[N]ever read short science fiction stories and want to find out what all the buzz is about? Or maybe you were once a science fiction reader looking to get back into the game? Head on over to Clarkeworld Magazine and subscribe. Clarkeworld has been publishing some outstanding science fiction from Genevieve Valentine to Tobias Buckell…
[I]’m a little behind getting this post out, but part of the reason is that I have now partially automated the process of generating these posts–something which I will discuss in my Going Paperless tips post next week. Remember that items in bold are recommended. And a (^) indicates a re-read. It is also worth…
[Y]esterday, I posted a list of all of my current magazine subscriptions. One of those subscription is to Apex Magazine, a wonderful magazine edited by Lynne Thomas, that publishes science fiction, fantasy and horror. They always publish great stories. They’ve even published a story by yours truly. Apex is having a subscription drive. If you…
[B]ecause I need a break from work, and to have a nice reference point, here is a listing of my active magazine subscriptions and where I read them: Analog Science Fiction (Kindle App) Apex Magazine (Kindle App) Asimov’s Science Fiction (Kindle App) Clarkesworld (Kindle App) Daily Science Fiction (Email) Fantasy & Science Fiction (Kindle App)…
[I] have officially read 500 books since I started keeping my list on January 1, 1996. The lucky #500 turned out to be Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick’s The Cassandra Project1. In the 17 years that it took me to hit 500 books 6,139 days have elapsed, which means that I finished a book, on average,…
[B]ecause I thought it would be interesting to list out, here is what I was reading on October 11 starting with October 11, 1996 and continuing through today. There are only a couple of days when I wasn’t actually reading anything (finished a book and hadn’t yet started another one). It’s kind of an interesting…
[I] read. A lot. I keep lists of virtually everything I read, whether it is books or short fiction, articles, or blog posts. Even stories that I critique for other writers. And by applying a simply model to all of these things that I read, I have an estimate of how much I read in…
Since I became the science fiction book reviewer for InterGalactic Medicine Show, publishers have been kind enough to send me books to review. So far, I haven’t been able to review the books I’ve been sent, mostly because they are either (a) not science fiction; or (b) they are science fiction, but are Book n in a…
I’ve said it many times before, but after coming back from Worldcon, I truly believe that we are in the midst of another Golden Age of short science fiction and fantasy. With that in mind, I just wanted to provide a post that lists some of the great magazines people can subscribe to in order…
I first read Stephen King's It back in October 2009. It took me by surprise back then because I thought it was a horror story about a clown who goes around and kills people. And while there is a clown that goes around and kill people, I learned that the story was about the clown…
I am on an Internet Vacation this week. I promised one old post and one new post each day while I was on vacation. This is the second of my old posts. It was originally posted back on January 19, 2012. I brought this one back because I thought it was funny. It also got a fair number of…
My tendency, when I identify a book that I want to read, is to look it up on Amazon, see if there is a Kindle edition, and buy it. But, we’ve been trying to cut back on our spending a bit and buying books certainly makes up its fair share of the cutbacks. So I’m…