Since the column Dave Truesdale writes for F&SF only appears online I find myself reading the July installment six months late (they ought to create an RSS feed). He discusses the Paraspheres anthology, which attempts to step beyond the genre boundaries of science fiction and literary fiction in order to appeal to both.
In his euphemism-free [...]
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When my July issue of F&SF arrived I knew my June issue had been skipped. That afternoon I asked about it and the next morning had an email saying they’d resend my copy.
As a librarian I know that resolving what are called “claims” is sometimes as pleasant as calling the phone company to contest a [...]
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Posted in News, tagged WotF, Writers of the Future on December 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Judging for the 4th quarter of Writers of the Future is complete. I’ll postpone the gnashing of my teeth just long enough to offer heartfelt congratulations to the winners:
1st Place: Erin Cashier
2nd Place: Sonia Timms
3rd Place: Jeannette Cheney
I look forward to reading their stories in the next volume of the contest anthology.
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There’s a lot to like in the May 2007 issue. The striking cover goes with Ian R. MacLeod’s striking story, “The Master Miller’s Tale.” Set in rural England during an industrial revolution that threatens traditional lifestyles and traditional magics, the novella depicts the last of Burlish Hill’s master millers. A twisted romance neatly parallels and [...]
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In honor of the 8-team (or 16-team) playoff that the unethical BCS cartel will never let happen, here are some lessons college football teaches me about writing science fiction:
Laundry matters: Michigan can lose to Appalachian State and climb back into the rankings in a matter of weeks. But the bar is set much higher for [...]
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I thought Gene Wolfe had died. For a moment, when I saw the cover: his face, and the word “Memorare,” which my mind first read as “In Memoriam.” Happily, the event was just the publication of a new novella.
March Wildspring is a documentary filmmaker whose project takes him to Jupiter, where he investigates memorials and [...]
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