"Credit a bulging teen population, a surge of global talent and perhaps a bit of Harry Potter afterglow as the preteen Muggles of yesteryear carry an ingrained reading habit into later adolescenc

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"In this essay, I want to turn the problem around and approach it from a positive standpoint, by examining the many ways in which a non-DRM approach to electronic publishing can help the situatio

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The new look is pretty damn smooth, I must say. Go lookee.

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"I've only written one science-fiction book; that is Fahrenheit 451. All the others are fantasies and horror." There's one for the definitionists to debate.

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"This talk was first delivered at Novacon 9, in November 1979, and is reprinted from Vector 98, June 1980." It says important things about sf that still mean a lot now - if not more.

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The dos and don'ts of genre conventions. "Don't get in an elevator with Harlan Ellison." They have elevators *that* big in the US?

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A very different list to the contributors list, as they acknowledge in the leader.

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"...Mr Thomas seeks submissions for a new magazine of Steampunk/Early Pulp fiction called The Willows - stories that could have been appropriate to telling around the fire at the Gentlemans Club.

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Sean Green launches the newest amateur crit-blog on the scene. We'll be reading, man!

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"When you spend a glorious summer day in the park with mates, part of what's glorious about it is that you're in this space, this time, this zone, which is all summer days in the park."

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"I don't write for myself or for readers; I write the book I think wants to be written, if that makes sense." Scalzi brings the questions.

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"2006 was an interesting year for me in this regard, primarily because it's the first year that, frankly, I've gotten any substantial amount of income from science fiction." Scalzi shows us

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"All stories are available for free. This site does not link to pirated SF! Sites violating the copyright of the respective stories by making them accessible without the author's and/or publisher

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The mighty Iain Emsley returns to the UK sf blogosphere! w00t! Iain's a great reviewer and a very knowledgeable fan; his blog will be well worth subscribing to.

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"I have always been an admirer of John’s criticism, but never uncritically so [...] Nevertheless I tend to nod along with what he has to say, until every so often something just makes me stop dea

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Does exactly what it says on the tin, unsurprisingly. An interesting selection, though, chosen by the site's contributors.

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"It seems that the LLDA are interested in talking to small and indie presses for their Autumn focus in 2007." Jolly good show - let's hope this initiative goes well and spreads nationwide.

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Science fiction is written predominantly by white, western males. For them, the alien may be found beyond borders, across continents. The Other is someone with a different language, skin colour, even

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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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"Below as HTML and also available as a PDF is my 2004 novel Move Under Ground." Mamatas self-promotes and completes some coursework in one swoop.

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"Our astronauts are brave men and women, but there’s nothing in our current space program in any way comparable to the extremes of isolation and hardship suffered by so many of the figures in the

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"The history of modern SF is one of five attempted revolutions — one success and four enriching failures." Whoo - some contentious stuff in here. Let battle commence! Link via various source

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"Escapist fiction gives us a vehicle for vicariously experiencing stuff that's actually quite painful, unpleasant, and undesirable -- and romance and adventure at the same time (which are also ab

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"This recommended reading list, published in Locus Magazine's February 2007 issue, is a consensus by Locus editors and reviewers..." At last, an end-of-year list that I've actually read a de

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"Orbit, a damned fine SF&F imprint, has had a record year, recording their highest sales since their inception in 1974 and taking a huge chunk of the UK SF&F books sales for 2006." S

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"The most important thing to understand about writing an author bio is that this is a form of literary characterization. Details that enhance the bio by making the author a more rounded character

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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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"...some semi-recent numbers on sf magazine publishing. “Subs” means sales through subscription, “stands” means copies sold in stores..." Yipes - this really *is* a small scene!

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"In a similar way overlooked books tend to be half-seen, somewhat mysterious. Perhaps we view them in one context when they deserve another, wider context." VanderMeer gets his word on.

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"The ISFDB is open for editing by the general public." If there was ever the potential to test the community strength of the genre, this could well be the place it happens.

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