I interrupt a much happier post about Tarpon Springs, Florida, and some work on two upcoming novellas, to alert you to yes, still more wrong from the New York Times, in a review of A Wrinkle in Time.

I hardly know where to begin. Let's see:

1. It's Mrs. Whatsit, not Mrs. Whastis. Right there on the blurb, even. (This might have been a typo but ( Read more... )

Summing up journalism today:

New York Times asks if they should be, you know, checking statements to see if they are true.

Good lord, New York Times, even I - a non journalist - do some (very basic) fact checking, both on this blog, my Tor posts and even in my science fiction where I'm allowed to just make stuff up.Just reading this made me feel ( Read more... )

The New York Times would like to tug on your heartstrings again, with this touching, touching, tale about Amy Klein, who, even with a Harvard degree, couldn't get a job at Gourmet magazine (sniffle) and....wait for it....had to join a PUNK ROCK BAND. And, gasp, TOUR. Like, FOR REALS ( Read more... )

To Ginia Bellafonte of the New York Times:

STOP.

Seriously, again, STOP.

I mean, yes, it's great that you took a moment to respond to the overwhelming criticism of your condescending "women don't read fantasy" review. It's not great that your response included this::As I wrote in the review, I realize that there are women who love fantasy, but I ( Read more... )

Annalee Newitz, taking the correct response of actually thinking, rather than just sputtering in response, asks, really, why would men ever watch the Game of Thrones. Hilarious stuff.

Eat it, New York Times, indeed. (Statement stolen shamelessly from Twitter's Bryan Cogman.)

Oh, for the love of god, New York Times, STOP.

STOP.

Thanks to their new paywall, I've recently managed to successfully avoid the various annoyances of the New York Times. Until television critic Ryan McGree (who, I'd like to note, was not particularly enthusiastic about HBO's upcoming Game of Thrones, but that's ok; I don't expect everybody - ( Read more... )

Dear New York Times,

I admit to knowing nothing of the actual details of this case, and feeling skeptical of early reports. Like you, I have no idea if any of this actually occurred or if any of the early reports are exaggerated.

That said, if the allegations of gang rape of an eleven year old are true, it does not matter what the fuck the victim ( Read more... )