New acquisitions this month include:
a creepy and compelling new novella from Laird Barron, which is–and I know this is going to come as a huge shock–horrific and really strange; a clever alternate history from Gardner Dozois; some good old-fashioned space-faring SF from Robert Onopa; a new Guth Bandar tale from Matthew Hughes; and a hilarious short-short from Tim McDaniel, which is…well, it’s just wrong on so many levels (but in a good way).
Tobias Buckell reports that the first third his novel, Crystal Rain, will be available online beginning in January.
Charles Coleman Finlay offers his oblogatory late take on the late SCI FICTION, which is interesting in of itself, but also includes an thought-provoking discussion in the comments.
Dave Schwartz has set up a blog called the ED SF Project, in which he invites people to drop by and write an appreciation of one of the many stories SCI FICTION has published over the years. It’s first come, first serve, so get over there post-haste to claim your favorite SCI FICTION story and write up a nice tribute.
In Dave’s words:
By my count there are 320+ stories archived at the site. I’m willing to bet that there are that many SF writers/critics/fans/what have you who have some sort of presence on the web. So I’m thinking, let’s all of us write an appreciation of one of the stories.
It doesn’t need to be something long — it could be a few paragraphs, or it could be in-depth; it could be a critical analysis or just a reaction to the story. Just something that focuses on the fiction and shows how much impact the site has had. Remember, this is an appreciation. A celebration. Pick a story you love, or discover a new one by reading through the archives. Discover for yourself just what we’re losing. Then let’s give it the best sendoff possible.
The
latest installment of my book review column,
STRONG MEDICINE: Books That Cure What Ails You, was just published in
Intergalactic Medicine Show. In this installment, I review Cherie Priest’s
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Tim Pratt’s The Strange Adventures of
Rangergirl, Daniel Wilson’s How to Survive a Robot Uprising, and Ira
Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby (on audio).
SCI FI Wire just published a news story I wrote about Lawrence Watt-Evans’s fan-funded, online serialization of his novel The Spriggan’s Mirror.
SCI FI Wire just published a news story I wrote about Greg Bear’s forthcoming novel, Quantico.
SCI FI Wire just published a news story I wrote about Carol Emshwiller’s recent World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.
SCI FI Wire just published a news story I wrote about Lou Anders’s forthcoming anthologies, FutureShocks (Roc, Jan. 2006) and Fast Forward (Pyr, 2007).
One of my favorite reactions thus far to the death of SCI FICTION, by Matt Hughes (via the Asimov’s forum):
Another dose of fucking corporate-think. Making a world full of people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
One of these days we’re going to have to realize that an economy is a necessary part of a civilization, but not a workable substitute for one.