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more about #gardnerdozois more comments → WirtNobchop: The photograph here of "Greg Egan" is not me (the SF writer mentioned in the article), it is a professor of electrical engineering who happens to shar... more » Alexis: Here I am, bitching that I wanted to find some great steampunk novels to get cozy with, and there you are, givin' me what I want. I need a cigarette. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Hmm. You know, F&SF repeatedly turned down my submissions. Maybe I should spend some money and sign up for their workshop! Fortunately, I've got... more » radarskiy: 'the implication that a "pay-to-play" workshop is going to be the main entry point for new writers to F&SF is causing some consternation.' Would y... more » ticktockman: I like the reviews here, too. If I want to know what Tor is putting out then I can look at the Tor website, or at the sci-fi section at the borders d... more » secretmission: David Hartwell's Year's Best SF 14 is even better than Dozois' anthologies... more » AileenPaterculus: I actually enjoy the way you guys do reviews because book specific sites and forums have always held tons of references for the less "arty" stuff. Th... more » AlessandroGiraffe: The Strain sounds an awful lot like Scott Westerfeld's Peeps, with vampirism portrayed as a parisitic disease that threatens civilization. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: The Dozois Year's Best anthologies are always, always a delight. Sooo worth picking up and reading. All excellent, across all genres; stuff you alread... more » EbeneezerSquid: You know, I've been lurking here on i09 for quite some time, and these book posts have always seemed odd to me. It seems that the authors I tend to re... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Jeez, I got my copy of House of Suns like two months ago, and it barely took a week to arrive. Mmmmm.... Can't wait for The Women of Nell Gwynne's to ... more » Lamar Henderson: Part of the reason for the decline of magazines in general, not just the SF digests, is that magazines don't seem to be distributed as widely as they ... more » gorehound: It might be hard to get up circulation.All your older industries like video rents, books, music are all down and not to piracy as the big suits at DRM... more » Elizabeth Weinbloom: Can "virtual reality cocoons all the way down" be the next big catchphrase, please? more » tetracycloide: "Who's picking up the garbage? Who's sweeping the streets? Who's fixing the plumbing?" uh, it's the future. so, robots. DUH. more » -
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Future Cities, The Steampunk Past, And Everything In Between
This month, spend some time in Victorian steampunk England, hunt down lost artifacts on Mars, or get to know Batman a little better. You could also grab a drink in post-apocalyptic Wales. All that and more, in July books.
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F&SF's Workshop Is Part Of An Effort To Reach Out To New Writers, Says Van Gelder
A new writing workshop organized by the Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction will provide three stories to the magazine per year, according to F&SF. And editor Gordon Van Gelder tells io9 it may actually boost unpublished authors' chances otherwise. More » -
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Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
Whether you want a fun beach read or a sweeping philosophical epic, June's books have you covered. You can encounter witches in Toronto and killer courtesans, or you can delve into America's dismal future, or Alastair Reynolds' eon-spanning colonization saga.
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Has The Print Magazine Circulation Crash Started To Level Off?
Here's what passes for good news in the world of print science-fiction magazines: the "big three" magazines only saw circulation declines in the low single digits in 2008, compared with double-digit declines in recent years. More » -
