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more about #literature Allen_Richards: I received a note today from Nathan Shumate, the publisher of what is hands-down the best e-zine for weird fiction on the web, www.ArkhamTales.com Du... more » Klebert L. Hall: The standard successful strategy for a failing business to survive seems to be to get the Feds to bail you out. It worked for the banking/insurance/a... more » Alasdair5000: This is one of those how long is a piece of string questions isn't it? It's also one which, as a web guy (I host a podcast and edit www.Hubfiction.co... more » boggledepot: As an infrequent consumer of SF magazines, the very limited money I spend will go to one of three options (Analog, Asimov, and SF&F), but never all of... more » kickingvegas: FWIW, I think of i09 as Omni Magazine rebooted. more » DEK46656: As to the "Celebrity Endorsement" pic: she should have 2 navels… more » DEK46656: Not that I have a lot of experience with the earlier days of the SF Magazines, but I would think that it has to do with defining what is main stream. ... more » Ricky Cruz: When one looks back at history, you inevitably discover how people have made business models that have stood the test of time. These days, with the a... more » kaolin: Definitely an eye-catching cover for Astounding. GUD's doing a "pay what you want" sale (on our digital editions - [tr.im] ) that is helping drive pr... more » TotalFanGirl: I find it odd that in a genre that focuses on the the what-ifs of the future and makes us all long for flying cars and robots has not embraced technol... more » Bill-Lee: They could always take a page from the pulp magazine playbook and publish the "continuing adventures of____". It seems like science fiction short stor... more » Vulcan Has No Moon: Ditch print media. Magazines could offer some kindle-type e-book with every 2-3 year subscription they sell. The yearly cost of printing a magazine su... more » Tina Sena: The only way for them to survive is to publish stories that are not on the web. The web is replete with bad sci-fi because it allows ANYBODY and EVERY... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: That's some astounding tail.. Seriously though, I'm kinda surprised Sci-Fi hasn't already been leading the way for everyone else, out of print into d... more » templepriest: What Alan Moore really needs is a good scrubbing. If we could clean him up, who knows what he would be capable of creating !??! more » Ben Zvan: How about "How much Moore do we need?" more » LeopoldNestor: Conspicuously missing from the topic list is "Moore: Why does he act like such a tool?" more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Hahah. I like James Enge, he's a good cat. I think he's got a new book out right now, too. more » Cory Gross: Of course, the rise of Rock n' Roll has nothing to do with the ossification of Jazz... or Big Band... or Classical in general... more » 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 » -
#bookvortex
How Should SF Magazines Fight Off Extinction?
Print may be dying all over, but is that any excuse to let science-fiction magazines retreat to the internet or non-existence? Of course not! Here's our five step guide on potential ways to save this venerable tradition.
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#alanmoore
Exploring the Literary Implications of Dr. Manhattan's Glowing Blue Junk
Do you spend hours analyzing the moral philosophy of Watchmen, the multicultural occultism of Promethea, or what Lost Girls says about storytelling and human sexuality? Consider submitting a paper to an upcoming academic conference on the work of Alan Moore. More » -
#politicalsciencefiction
Your Favorite SF Author Is Making The World A Safer Place
Sci-fi writers shaping US national security policy may sound like the stuff of comics, but it turns out that it's also happening in real life, as well. Be very afraid. More » -
#robertsilverberg
Discover Science Fiction's Answer To Portnoy's Complaint
Why is Robert Silverberg's Dying Inside not spoken of in the same breath as Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint, or John Updike's Rabbit Run? More » -
#nerdculturalinsurgency
Michael Chabon, Matt Fraction, and the Nerd Cultural Insurgency (NCI)
I made it to the Michael Chabon (The Yiddish Policemen's Union) and Matt Fraction (Casanova) dual appearance at Wondercon, which was well worth it for anyone into literary comics - or comic-bookish literature. More » -
#jivetarkin
In Which I Predict the Future of Your Precious "Books," You Pansies
Apparently, no matter how much swearing and girl-girl kissing they allow on television, some of you fancy lads insist on continuing to read books. In rejoinder, I offer an anecdote from my youth. More » -
