Well, many thanks to Aaron and Charlie for their advice and recommendations. In the closing moments of the old tax year, I shot off an order and soon will be the proud owner of a Sony Reader. I won’t see it till I get to Oakland, but hopefully it’ll be the solution to my problems. …
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Sophie update
http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/07/01/sophie-update/She’s home. The doctors let her come home last night, but she’s still registered as a patient, so back today to see one more doctor (a supervising neurologist) who wasn’t available last night. We know a bit about what’s not wrong with her: she’s been given all-clears by cardiologists, neurologists, physiotherapists, psychologists, and so on. So what is wrong? …
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Project!
http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/06/29/project/I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about or planning blog posts: they tend to be pretty spontaneous. Yesterday morning, though, I was sitting around thinking about blogging about short fiction generally, and the recent short fiction of Peter Beagle specifically. …
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Eclipse One Review; SFFWorld, WJ Williams, Linkage
http://blogorob.blogspot.com/2008/06/eclipse-one-review-sffw...Three new reviews went up at SFFWorld: My review of Jonathan Strahan's eclectic speculative fiction anthology Eclipse One, which is the first of a series of unthemed anthologies.
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O NOES! A TYPHOON IN OUR TEAPOT KINGDOM!
http://www.lordofallfools.com/blog/?p=151, and picked up speed as it raced over the hills and vales, and down forested lanes filled with automatomic servants. SF Signal: Mind Meld posts a cross-section of what some of the folks in the genre are discussing. Jonathan Strahan ruminates about being stuck in the eye. As a writer– a male, white, heterosexual writer (ooo– I’m seething with POWER! Do you see it? Do you see my vast raw, barely restrained…POWER! It’s a freaking grand sight! Let me tell you!)
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MIND MELD: Is There Gender Imbalance in Genre Fiction Publishing?
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/006846.htmlMuch as a real friend, a true friend discreetly nudges you and mentions that you've got spinach between your teeth rather than let you keep talking away? Jonathan Strahan has talked about why he slipped on checking for gender bias in the Eclipse 2 ToC here. He has apologized and acknowledged the importance of concerns about gender issues. He is working to be part of the solution, rather than perpetuating the problem. Had I been the focus of attention in the past for actions which other people have
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Adventures in Reading
http://joesherry.blogspot.comproud of but hasn't received the attention you hoped it would? Yes, "Mirror Image." I liked that story, on several levels, but it sort of just disappeared. Often a writer's preference is not a good predictor of public reaction. Instigated by the announced Table of Contents of Eclipse Two, recent weeks have seen a good deal of conversation regarding an overall lack of female contributers to anthologies and magazines and the supposed "genderblindness" of editors. As the only woman published in
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SF Tidbits for 6/30/08
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/006835.html" by Frank Lillie Pollack"Crystallized Thought" by Nat Schachner"Warning from the Stars" by Ron Cocking Ben Bova says: Writers must write, every day. [via Matt Staggs] Jonathan Strahan will be editing Mirror Kingdoms: The Best of Peter S. Beagle for Subterranean Press. At Locus Online, Gary Westfahl reviews Wall·E. Another cool thing I want but don't need: An Ultraman USB Drive.
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Matt’s Blogosphere 6/28/2008
http://entertheoctopus.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/matts-blogos...Long Weekend with Science Fiction Romance author Linnea Sinclair SFX Book Meme - The Unread “Let us sin then, and sin to infinity” Review: “Crime” by Irvine Welsh Rick Klaw’s unexpected sighting John Joseph Adams: anthologist, metalhead Hang in there, Jonathan Read first chapter of Gary McMahon’s “Rain Dogs!” and try not to get this song of the same name stuck in your head forever. Welcome to the Fiction Liberation Front Seven Dubious Methods of Avoiding Pregnancy in Science Fiction
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SF Signal - A Science Fiction Blog
http://www.sfsignal.com), who talks a bit about astronomer/author Fred Hoyle (The Black Cloud).John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Judson Roberts, author of The Road to Vengeance . Upcoming book news:Jonathan Strahan clarifies the table of contents of Eclipse 2.John Joseph Adams announced that he will be editing a vampire fiction reprint anthology and is accepting suggestions for stories to include.Del Rey & LucasBooks announced
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Spontaneous Derivation
http://www.spontaneousderivation.comSF Editor Watch Page http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Jonathan_Strahan Website http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/ Blog http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp
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Matt’s Bookosphere 6/25/08
http://entertheoctopus.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/matts-bookos...(Seriously, this is cool) “What does it mean to be the cultural center of a community that has no culture?” Warren Ellis’ hand on eBay Review: “The Summer Place” by Lawrence Watt-Evans Jonathan Strahan addresses gender and Eclipse Two New Lovecraft comic coming soon: “The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft” Review: “Escapement” by Jay Lake Review: “Horror Isn’t a Four Letter Word” by Matthew Warner Joe Sherry continues his Fourth Street Fantasy reportage
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Jonathan Strahan Apologizes
http://tempest.fluidartist.com/2008/06/25/jonathan-strahan-a...understand why there has been anger and frustration about the TOC for E2. I wish had done a better job of maintaining gender neutrality in E2, and I will continue to try and do so, in this series, and in my other work going forward. Read the full post here
