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What sort of insane legal system allows a company to patent a concept like "renting movies over the Internet"? From Law.com

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from the New York Times.

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at Esquire.com. "We put 250 napkins in the mail to writers from all over the country -- some with a half dozen books to their name, others just finishing their first. In return, we got nearly a

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on YouTube. It was originally broadcast on "This Hour has Seven Days" in the 1960s.

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"How Characters Became the Masters and the Author Their Apprentice"

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a weblog by the author of "Please Don't Kill The Freshman"

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he is the 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

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"We are blessed so far this decade with an amazing crop of new science fiction novelists." We are indeed; and I can't think of how I'd have made this list differently, with the exception of

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"Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described "deviant" thinkers: science-fiction wr

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"...writers who are unskilled in the ways of the Internet [...] will be like movie actors at the end of the silent era who were forced to acquire new skills when talking pictures were suddenly th

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"While the ballot does not offer a "none of the above" option for voting, it does offer SFWA members the ability to offer a write-in candidate instead." Scalzi steps into the breac

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Jason Stoddard has the lever. Now find yourself a firm place to stand.

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Long rambling and interesting essay about literary criticism, 'how to read' guides and the state of the modern novel. Hard going in places, but worth it. If I read it correctly, that is.

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"The top 10% earned 50% of the total income earned by writers in 2005-06, compared to the bottom 50% who earned less than 10% of the total." Ouch.

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"Glorifying Terrorism is a new anthology of short stories by British SF authors in praise of "terrorism" -- from Nelson Mandela on." This plug on BoingBoing should do wonders for s

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"It's been all engines full-ahead at the John Jarrold Literary Agency recently..." I'm particularly pleased to see a deal for Chris Beckett in this list; that guy deserves hugeness.

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"In February 2007 Rackstraw Press published [er, *will* publish] 'Glorifying Terrorism', an anthology of sf short stories written in protest of the Terrorism Act." I've ordered my copy.

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"What makes a good writer? Is writing an expression of self, or, as TS Eliot argued, 'an escape from personality'? Do novelists have a duty? Do readers? Why are there so few truly great novels? Z

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"So, in buying a hardback from Amazon, you give me $2.50 by spending roughly double what you’d spend on a paperback. Are you beginning to see where I’m going? You spend the same amount. The autho

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What will the future hold for the first-borns of 2007? The Toronto Sun talks to Schroeder and Sawyer (and others) for some heavy futurism. Put my name down for an implanted computer!

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"For any plagiarist living in an age of search engines, waving a loaded book in front of reviewers has become the literary equivalent of suicide by cop." This is going to get very messy over

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"The list is limited to personal (not corporate-sponsored or news-oriented), single-author blogs, with an emphasis on science fiction and fantasy writers, editors, agents, publishers, artists and

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"Tried and true, blue-chip authors ruled the shelves this year thanks to a spate of fall and winter releases from stalwarts like Stephen King, James Patterson and Bob Woodward." A few surpri

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Madeleine Roberts discusses copyright as pertaining to author contracts at DeepGenre.

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"Explore developments within the publishing world and meet writers of science fiction and fantasy. Featuring industry experts, bestselling authors, and new writers alike, prepare for the adventur

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"'Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.' - Vernor Vinge" A superb collection of six word sf stories at Wired. Trust me, go read.

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