I was at Capclave all day today and had a terrific time, but I am exhausted. A much more detailed update is coming soon. I’m back there for half the day tomorrow, and so I’m off to bed now.
IGMS Issue #6 was released on Friday and is now available. I recommend it. In addition to great stories and illustrations, it’s got an interview with Robert J. Sawyer. Check it out today!
One of the great things about the art form of written science fiction is that, at it’s heart, it’s all about the short story. I love the short story form and I have science fiction to thank for that. I love the limits that it imposes, the challenge it provides. A short story, like a…
Just home from work and sitting in the mail were the November issue of ANALOG and the October/November issue of ASIMOV’S. As good as these magazines usually are, ASIMOV’S has a very special treat in this issue. They’ve reprinted Isaac Asimov’s famous story, “Nightfall”. In part, this is because it’s the 30th anniversary of the…
This evening, I will start reading Joe Haldeman’s new book, The Accidental Time Machine. Time travel has been a staple of science fiction since H.G. Wells The Time Machine and Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Now some scientists think that building a time machine might be plausible in the distant future.
I got my first issue of the SFWA Forum in the mail today. This is a kind of extended newsletter that discussing the ongoing business of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. I read through it and in many ways, it is utterly fascinating. Even though much of it is reports on various…
I made some decisions about attendance of upcoming science fiction conventions over the next 6-8 months or so. I will be attending Capclave 2007 in Rockville, Maryland (a mere half hour from my house). I will also be attending Boskone 45, in Boston over Presidents Day weekend 2008. I will not, however, be attending the…
I made one of my rare forays through the District and into Virgina today, driving. I had no idea where I was going but the GPS got me there safely and in only about 25 minutes or so. William Gibson was signing books at Borders at Bailey’s Crossing as part of a tour to promote…
Read this from slushmaster via mabfan. With the decline continuing in markets for short speculative fiction, the assistant editor of Realms of Fantasy is urging a subscription drive for all short science fiction, fantasy and horror magazines as a way of supporting the art form and bolstering their subscriptions. Doing this preserves a commercial art…
I attended my first ever Balticon science fiction convention today. It was the last day of the convention and I got to the hotel just before the convention opened, having driven straight there from Dulles airport (my flight from Las Vegas got in at about 7:30 AM). It was a lot of fun but I…
I’ll be spending the day tomorrow (Memorial Day) at the last day of the Balticon convention. Based on the list of panels for tomorrow, here are the sessions that I plan to attend: 10 AM: Reading by William Shunn (shunn) 11 AM: Tony Ruggiero’s Quick-Write 1 PM: Come Ask the Author About Writing 2 PM:…
Edmund Schubert, editor of INTERGALACTIC MEDICINE SHOW announced today that IGSM was officially moving to a quarterly schedule. Our target date for publication of issue 5 is mid-June, a new issue will be published every three months after that, and I now know exactly how many stories I need and can proceed accordingly. This is…