Linkety links
I'm drinking a Cuba Libre made with Pepsi Max and making a list of books to read as research for when I get stuck into redrafting Strange Flesh, so I thought I'd share some links with you while I'm at it.
Puppygate, the gaming of the Hugos, has generated a mountain of online material. Here's just a tiny selection of it. (For an introduction, see Jim C. Hines' Puppies in Their Own Words.)
Phil Sandifer and Rabid Puppy Theodore Beale (aka Vox Day) discuss John C. Wright's Hugo-nominated One Bright Star to Guide Them and Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory. Like the Monty Python sketch with the discussion of censorship between the Archibishop of Canterbury and a nude man, but longer. (ETA: Interview with Ken MacLeod about Banks.)
Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution. Universally applicable.
Some comments on the Hugos and other SF awards from Eric Flint. Lots of background and analysis of the awards and their history. (See also Marin Wisse's response.)
The Demolished Puppy. If you put words in someone else's mouth, don't be surprised if they bite your hand.
(If you're interested in keeping up with latest developments - which by this point is mostly a cycle of outrage generated by the Pups - File770 is the place to go.)
Puppygate, the gaming of the Hugos, has generated a mountain of online material. Here's just a tiny selection of it. (For an introduction, see Jim C. Hines' Puppies in Their Own Words.)
Phil Sandifer and Rabid Puppy Theodore Beale (aka Vox Day) discuss John C. Wright's Hugo-nominated One Bright Star to Guide Them and Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory. Like the Monty Python sketch with the discussion of censorship between the Archibishop of Canterbury and a nude man, but longer. (ETA: Interview with Ken MacLeod about Banks.)
Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution. Universally applicable.
Some comments on the Hugos and other SF awards from Eric Flint. Lots of background and analysis of the awards and their history. (See also Marin Wisse's response.)
The Demolished Puppy. If you put words in someone else's mouth, don't be surprised if they bite your hand.
(If you're interested in keeping up with latest developments - which by this point is mostly a cycle of outrage generated by the Pups - File770 is the place to go.)