SF Diplomat (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Ever since switching over to an actual piece of feed-reading software I've found it so pleasant to follow loads of different feeds that I can now bring their low-hanging fruits to you for your delight and delectation. Matthew Cheney's Mumpsimus...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... Book Salon PeTA makes list of top 10 animal-friendly superheroes Very nice Readercon summary from Matthew Cheney A movement is born: "Send Alan Moore a Fiver" if you go to see The Watchmen (Via Forbidden Plant blog ) Fiction: "Sweetwater" by Lilah Wild Poll on films that came from famous SF short stories The Shirley Jackson Award winners Review of Daniel Abraham's An Autumn War with...
The Mumpsimus (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
For my stalkers, here are the panels I will be on at Readercon: Friday 2:00 PM, Salon F: Panel Triumphing Over Competence. Matthew Cheney, Carl Frederick, Adam Golaski (L), Theodora Goss, Claude Lalumiere, Cecilia Tan Jeff VanderMeer created an online ruckus with the assertion that today's short fiction market has been overwhelmed by "the triumph of competence." We can think of nothing...
Asking the Wrong Questions (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... of which there is a glut, is essentially a statement of intent. The VanderMeers, and series editor Matthew Cheney, seem almost to be girding themselves for battle in their introductions to the anthology. Does fantasy, Cheney writes, meanSwords and dragons? Dreams and portents? Nonsense? Does fantasy have to include magic, or can it simply hint at strangeness? Is it a genre...
