I've known Susan Groppi for over a decade, and almost all of that time, it's been within the context of the speculative fiction community. Well, strictly speaking, that's not entirely true. The earliest significant interaction I had with Susan was as her lab partner in a freshman college physics class (E&M, for those who care), and she and I were ( Read more... )

First off, swan_tower has completed the first draft of her most recent novel, well ahead of schedule. Go over there and congratulate her; this'll be her third published novel.

Second, I point you to a fascinating post on the wives of presidents and vice-presidents by nhw. I find it somewhat ironic that, of the two people I've seen post interesting things ( Read more... )

As swan_tower bemoaned, "No one is coming to our wedding!" ...which is to say that the first wave of invitations to our wedding went out, and we started getting response cards today. The first four? "Sorry, we can't attend." Note that the list our parents provided us of "must invites" is sufficiently large that, were they all to accept (which, obviously ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've posted, about Strange Horizons or otherwise, and I figured I'd change both, since I can do so fairly rapidly, and at least part of this will be of interest to my friends list, kitsune_zen and moonandserpent in particular.

First off, Articles has an essay on the Doctor Who novels of Ian Marter, written by Nicholas Whyte (a.k.a. nhw). Fiction has ( Read more... )

First off, in Strange Horizons, we're running a piece on "taming the Beast" by Margaret Carter. Quite nifty. Also, we're doing the fall fund drive now. Give early! Give often! (...and get neat prizes!)

More game-related, there's one of those "find the movie" puzzles up at the M&M's site, though it's horror-movie themed, more or less, which is ( Read more... )

So I've been remiss in this, so let's see if I can start afresh and keep up with this.

First off, this week in Articles, Paul Lucas discusses our fusion future, giving a good overview of the current state of nuclear fusion research.

Fiction, meanwhile, has "The House Beyond Your Sky," by Benjamin Rosenbaum, with illustration by Vladimir Vitkovsky ( Read more... )

Been a bit. Here's this week's, at least:

In Articles, Marie Brennan (that's swan_tower, for those playing at home) explores Meredith Ann Pierce's The Darkangel via a folkloric approach. Fiction has "The Women of Our Occupation," by Kameron Hurley, while Poetry has "Giving Back the Moon," by Duane Ackerson. Reviews this week cover Skinny Dipping in the ( Read more... )

First off, a happy 150th birthday to everyone's favorite nutty inventor, Nikola Tesla.

Second off, there's a new Strange Horizons up today. This week:

• Articles: "The Reader and the Map," by Johan Jönsson, which is all about maps in fantasy novels
• Fiction: "The Welsh Squadron," (part two of two); part one can be found here
• Poetry: "Mirror Man," by ( Read more... )

OK. I've really fallen behind at this point. This week, Articles ran an interview with Selina Rosen, owner and Editor-in-chief of Yard Dog Press. Fiction has "Waiting on Alexandre Dumas," by William Davis, and Poetry has "lis pendens," by Mike Allen. Reviews, as always, has a selection of nifty bits for us, including pieces on Scott Lynch's The ( Read more... )

I'm coming in at the end of the week, rather than the beginning, but at least it's still the same week, eh?

Fiction has the second half of "Love Goes Begging," by Bennet H. Marks, and Poetry has "After Reading Stephen Hawking's Essays On a Nutshell-Shaped Universe," by Apryl Fox.

Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic discusses freaky moments in Sci-Fi in ( Read more... )