Back on a Tangent Soon
After a long quiescence and a near-fatal loss of a Web host, Tangent Online is set to return soon. While The Fix has done a fine job of helping to pick up the slack in the area of short fiction SF reviews, TO has a fourteen-year history in the game and there's plenty of room for more.
New Myths
I just heard from Scott Barnes, the editor of New Myths. He's buying my short story "The Magic of Science" for the March issue.
F&SF Is Going Bi-Monthly
Ansible #258 has a report regarding The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction switching to bi-monthly publication. According to the report, Gordon Van Gelder points the finger at the increase in costs--particularly postal costs. I can certainly see why. The last few US postal increases, in my opinion, unfairly targeted smaller publications by concentrating sorting-based price reductions in the segment of publications with massive subscriber lists. Oh, goody.
Poets & Writers Magazine Publishes "Inspiration" Issue
From the P&W Newsletter:
The January/February 2009 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine focuses on what inspires us in our writing lives. In "Why We Write Now," authors Chris Adrian, T.C. Boyle, Matthea Harvey, Yiyun Li, and Patricia Smith offer their insights on what drives them to write, where they find inspiration, and how they stay focused during these unpredictable times.
Preditors & Editors Readers Poll
It's that time of year again. Preditors & Editors is running their annual Reader's Poll. Both "Johnny" and "Quantiversal" are on the short story ballot, so be sure to go by and vote.
Sites, Sights, & Cites
Locus Magazine Online - Blinks
- NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books, results of...
- The Smart Set: Nick Mamatas' Paperpack Politics:...
- SF Chronicle: Michael Berry reviews Daniel H. Wilson, Lisa...
- PW: Adam Lipkin interviews Vernor Vinge
- B&N: Paul Di Filippo reviews Lev Grossman's The...
- NY Times Book Review: Terrence Rafferty's Horror column is...
- NY Times obit for William Sleator
- LA Times: Nick Owchar reviews Dan Simmons' Flashback
Planetary Society News
- Mars Exploration Rover Update: Opportunity Celebrates 8 and Keeps on Rockin' into Year 9
- Mars Exploration Rover Update: Opportunity Climbs to Greeley Haven and We Look Back at 2011
- Mars Exploration Rovers Special Update: Opportunity Finds Its Best Evidence Yet for Liquid Water, Gypsum at Homestake
- Mars Exploration Rover Update: Opportunity Crunches Homestake and Scouts Locales for Winter
- Mars Exploration Rover Update: Opportunity Heads for New Discovery as Winter Blows In at Cape York