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http://peachfront.diaryland.com/enderhitlte.html

ender and hitler: sympathy for the superman websnapr

Elaine Radford's classic critical essay on Orson Scott Card's 'Ender's Game'.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/jamesons_archaeologies_of_the_future/

Adam Roberts on Jameson’s 'Archaeologies of the Future' websnapr

"Jameson’s been interested in science fiction for most of his career, but never before has he published so large a work devoted wholly to the genre—or, more specifically, devoted to utopia, here
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http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1218152.0.0.php

Quick-thinking Banks writes hit festival’s closing chap ... websnapr

"Banks also delivered a robust defence of the science fiction genre which, he said, was 'one of the most important genres in literature, certainly since the industrial revolution'." Go, Bank
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http://peake.livejournal.com/90318.html

The Horror, The Horror websnapr

"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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http://www.uksfbooknews.net/2007/02/07/jjla-update-4-new-authors-2-book-deals/

JJLA update: 4 new authors, 2 book deals websnapr

"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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http://johncwright.livejournal.com/72410.html

Bad Literature, Good SF websnapr

"I must emphasize that the science fiction value of the work proceeds, in my opinion, from different standards." John C. Wright flicks his nose at the 'literary values' crowd. This one's gon
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http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/01/the_return_of_t.html

The Return of the Salon and the End of Mass Media websnapr

"Paradoxically, contemporary marketing will not destroy the virtual salons; the virtual salons are destroying contemporary marketing strategy and replacing it with something altogether new."
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http://skzbrust.livejournal.com/15979.html

Food and books websnapr

"Books can be broken down into four classes: popcorn, steak, caviar, and celery." An intriguing metaphor, via SF Signal. Can one live on a diet of steak and caviar?
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http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,1930135,00.html

Braving a new world websnapr

"Penguin [...] is the first major publisher to dip its toe into the virtual world and, appropriately, it has chosen Neal Stephenson's 'Snow Crash' as the book with which to test the waters."
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