So, the news broke this morning that Angry Robot is shuttering the Strange Chemistry and Exhibit A imprints, effective immediately. Questions I'm getting: What does this mean for Blackwood and The Woken Gods? I suspect little in the short term, although if you've been procrastinating on buying them, now would be a good time. It …
I'm sure you've all seen the simply awful news about L.K. Madigan's health, which she revealed in a typically amazing post last week. She's one of those people whose work–and whose personality–generates an extraordinary amount of light and warmth. (I thought Flash Burnout was absolutely brilliant, and will be reading The Mermaid's Mirror soonest.) And, …
Cometh more bad: Sara Nelson laid off at PW, ironically on the same day her column posits that the worst of the cannings have passed, and things will inevitably look up. David Ulin at Jacket Copy has it right – her voice is a big loss to the magazine. (But, of course, best of luck …
Only one song seems appropriate, as reports of big bad doings at Macmillan circulate. I offer you "Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Sea of Tears)"* live, from the appropriately named band, Destroyer.** Enjoy. *I do, in fact, love this song. **Also known as Dan Bejar's other band.
Wowza on all the Black Wednesday Publishing-ocalypse Bloodletting, huh? Andrew Wheeler has a good round-up of the links that are to be got so far. Good luck, publishing types.
Having your car broken into, your stereo stolen and your dashboard broken in half in 17 degree weather. While it’s at the garage. Sigh. Update: Driving the 2006 Dodge Magnum makes it suck less. SWEET! (Or from Karen’s words to the Insurance/Rental Car Gods’ ears!)
For those of you who didn’t regularly read Sci Fiction and are wondering what all the fuss is about, a list of my own personal favorite stories published there with links to them. Read now, as no one seems to know how long the site will be archived. I’m only linking to new stuff; pretty …
Stupid corporate parents: As SCIFI.COM gears up to expand with exciting new ventures utilizing the newest technology, it will discontinue SCI FICTION, the online publishing division of of the site, at the end of 2005. In almost six years of groundbreaking online publishing, SCI FICTION and its editor, Ellen Datlow, had an unparalleled record of …