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    2 weeks ago
  • Martin Wisse
    Just Because! it’s good - A bit rough, but Just Because's intro is a rich depiction of that mundane life Kobayashi wants to capture. Lots of lowkey goodness like this pic.twitter.co...
    2 weeks ago
  • Pornokitsch
    Draft Posts and Middling Along - A middling post.
    2 weeks ago
  • Kameron Hurley
    Ongoing National Horrors Can’t Be Unplugged, But We Go On - Scalzi wrote recently about the struggle to write during the current burning of America. It may seem like a droll thing, compared to all the horror happe...
    2 weeks ago
  • Gillian Polack
    Thoughts and questions about research - I’ve finished the two-month round of conventions and a bunch of interesting things have happened. This post is about one of them. It’s on Patreon and on my...
    2 weeks ago
  • Benjanun Sriduangkaew
    Links round-up: Sep 2017 - What Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice gets wrong about mental illness The first minute of Senua’s Sacrifice is an odd mixture of sincerity, preciousness and co...
    3 weeks ago
  • Rose Lemberg
    Poetry news - My poem “Pollen,” about pollen cosmonauts and my childhood years in Vorkuta, is out in Mithila Review. This issue of Mithila is fantastic, with so many won...
    4 weeks ago
  • Will Ellwood
    More Sharkes - A quick reskimming of two more reflections on the Shadow Clarke Awards. First Nina Allan: Our current situation is a disaster. Only last week another artic...
    4 weeks ago
  • Dolly Garland
    Milford Writers Conference – A Week in North Wales - After a wonderful week at my very first Milford Writers Conference in gorgeous Nantlle valley, at the foot of Snowdon mountain (which continued to play a d...
    5 weeks ago
  • Christina Scholz
    Superhero_ines: Rebooted Comics and Trans* Identity - My article “Superhero_ines: Rebooted Comics and Trans* Identity” is now the first online publication on the rebooted Vector Torque Control. It’s also my ac...
    5 weeks ago
  • Paul Kincaid
    Sharke infested custard - I am, it turns out, a puritan. This comes as something of a surprise to me. After a childhood brought … Continue reading →
    1 month ago
  • Emma Newman
    An extraordinary summer - Here I am, dusting off the blog again, feeling bad for not updating it with all the stuff that’s been happening over the past few months. The thing is, I w...
    1 month ago
  • Naomi Foyle
    Disappearance without absence: Book Launch on National Poetry Day - In my role as Associate Editor at Waterloo Press, I was honoured this year to help publish a book of profoundly moving poems, Disappearance without absen...
    1 month ago
  • Maureen K. Speller
    The Arrival of Missives by Aliya Whiteley - Before other things got in the way, I’d hoped to write about some of the books other Sharke judges had put on their shortlists. Since then the actual Shark...
    1 month ago
  • Ruthless Culture
    Lessons of Sharke - Megan has put up an excellent post about her experiences as a Shadow Clarke Award juror and, seeing as a couple of other things I’ve been working on appear...
    1 month ago
  • Madeline Ashby
    Wrapped in Plastic: Nostalgia, of Televised and Other Kinds - (Note: I was originally intending to write this piece for Jacob Clifton, while he was working for Screener. But a national reading competition, plus teac...
    1 month ago
  • From Couch to Moon
    Summer 2017 Reading Review - It’s about time, wouldn’t you say? Books I Read The Sellout by Paul Beatty (2015; Straus, & Giroux) Back to that whole “rearranging your mental schema” I...
    1 month ago
  • Joseph Tomaras
    Cognitive Dissonance in the Shadow of Bolshevism - A problem of the far left, at least in Anglophone countries, seems to be that we believe our major problem to be "the problem of organization." That "the p...
    1 month ago
  • Actually Aisha
    Further self-promotion - (In lieu of any actual blogging, until this cruel thesis is over; you weren’t seriously expecting a Books I Read in August post.*) I’m one of the academi...
    1 month ago
  • Hal Duncan
    Errata Audiobook - The print edition and ebook of Errata have been out for yonks, but now, by the wonders of Bandcamp, you can get the full audiobook too as digital downloads...
    1 month ago
  • Susan Gray
    Popping in… - Hi everyone! I know it’s been such a long tine since I’ve posted in this blog – quite a few things have happened. I’ve received my PhD qualification – a la...
    1 month ago
  • Reparations Scholar-Activist
    Terms of Reference Afrikan Reparations Transnational Community of Practice (ARTCoP) - Background A Community of Practice is defined as: “A group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better a...
    2 months ago
  • Kate Elliott
    BURIED HEART/Court of Fives Trilogy Discussion HERE - I’m opening up comments here for discussion of the Court of Fives trilogy, BURIED HEART or any of the volumes specifically, both of the novellas (Night ...
    2 months ago
  • Juliana Rew
    Review of Connie Willis's Crosstalk - Almost two years ago, I attended a panel discussion at MileHiCon in Denver about animated movies in speculative fiction. I picked up a lot of good suggest...
    2 months ago
  • Nnedi Okorafor
    WHO FEARS DEATH: Chapter 1 - -Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel -Optioned by HBO and now in early development as a TV series with George R. R. Martin as executive prod...
    2 months ago
  • Carrie Patel
    Hei, Helsinki! - The last couple of months have flown by! After Houston, I went up to San Diego for a series-writing roundtable at Borderlands organized by the fabulous Tex...
    2 months ago
  • Martin McGrath
    REVIEW: WITCHES OF LYCHFORD BY PAUL CORNELL (AND A RANT ABOUT CLASS) - Those she talked to who wanted the store to come here had hardly embraced evil. They talked about how hard things were, how they needed to shop more cheapl...
    2 months ago
  • io9
    We May Eventually Find Out How the Battle of New York Changed Peter Parker - The Battle of New York at the end of *The Avengers* is a crucial moment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s the moment the whole world changed. And wh...
    3 months ago
  • Joanna Walsh
    New Website! - As you might have noticed, I haven't posted anything for a year. I have a new website, with up-to-date info etc, here.
    3 months ago
  • The Fold of the Artist
    Into The Void Magazine | Review - Originally posted on Reviewing It 4 You: *This review was from last fall and is a review of the magazine’s very first issue. I decided to re-post here, on ...
    4 months ago
  • Cecily Kane
    Us Versus Them, or What Happens When SF Fandom Can’t See Past Its Own Blinders - Recap: a few days ago, Slate published an article by Laura Miller with a few good points and much more numerous flaws. SF/F writer Jason Sanford posted a r...
    4 months ago
  • Roz Kaveney
    Had to be a London poem - LONDON Night in a city that has licked its wounds Two thousand years. And curls around its kits Feeding and grooming heroes cowards wits Lovers and killers....
    6 months ago
  • SF Mistressworks
    Ghosthunt, Jo Clayton - Ghosthunt, Jo Clayton (1983) Review by Ian Sales Ghosthunt is the seventh book in Clayton’s nine-book Diadem series. The heroine of the series is Aleytys, ...
    7 months ago
  • JY Yang
    OK! NEW WEBSITE! - AS PROMISED/THREATENED, in the new year of twenty-seventeen I have shifted web addresses entirely and you can now find me, blog and all, at jyyang.com. Thi...
    8 months ago
  • Lucy Kemnitzer
    The fifth column, whether it knows it or not - There's some really strange posts that get retweeted over and over on Twitter. It's kind of nauseating to watch. I'm going to try to address them all here ...
    9 months ago
  • Peter Sutton
    This is the end - As I now have a website, and am able to blog there, I feel that having a separate blog is no longer needed and so I'm closing this one. I'll still be revie...
    9 months ago
  • Alix E. Harrow
    The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage: An Annotated Bibliography - If you haven’t already seen my undignified squealing on social media: I have a story up at Tor.com. It’ll also be available as part of Some of the Best of ...
    10 months ago
  • Dave Hutchison
    Best Books of 2016 - Eh, well, everyone seems to be doing lists this year, so I might as well. This is just a reflection of my own personal tastes, and I’ve probably left some ...
    10 months ago
  • Wole Talabi
    My Favorite African Science Fiction and Fantasy (AfroSFF) Short Fiction of 2016 - I think 2016 has been another good year for African speculative fiction, exploring existence in strange, interesting and wonderful ways. This year, the A...
    10 months ago
  • Strange Horizons Reviews
    The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales - (Spoiler: middle managers don’t fare well in a showdown between super-powered assassins.)
    1 year ago
  • Juliana Rew
    Hela’s Brain - This is the website of Fantasy/Science Fiction author Juliana Rew. My story, “Hela’s Brain” has been accepted by Indie Authors Press to appear in Issues of...
    1 year ago
  • Britny Brooks
    10 famous authors on their favorite books - This is your blog post. Blogs are a great way to connect with your audience and keep them coming back. They can also be a great way to position yourself as...
    1 year ago
  • Sofia Samatar
    when the sick rule the world - Dodie Bellamy's essays have a muscular force. They are *all muscle*, seamless, shimmering. A Dodie essay is constructed like a snake. A Dodie essay requir...
    1 year ago
  • Ethan Robinson
    reading Russ: "Come Closer" (1965) - reading Russ series table of contents "Come Closer" (*The Magazine of Horror*, 1965), though I'm sure many people would disagree and be perfectly right for...
    1 year ago
  • Juliette Wade
    Moving to a new site - visit Dive into Worldbuilding, the Blog! - New Blog Address: http://dive-into-worldbuilding.blogspot.com/ Friends, I've now been running Dive into Worldbuilding as a show for five years (!), and f...
    1 year ago
  • Molly Gloss
    JULY 31-AUGUST 4 - CATAMARAN WRITING CONFERENCE Robert Louis Stevenson School Pebble Beach, Calif Fiction workshop daily 9:30-12:30 To register: http://catamaranliteraryreade...
    1 year ago
  • Martin Petto
    Reviewing The 2016 Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist - I’ve written about the fact people aren’t reviewing the Arthur C Clarke Award so it is only fair that I write about the fact people are reviewing the Arthu...
    1 year ago
  • Crystal Huff
    International Reading - I’m often asked, recently, what people should be reading that’s non-American or non-British in SFF. Broad topic! Here are some I’ve loved, though. Most of ...
    1 year ago
  • AfroCyberPunk
    New Dimensions - The Virtual Revolution has arrived in Africa and it's here to stay.
    1 year ago
  • Kat Howard
    Moving house - This is just to let you know that I now have a new website: http://www.kathowardbooks.com/ This blog will stay here, but will no longer be updated. I will ...
    1 year ago
  • Adam Roberts
    Clarke Award 2016 - [*Update*: this is a revised and shortened version of the original post. 8.5.16]. The days when I'd review the entire Clarke shortlist are behind me now...
    1 year ago
  • SF Signal
    All Good Things… - So long, and thanks for all the fish...
    1 year ago
  • Lucy Ann Wade
    Flawless - a film - So here it is, our short film Flawless. I hope you enjoy it.
    1 year ago
  • Isabel Yap
    2015 Year in Review, Quiz Edition - 2015 is ending! *runs around like a headless chicken* I can’t really talk about this year yet, since I haven’t given myself the headspace to reflect on thi...
    1 year ago
  • Chie and Weng
    Four Authors talk about inspiration and process (Part I) - The SEA is Ours is a steampunk anthology focusing on steampunk coming from South East Asia. A Rosarium project, the fundraiser … Continue reading →
    1 year ago
  • Tricia Sullivan
    HR Insight - How Can Staffing Help Your Business Scale? - The staffing industry is dynamic and includes key players among them staffing companies and agencies, professional employer organizations, recruiters and h...
    2 years ago
  • Amy Sterling Casil
    Cannabis Baby: Mascot for One and All! - I've never had call to categorize something under so many categories before! Cannabis Baby is the loveable mascot for our line of tshirts made for one and ...
    2 years ago
  • Tim Maughan
    “The shadow cast by the luminous screen…” – an interview with Liam Young - The fascinating new book from Sonic Acts, The Geologic Imagination, is out now – and features my interview with Liam Young, conducted whilst we were deep a...
    2 years ago
  • Noel Chidwick
    On the Shoreline of Infinity - I’m having a great time at the moment. Mark Toner (musical and artistical friend for many years) and I have decided that the time is ripe to create a Scien...
    2 years ago
  • Yunitsa
    - I am moving to Oxford tomorrow and getting over a bout of pneumonia, and it's *Person of Interest* that has left me feeling NOT OKAY. Noooooooo. Crosspost...
    2 years ago
  • Mazi Nwonwu
    How I am beating Type 2 Diabetes - I was diagnosed with diabetes in late July. At the time of diagnosis, my blood sugar was at 365 ml and my vision was already very bad (I couldn't make ou...
    3 years ago
  • Not By Its Cover
    Convention Survival Guide - All up, I had a really great Worldcon experience. I’d go so far as to say that it was the best convention I’ve ever been to. This was, in part, due to some...
    3 years ago
  • Quiche straight from the Bucket
    Notes on Hoke's Bluff - There are these two fairly good jokes they always tell at the Edinburgh Free Fringe, and the one is about how it's free to get *in *to see the show but not...
    4 years ago
  • Prince Jvstin
    Flying Higher: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry Is Available! - Originally posted by *michaeldthomas* at Flying Higher: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry Is Available! As many of you know, *shadesong* and I have been put...
    4 years ago
  • Phenderson Djèlí Clark
    Into Darkness: Of Tribbles and Trek - “Flawed but ultimately enjoyable,” seems to be the going mantra on the second installment of JJ Abrams adaptation of Gene Roddenberry’s vision, Star Trek 2...
    4 years ago
  • Alexander Ikawah
    - *WHERE THE GRASS HAS GROWN* *This is one of those weekly writing prompts but I had been reading a tribute to one of my favourite childhood comic artists, ...
    4 years ago
  • Jim Steel
    Come And Let Me Hear You Sing - And, while we’re in a rock’n’roll mood, Come And Let Me Hear You Sing is a limited-edition Primevals live album that is being given away with their new stu...
    6 years ago
  • Big Other
    Black Family by the Sea: a Note on Interpretation and Race - Below is a photograph by William Eggleston that I saw on the cover of a book called ‘How to Read a Photograph’ by Ian Jeffrey. I didn’t buy the book (it wa...
    7 years ago
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Podcasts

  • The Skiffy and Fanty Show
    Around the Podosphere #16: Podcasts of Note for 10/21/17 - It’s been a few weeks since the last edition, and as expected, there are more podcasts to talk about! So sit back, get your clicker finger ready, and enjoy...
  • Pseudopod
    PseudoPod 565: Cuckoo - Author : Angela Slatter Narrator : Victoria Winnick Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Cuckoo” originally appeared in A Killer Among ...
  • Escape Pod
    A Bold New (Website) Frontier - As you’ve likely noticed, Escape Pod and all of our siblings in the Escape Artists family have a new look! We’re very excited about our lovely new websit...
  • Dissent Magazine
    Emmanuel Macron’s Assault on French Democracy - As Emmanuel Macron bypasses French democracy to enact a sweeping pro-business agenda, a new resistance is taking shape.
  • Book Shambles
    Tanita Tikaram - Singer-Songwriter Tanita Tikaram visited Robin and Josie in the Book Shambles studio armed with a bag of her favourite books. There's talk of Maya Angelou,...
  • Backdoor Broadcasting Company
    Anna Munster – Deep Aesthetics - Event Date: 18 October 2017 Room 101 11 Bedford Sq London WC1B 3RA The Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway presents Professor Anna Munster (New Sou...
  • PodCastle
    PodCastle 492: The White Fox - by L. P. Lee read by Alexa Ahn Previously published by Eastlit March 2015. Rated PG-13. Five days have passed since I was a prisoner in those red brick w...
  • Cabbages and Kings
    49 - Rion Amilcar Scott discusses Insurrections - [image: Insurrections.jpg] Rion Amilcar Scott (@reeamilcarscott), author of the award-winning collection *Insurrections* joins me to discuss his book, the...
  • Tea & Jeopardy
    Tea and Jeopardy 66 – Maurice Broaddus visits the tea lair - In this episode, the deeply wonderful author, Maurice Broaddus, visits Emma in the tea lair. We discuss the lessons learned from being a guest editor for A...
  • SF Squeecast
    Episode 39: The Squee You Take Is Equal to the Squee You Make - *Warning*: curl_getinfo(): 265 is not a valid cURL handle resource in */home/squee/public_html/wp-content/themes/liasblueworld/functions.php* on line *26*...
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