Amazon Kindle and the difference between Jeff Bezos and Johannes Gutenberg

In this image there are two recreational implements.  One is a book.  The other is a toy.
As a librarian I swim in the soup of anxiety surrounding civilization’s transition from a print to electronic world.  I’ve made strides in converting large swathes of my print collections to electronic.  I’ve tried shifting from buying books to buying ebooks.  And I [...]

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Does the World Need a New Dune Movie?

Frank Herbert’s Dune is the single greatest novel of science fiction I’ve read, a book I internalized at as a teen, and one of the few I have ever cared to reread (my review).  When you’ve come to “own” something in this way you hate to see people tamper with it.  It was a relief when Peter Jackson’s Return of [...]

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Fantasy & Science Fiction: April 2008

Compared to Maurizio Manzieri’s cover art, the April 2008 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction is underwhelming overall.  Among the highlights:
“The First Editions” by James Stoddard
The first pages of this story are deceptively predictable.  The protagonist visits the home of Yon Diedo to see his library of unique books, only to be transformed into a book himself by his [...]

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Fantasy & Science Fiction: March 2008

A long but engrossing story from Albert E. Cowdrey and a short piece of personal interest from Alexander Jablokov highlight the March 2008 issue of F&SF.
“The Boarder” by Alexander Jablokov
I’ve enjoyed the few Jablokov stories I’ve read, but this is the first that’s really struck home.  There’s actually nothing science fictional or fantastic about it, which might [...]

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