Reader Question: The Adams Contention
Library Dad asks: What is the funniest fantasy/sci-fi book you’ve ever read? The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams hands down. I technically didn’t read it, but listened to the audiobook. That still counts in my book. A question like this deserves a little more than just naming a book though. What is […]
A Note About Book Reviews
There his been some talk in the blogosphere about changes in review policy (not specific to books, but to product reviews and the like). It seems there is a push to make it law that blog reviewers who receive products must disclose that information so as to make it clear that they are essentially being […]
Don’t Ask, Just Do!
I keep getting email requests from people about this, so let me set the record straight: You do not have to ask me if you can link to my blog. You can just do it. You have no obligation to ask. The only time you need to ask me about linking to something is if […]
Science Fiction and Empire, and Other Thesis Considerations
Most of you already know that I am attending the University of Florida’s graduate program in English. Having arrived in Florida, I’ve become quite aware of the relatively short space of time I have to design and write an acceptable thesis in order to earn my M.A. The biggest concern for me isn’t so much […]
New Weird Science Fiction?
I’ve heard the term “New Weird” before, but I have to admit that I am horribly unfamiliar with it as a subgenre, particularly in relation to science fiction. This topic comes up due to having received a copy of the Year’s Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, from Jason Sanford, […]
Dreaming of Science Fiction Landscapes
The universe is a strange and wondrous place. We know this because NASA has shown it to us, in surprising detail with such modern scientific marvels as the Hubble Space Telescope and CERN. What once was thought of as nothing more than a vast, sparkling nothing is now a wonderfully complicated and expansive space of […]