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    Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future

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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/21/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    A solid half of my Lansdale collection is from Subterranian. While I absolutely HATE, HATE, HATE the cover art on pretty much every one, it's nice to know those limited are out there.
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    Image of craigdbpatton craigdbpatton
    11/21/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Ramsey Campbell is "underrated"...? By who? He's won tons of awards, is considered a living legend by the horror and fantasy community, and is "Britain's most respected living horror writer" according to the Oxford Companion to English Literature.

    Some presses you did not mention:

    Ash-Tree Press - an important steward of the classic ghost story tradition and publishers of much acclaimed new work as well.

    Earthling Publications - releasing loads of great books, including a healthy chunk of the work of Glen Hirshberg, one of the most acclaimed authors of horror/dark/weird fiction to emerge this decade.

    Shroud Publications - still very young, but drawing more and more attention to both its flagship magazine and its book line.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/21/09

    @craigdbpatton: I really need to give Campbell another shot. I tried and tried to finish THE COUNT OF ELEVEN about 15 years ago and it was chore. A great big nasty one at that, like latrine after the entire barracks were on a 3-day bender of cheap Shlitz and Pabst....

    Around page 80 I finally gave up.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    must buy shatner book!
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    Image of redspidey redspidey
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Shatner.
    Shatner?
    Shatner!
    on SUNDAY!
    SUNDAY!!
    SUNDAY!!!

    I hope that's not meant to be him on the cover. The face looks really off.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    11/21/09

    @redspidey: AT THE MUD-O-DROOOOME!
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Also Threat Quality Press. We have published ONE WHOLE BOOK!
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11/20/09

    @braak: and a HALF! Holland's was sorta out, and then not out right?
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Yes, true, technically! Technically it's a book and a half!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Eraserhead gets an automatic win because of the Shatner Quake. Dear sweet jeebus.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    I would call this a post that starts with a image that makes you wanna run away. But the hashtag was to long.
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    Edited by Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. at 11/20/09 1:09 PM Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/19/09

    In reply to Strange Visitors And Broken Hearts Will Restore Your Faith In Short Fiction
    I've been finding short-story anthologies giving me more bang for my buck than novels the past year or two. And I don't think I read any of these Eclipses; trade paperbacks are too pricey.
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    Image of JimBonJovi JimBonJovi
    11/19/09

    In reply to Strange Visitors And Broken Hearts Will Restore Your Faith In Short Fiction
    That's a cracking good cover.
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment Edited by JimBonJovi at 11/19/09 3:54 PM JimBonJovi was starred JimBonJovi was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/19/09

    @JimBonJovi: Here's a site with come more of Powers' art. [home.earthlink.net]
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    Image of JimBonJovi JimBonJovi
    11/20/09

    @Grey_Area: And I thank you, good sir.

    #calendar
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/19/09

    In reply to Strange Visitors And Broken Hearts Will Restore Your Faith In Short Fiction
    Look to find, I did.
    Where to buy?
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/19/09

    @phoghat: Oh duh. I added the link now. Here it is: [www.borders.com]]&searchData={productId:null,sku:null,type:0,sort:null,currPage:1,resultsPerPage:25,simpleSearch:true,navigation:0,moreValue:null,coverView:false,url:rpp%3D25%26view%3D2%26all_search%3Declipse%2Bthree%2Bstrahan%26type%3D0%26nav%3D0%26simple%3Dtrue,terms:{all_search%3Declipse+three+strahan}}&storeId=13551&sku=1597801623&ddkey=http:SearchResults
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/19/09

    @phoghat: I added the link to the bottom of the post....
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    Image of Biku Biku
    11/19/09

    In reply to Strange Visitors And Broken Hearts Will Restore Your Faith In Short Fiction
    If reading short fiction is labourious, how do you ever handle a novel? But if you mean reading an *anthology* is labourious, then I totally back you up. They're the ficton world's version of channel-surfing.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/19/09

    @Biku: Maybe this is a rant for another post, but a lot of short fiction is just kind of uninvolving, even stuff that's good in some ways. Either it's trying too hard to do something clever, or it's just a little too bland... it's a problem I don't have with novels, at least not in the same way.
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    Image of Barnabus Barnabus
    11/19/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: For me anthologies are like having appetizers for dinner - I love 'em. I read sf for the concepts, the new ideas, and short stories are idea showcases. I can't imagine improving on A Sound of Thunder, All You Zombies, or All the Myriad Ways with a longer form. The best of them leave you wanting more and may make you wish they were a novel, but in my experience novels that have come from short stories (e.g. Carrion Comfort, Blood Music) tend not to add much to the original effort.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/19/09

    @Barnabus: I love short stories. And although the limit of my fiction writing ability was taking two quarters of short story writing thirty years ago, I do believe that it is _harder_ to write a good short story than a good novel.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/19/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: You don't read the right short fiction, then. I highly recommend Ryan Boudinot's The Littlest Hitler.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/19/09

    @Barnabus: yep. (couldn't thumb up yours so had to post this content-free comment)
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    Image of Biku Biku
    11/20/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: I find the same thing with a lot of short sf fiction, although not with non-genre short fiction, oddly enough.

    I would love to read an article going more in depth into the subject (*hint hint*)

    #calendar
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/19/09

    In reply to Strange Visitors And Broken Hearts Will Restore Your Faith In Short Fiction
    Hooray for the Eclipse series! I hope these yearly anthologies will win over more readers and writers to find the best that is possible in speculative fiction short stories.
    Another note, all these stories are seeing print for the first time but you will be seeing some of them again in award nomination lists and Year's Best anthologies.
    Already looking forward to Eclipse Four!
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    Image of Barnabus Barnabus
    11/19/09

    In reply to Strange Visitors And Broken Hearts Will Restore Your Faith In Short Fiction
    I just picked up Strahan's annual anthology of the year's best sci-fi and fantasy, so I'm glad to hear that I'm in good hands. These days I'm as likely to follow a good anthologist, like Gardner Dozois or David Hartwell, as I am to follow a good author.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/19/09

    In reply to Strange Visitors And Broken Hearts Will Restore Your Faith In Short Fiction
    reading short fiction is laborious? what kind of a sci-fi fan are you?!??!
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    Image of FallonAerosmith FallonAerosmith
    03/15/09

    In reply to Peter S. Beagle On Unicorns, Golems, and the Law
    Chris - great job, hope you'll continue the dialogue at SF in SF on April 18th with Peter as our guest. www.sfinsf.org
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/16/09

    @FallonAerosmith: Thanks, looking forward to it. Me talk pretty.
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