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Neal Stephenson and The Long Now

» by Paul August 18th, 2008 at 11:59 am » Comments (0)

Has a new book coming out, Anathem. Wired had a pretty interesting article on him and the Long Now and long time and stuff. The book sounds pretty ...more »

Mainspring by Jay Lake

» by Paul August 11th, 2008 at 1:45 pm » Comments (1)

Mainspring by Jay Lake From Publisher's Weekly: Lake (Trial of Flowers) envisions the universe as an enormous clockwork, put in motion by God, complete with gears and a mainspring hidden at the ...more »

On How I End Up Going Overboard Reading a New-to-Me Genre

» by Paul May 15th, 2008 at 2:55 pm » Comments (0)

SF, steampunk, horror, fantasy, and all the hybrids and crossovers of these genres interest me at many points in time. Overall, horror has been a genre that I have read ...more »

4theLuv Markets and the Reader

» by Paul April 15th, 2008 at 11:20 am » Comments (5)

I own Horror Literature Quarterly. I say this because I want full disclosure before I move on to the bulk of this essay about non paying markets and the relationship ...more »

On a Positive Note: How A Brand New Small Press Gets it Right

» by Paul February 13th, 2008 at 9:45 am » Comments (2)

I was thinking that, in order to be balanced and more positive, I would show you how a brand new small press has gotten it right. This publisher might not ...more »