The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century: Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Finney, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin,
Feministe (Free subscription) | yesterday
I wanted to share one of my favourite feminist texts, “A Left Handed Commencement Address,” which was given to the Mills College Class of 1983 by the excellent science fiction writer and feminist Ursula K. Le Guin. She allows anyone to republish the address, but in this case I’ll quote some favourite parts and link [...]
Visions of Paradise (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
There is probably nothing more difficult in writing than following a classic, and I can cite numerous examples where the author’s next work, although good objectively, still suffered by comparison to the previous one: China Miéville’s The Scar (following Perdito Street Station ), Roger Zelazny’s Creatures of Light and Darkness (following Lord of Light ), Samuel R. Delany’s...
A Longhouse Birdhouse (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
LULJETA LLESHANAKU VERTICAL REALITIES Waking is an obligation: three generations open their eyes every morning inside me. The first is an old child — my father; he always chooses his luck and clothes one size too small for him. Next comes grandfather...In his day, the word "diagnosis" did not exist. He simply died of misery six months after his wife. No time was wasted. Above their...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Interviews/Profiles Michael A. Ventrella interviews Jay Lake ( Green ). The Wall Street Journal interviews Cormac McCarthy . (via Nadia Bulkin ) MakerCulture interviews Cory Doctorow (video). The Author Hour interviews Anne Rice, Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card (podcast). Betrayals interviews Lilith Saintcrow . Globo TV interviews Catherine Asaro (video --...
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Another big anniversary issue. I tend not to like these anniversary issues, but this one was very good. First, "A Democracy of Trolls", in which RoOSFM favorite Charles Coleman Finlay dares to tell the true story of Reddit. Ursula K. Le Guin's "Social Dreaming of the Frin" is also excellent. Tanith Lee's "In the City of Dead Night" starts out really slowly and infodumply...
Wands and Worlds (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
"The Author Hour" is a new internet radio show interviewing some of the biggest names in "speculative fiction, fantasy (urban, supernatural, paranormal, epic and adventure), science fiction (space opera, military and hard SF), romance, horror, young adult and children's fiction." The show is hosted by Matthew Peterson, author of Paraworld Zero, and runs on VoiceAmerica.com every...
Philippine Genre Stories (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
An anthology of science fiction titles by name authors is going straight to digital . An excerpt from the article: A group of US authors, including Ursula K Le Guin, is bypassing the traditional publishing process by publishing direct on Amazon's Kindle and Sony's e-reader. Book View Press was founded earlier this year by members of Book View Cafe, a co-operative of 27 "award-winning and bestselling...
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"An anarchist is one who, choosing, accepts the responsibility of choice." -- Ursula K. Le Guin , Mythmakers & Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction . ed. Margaret Killjoy. AK Press, 2009: 8.
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Every Monday, I'll be doing bite-sized book/magazine reviews. Disclosure: The publisher sent a review copy for the purposes of this review. The Secret History of Science Fiction -- sounds like the title of a blockbuster movie or exhaustive nonfiction book but this is, in fact, an anthology that features stories that bridge the literary vs. genre divide, or "li-fi" as Orson Scott Card would...
Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Have you heard that the series "V" is being trotted out again? This time with Morena Baccarin as Diana, the leader of the alien race that is here to "help" us. Not! Read more here and here . Ursula K. Le Guin turned 80 this week. Happy Birthday! This contest gives a whole new meaning to "forward thinking". Science Fiction and Fantasy held it in 1980 asking for predictions...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Happy birthday to Ursula K. le Guin! Also, if possible, try to help out PopeLizbet's friend Dave ( details here ). Interviews The Dragon Page interviews Douglas Clegg (podcast). Marty Durham interviews Bruce Cordell (video). Joseph Mallozzi interviews Paul Jessup . Rick Kleffel interviews Jewell Gomez (podcast). Marshall Payne interviews Amal El-Mohtar . Laptop Magazine interviews Eoin Colfer (video)....
Jacket Copy (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Today is Ursula K. Le Guin's 80th birthday. The multiple-award-winning writer is best known for "The Wizard of Earthsea" and is thought of for her science fiction, although she has crossed many boundaries. Earlier this year, she talked to Scott...
Feminist SF - The Blog! (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Today, Ursula K. Le Guin celebrates her 80th birthday. Her wonderful stories have immensely widened my political outlook and inspired my commitment to social change. Here’s to many more birthdays! Birthday Celebration Links: Happy Birthday, Ursula! – Ambling Along the Aqueduct Happy Birthday Ursula K. Le Guin – SFWA Happy birthday to Ursula le Guin – [...]
Notes from the Labyrinth (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Very happy 80th birthday wishes to Ursula K. Le Guin, whom I desperately want to be when I grow up. (Still not king.) Her books were a deeply formative influence (sf! AND feminism! AND lovely careful thinking about what it means to be a human being! AND breathtaking prose! AND!, in other words, instead of OR.), and her nonfiction essays were one of the first places where I saw that it was okay to be...
operaman's blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
For those of you who have had your fill of writing and videos and all that about Glass and Orphée here's your weekly assortment from Operaman's grab bag of opera ephemera. Happy Birthday! Ursula K. Le Guin is 80 years young today! Avid readers among you will know Ms Le Guin as one of the world's foremost writers of fantasy and science fiction novels. She has almost innumerable awards to her...
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