A Brief Linking to the Manifesto of No-Consequence
I’m contemplating whether I want to say something more about this fellow’s counter-boycott against those who have condemned Elizabeth Moon over her recent comments on Islam (you can read what I’ve had to say about consumer activism in relation to literature here). The level of hypocrisy, intellectual vacuity (the argument of no-consequence, specifically), and repetition […]
The First Amendment: The Separation of Author and Work
There has been a lot of talk recently over the problem of the separation of an author from his or her work, and this has largely been so because of some rather alarming words written by Elizabeth Moon on Muslims and citizenship (in the U.S.). Bloggers, such as Gav over at NextRead, among others, have […]
Emotional Attachment, Aging, and Books
A few days ago I had a conversation with a friend about book obsession. Specifically, I was curious about Harry Potter and similar franchises, which developed a fanbase of obsessed kids and adults, all open about their excitement about the next book in the series. I experienced the same obsession, as did a number of […]
Canonization and the Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
(I’m a little late to the “party,” but since I may be teaching a science fiction course in a year or two, and thus might consider the Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction as a possible required text, I figure it might be a good idea to throw in my thoughts on the non-controversy–in the sense that the […]
New Weird and Scifi Strange: Part Two — Invented Genres and Moments More
(See my previous post on New Weird here.) II. Invented Genres and Moments More A lot has been discussed in the last year about the “Scifi Strange” subgenre. One of the few people talking about it is its creator, Jason Sanford–contrary to what Adam Callaway says here, Sanford is, in fact, coining a subgenre, even […]
Surprise Aside: The Oddly Genre-Heavy Alachua County School Reading List
While I was at Barnes & Noble yesterday, I noticed that there was a table for the reading list for Alachua county’s public schools. I’m usually quite curious about what teenagers and kids are reading in school, largely because I think schools should spend more time fostering a love of reading than forcing students to […]