Link of the Week: “Confirmation bias, epic fantasy, and you” by N.K. Jemisin

N.K. Jemisin takes a stab at the now tiring debate over whether epic fantasy in faux-European settings can include women and people of color without rewriting (imaginary) history.  It’s an interesting topic, as always, and, as always, Jemisin is brilliant in her response. Here’s the comment I left: I don’t have too much to add […]

Link of the Week: “The Problem of Toni Weisskopf” by Foz Meadows

Foz Meadows has some things to say about a recent post by Toni Weisskopf on all the debates going on in sf right now.  It is what I’d call essentially reading at this point. Here’s one of my favorite parts: “…intentionally or not, Weisskopf has begun by framing both SFF itself and the current tensions […]

Top 10 Blog Posts for February 2014

And here they are: 10. Why I Haven’t Babbled About the Hugo Awards…Yet 9. Book Review: Tarnished by Rhiannon Held 8. Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Anime Movies 7. Censorship is what people say when they don’t want to address the actual issue…for reasons 6. How to Destroy the SFWA…err, no, I’m not going to talk about […]