Marginalia
Russell T Davies on Today this morning, enthusing about the new Who. The man is a big ol' dork and we love him for it. I have a copy of the first episode downloaded, but in deference to Stewart's pleas I'm going to hold off on watching it. Warren Ellis has positive reaction here; Ain't It Cool News, if you trust them, have slightly more ambivalent reactions here (the second one at AICN also seems to be highly spoilery, so I haven't read it).
Angel S5 analysis: Postmodernism, chaos and Illyria.
Cool thing: Make your powerbook's motion-sensor work for you!
Ariel has posted some of the feedback he's received to his post about reviewing (the discussion from yesterday continues).
Reviews of Never Let Me Go: The Independent, ('uses a science-fiction framework to throw light on ordinary human life'; eerily similar to the end of Matt Cheney's Strange Horizons column as discussed a couple of days ago), Sunday Times ('a scenario that wouldn't be out of place in science fiction'), and The Guardian (probably the only review of the book to reference Spares).
A good interview with Ian R Macleod. Interesting thoughts on the relative merits of short stories and novels, and the good news that the novel-length version of The Summer Isles is being published later this year.
Ill-conceived rant of the day: "Here’s a thought: The reason for that argument that “if it's good, well, then it can’t be Science Fiction” is quite simply that it’s true." I can see Su and Dan nodding along as they read. Further discussion here.
You know, something's not right when I find myself supporting the House of Lords. Also slightly unnerving, this piece from yesterday's Independent suggesting that maybe recent American policies aren't going to be a long-term disaster after all.
Fiction roundup: 'The Spear Carrier' by AM Dellamonic at SCIFICTION and 'La Malcontenta' by Liz Williams at Strange Horizons. And two short-shorts: a new irrational history, and 'A Modest Proposal...' by Vonda N Mcintyre, from Nature.
Poll
And finally: That's no moon!
Angel S5 analysis: Postmodernism, chaos and Illyria.
Cool thing: Make your powerbook's motion-sensor work for you!
Ariel has posted some of the feedback he's received to his post about reviewing (the discussion from yesterday continues).
Reviews of Never Let Me Go: The Independent, ('uses a science-fiction framework to throw light on ordinary human life'; eerily similar to the end of Matt Cheney's Strange Horizons column as discussed a couple of days ago), Sunday Times ('a scenario that wouldn't be out of place in science fiction'), and The Guardian (probably the only review of the book to reference Spares).
A good interview with Ian R Macleod. Interesting thoughts on the relative merits of short stories and novels, and the good news that the novel-length version of The Summer Isles is being published later this year.
Ill-conceived rant of the day: "Here’s a thought: The reason for that argument that “if it's good, well, then it can’t be Science Fiction” is quite simply that it’s true." I can see Su and Dan nodding along as they read. Further discussion here.
You know, something's not right when I find myself supporting the House of Lords. Also slightly unnerving, this piece from yesterday's Independent suggesting that maybe recent American policies aren't going to be a long-term disaster after all.
Fiction roundup: 'The Spear Carrier' by AM Dellamonic at SCIFICTION and 'La Malcontenta' by Liz Williams at Strange Horizons. And two short-shorts: a new irrational history, and 'A Modest Proposal...' by Vonda N Mcintyre, from Nature.
Poll
And finally: That's no moon!