sequence dealing with a couple generations of a family that gives away ideas for a living. In addition to normal book sales, Stross also […]
Human Events magazine (which bills itself as “The National Conservative Weekly”) asked 15 “conservative scholars and public policy leaders” to list The Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Century. Not suprisingly, Marx, Hitler and Mao took the top three positions. But also making appearances were The Kinsey Report< (“designed to give a [...]
It seems to have started with The Mundane Manifesto, which arose from a discussion between Geoff Ryman and a class at Clarion East, a science fiction and fantasy writers’ workshop at Michigan State. Simply summarized (at least from my standpoint), the manifesto asserts that sf should abandon such topics as interstellar travel, time travel, alternative […]
Locus magazine has announced the finalists for its annual awards. In addition to awards for Best Science Fiction Novel, awards are also given for Best Fantasy Novel, Best First Novel and Best Young Adult Book, all based on a readers’ poll.
This year’s best sf novel finalists are: The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks; Eastern […]
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