<![CDATA[io9: Patrick Nielsen Hayden]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Patrick Nielsen Hayden]]> http://io9.com/tag/patrick nielsen hayden http://io9.com/tag/patrick nielsen hayden <![CDATA[Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross team up for "Rapture of the Nerds"]]> Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross have just signed with Tor Books to co-author a fix-up novel based on a series of short stories called Rapture of the Nerds. The authors and their editor told us what to expect. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5540991&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tor Editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden On the Future of SF Books]]> With the publishing industry in freefall, what is going to happen to science fiction books? I asked Tor Books senior editor and manager of SF and fantasy Patrick Nielsen Hayden. He thinks the changes coming will be slow but weird. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5346341&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Now That The Internet Owns Your Thrilling Science Stories, How Will They Change?]]> The market for short science fiction is as healthy as it's ever been — but it's going electronic, and that means short fiction will be Twitterlated, Facebooked and Bloggered. At least, that's what I'm gleaning from a panel of super-editors and an interview with urban fantasy author Cathrynne M. Valente. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5276023&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Future Of Science Fiction Publishing Is In Cyberspace]]> A panel of science fiction writers and editors recently met at a publishing conference to discuss how blogs and internet marketing have affected the publishing industry and what their impact will be going forward. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5224464&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[8 Unstoppable Rules For Writing Killer Short Stories]]> Short fiction is the "garage band" of science fiction, claims Tor Books editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden, so it's time to step on that fuzzbox and thrash as hard as you can without knocking over your mom's weed-trimmer. Actually, I think Nielsen Hayden was referring to the fact that you can try more crazy experiments in short SF than in novels, because of the shorter time commitment of both writer and reader. But how can you become a super-master of the challenging form of short fiction? Here are a few suggestions. More »
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