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08:06 AM
It worked for the banking/insurance/automotive industries.
-Kle.
04:29 AM
Either version of Sell Out as presented here would work for a start and there at least two magazines I know of that are making plays for the Highbrow Fetish Object approach.
The thing is though, both those magazines (The excellent GUD, as already mentioned here and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet are both driven by new editorial groups eager to find new voices to promote to an audience that doesn't view the internet with fear and suspicion. Murky Depths, edited by Terry Martin, is also doing great work and can be found here:
[www.murkydepths.com]
But like I say, these are all new magazines, with no heritage, no background and created as part of the web era which, in turn, means it's viewed as an asset instead of a threat.
In order for the old print magazines to be saved they have to WANT to be saved and at the moment, the only one showing any sign of that is Interzone, who are at least trying new things. Nick Lowe's mutant popcorn is pretty much the definition of movie journalism that isn't for me but it's at least consistent and the rest of their non fiction staff are rock solid. The editorial picks have included some seriously impressive new authors who weren't on my radar before too.
Weird Tales is actually the major success story here, embracing every aspect of web culture and outreach to become something new and vibrant which still holds true to the original magazine. They're doing sterling work and can be found here:
[www.weirdtales.net]
It's difficult to find anything constructive to say about the attitude of the other magazines, frankly. Gordon Van Gelder at F and SF has at least dabbled with web content and the writing workshop he's set up with Gardner Dozois, whilst horrifically botched on launch, actually seems designed to do some good.
But for every one tiny step forward like that there are three steps backward, up to and including some of the most perfunctory web sites still running and, in the case of Asimov's, a Politics and Religion discussion board which is genuinely vile.
The bottom line is, a lot of these people don't want to move forward, they don't want to evolve and the last thing they want to do is take the sandbags down and realize that despite all appearances to the contrary, the web is not the enemy. I'm a writer as well as an editor and podcaster and I'm all too aware of the massive history of magazines like these but, in the end, history is only half the equation and, if science fiction magazines can't embrace the future, what business do they have still being around?
11/22/09
11/22/09
p.s. I know kindles suck, but Google and hopefully Apple will be coming out with competition that will not suck.
[www.thestranger.com]
11/22/09
Not only would it save the sci-fi magazines, but it would be a form of content that finally gives ebooks an advantage over hard copy.
11/22/09
11/22/09
Seriously though, I'm kinda surprised Sci-Fi hasn't already been leading the way for everyone else, out of print into digital media formats.
11/22/09
10/12/09
If we could clean him up, who knows what he would be capable of creating !??!
10/12/09
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10/12/09
Considering that he also likes to challenge the comic book medium, I'd say that hostility would be expected.
10/12/09
10/12/09
Slight crazy aside, he actually seems like a very nice and personable guy. Just very dedicated to his sense of ethics, which is something I admire.
10/12/09
10/12/09
I'm not trying to put it in a way that's offensive, but it seems to me that's the divide between people who "admire" Moore and people who think he acts like a tool. I think he acts like a tool.
10/12/09
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10/12/09
Me, I'm just waiting until 50 years from now, when academics at the same conference will all start claiming he was gay, or actually 5 different writers.
10/15/09
10/06/09
10/06/09
Let me check the magic 8 ball. Oh, "most probably".
10/06/09
10/06/09
Of course not! Peoples tastes never change.
Hey you kids, turn down that noise!
08/05/09
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04/21/09
It's everywhere these days. I don't hear about, "the perfect romance novel for people who don't like romance" or "the perfect historical fiction novel for people who don't like historical fiction."
No, it's just sci-fi which is a taboo: too insular, too strange, too 'not normal'.
Well good. It's better that way, right?
04/21/09
04/21/09
It's not BORING. Silverberg is a better writer IMO.
I picked it up at a grocery store in the 70's and it was mind-boggling. The "literary" stuff is a snooze.
His SF and his fantasy are both excellent.
04/21/09