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*sigh* The agenda for the business side of this year's Hugos came out today. There are two items on it that have the SF/F community pretty riled up and Seanan McGuire's commentary on them (with links to more in depth debates on each one) is hereGo and read if you've ever felt any curiosity about the SF/F community's answer to the Oscars/Bookers and ( Read more... )

Oh look, it's 2007 all over again. Well done, Amazon.

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I've been thinking about something a friend and I were talking about last week. We were doing the "OMG, can't cope with baby talk, we're skipping knit night and eating cheesecake while we chat geek stuff" thing that we sometimes do when the knitting group we met through gets a little too mama-oriented ( Read more... )

Read this article this morning thanks to the lovely Fahre and I've been happy-flailing and thinky ever since ( Read more... )

I've been pondering my reading preferences. Not so much the genre or style I prefer, but my preference for stories with a happy ending. Or at least, in pro-fic, books that don't leave me a sobbing wreck on the floor ( Read more... )

The problem with working from home due to snow is that I get to find out how many awful things my cats do during the day when I'm normally not here. Guys, please, is all that really necessary ( Read more... )

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So, there's this issue that I have. A self-image thing. People regularly tell me that I'm stupid for feeling this way, but bear with me and I shall explain ( Read more... )

This isn't a meme yet, but I suspect that it's turning into one and I couldn't resist. This was posted in fandomsecrets over the weekend and triggered a huge discussion of female characters in SF. misscam's response here was brilliant and I've now seen a few people list their amazing, strong female characters so I had to join in.

Donna Noble, Doctor Who. I am so ( Read more... )