RIP: Realms of Fantasy Magazine
According to SF Scope, Realms of Fantasy Magazine is closing down, their April 2009 issue being the last one. Needless to say, I am quite upset by this because RoF is/was one of my favorite fantasy magazine (fiction, that is, as I don’t care much for anything else). It’s one of the few magazines that […]
Steampunk Reading List?
Some time ago I found this list of Steampunk novels that someone had put together as a sort of preliminary reading list of the genre. Interestingly enough, it splits the list into three categories: proto-Steampunk, early Steampunk, and recent Steampunk. I’m not sure that there really is that big a difference between the first two […]
RIP: John Updike
Apparently John Updike passed away today at the tender age of 76 (from lung cancer). That’s somewhat disheartening for some reason. He will be missed! (Thanks to Grasping For the Wind)
Author Conduct: A Slippery Slope to Insanity (Part Two)
Now to part two of my Author Conduct deal. The Cole A. Adams/Kevin W. Reardon/Steve Berman FiascoAlright, so basically here is what happened:Steve Berman is an editor who said of Kevin W. Reardon’s story “The Portico Angel” that “a bad opening crippled this story for me plus the various relationships felt off.” Shortly after Reardon […]