I’m not good with the whole link salad thing. But as I said in this post, I’m going to spend this year and next linking to the best articles and rants and reviews I come across. I’m calling it fan-writing, but it doesn’t necessarily need to have been written by a fan or be about …
Tag Archive: Nick Mamatas
Apr 15
Hugo Commentary: Best Fan Writer (long post – tangents included)
As I understand it the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) will be debating this year whether Best Graphic Story should survive as a category or be taken out and shot. There’s actually a number of good reasons why you’d remove the category from the ballot ranging from graphic comics being well serviced by other awards …
Apr 01
Going Chris Priest on the Aurealis Awards
Unless you’ve been away from the Internet for the last week, you’ll know that Christopher Priest went ballistic on this years Clarke Awards short list. What you might have missed is that a week or so before the Clarke Awards list was released the short list for Australia’s premier genre award (also judged by a …
Dec 11
I’m bored by this as well…
Nick Mamatas’ is spot on when he categorises the whole “Why Won’t Literary Fiction love us” debate as an infantile disorder. He specifically refers to this “letter” from Daniel Abraham, which featured on SF Signal and has a vague stalkerish vibe.* But if you ever wondered about my opinion on this issue, and I’m sure …
Nov 02
A Favourite Blog
There aren’t that many blogs or LJs out there that I crave to read or get excited about when there’s another update. But one I do genuinely enjoy – and not just because of the brilliant title – is Requires Only That You Hate. I came across this blog via Nick Mamatas and immediately fell …
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