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2008 in Review: Anthologies, Short Story Collections, and Novellas
ofblog.blogspot.com - 1/1/2009
2008 in Review: Anthologies, Short Story Collections, and Novellas
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For many years, the short story or novella were the basic staples of SF writing. Rarely did stories go past 60,000 words and a great many authors, from Isaac Asimov to Gene Wolfe to all sorts in-between, got their start in writing by writing short fiction for the pulp magazines. Today, most of ...
clarkesworldmagazine.com - 1/2/2009
Anthologists Discuss Their Craft by Jeremy L. C. Jones
— clarkesworldmagazine.com — Editing anthologies is an unsung art.  An anthologist balances story selection, story editing, story arrangement, and central... concept (not to mention a variety of clerical and financial concerns).  There are many individual pieces involved ... (more) Anthologists Discuss Their Craft by Jeremy L. C. Jones

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Rob's Blog o' Stuff:  Rob's 2008 Reading Year in Review

Among Amid While:  Any Goosle-goss?

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Round-Ups, Reviews: OF Blog, Bibliophile Stalker, SF Site
Ecstatic Days — ... Larry Novel at OF Blog of the Fallen has a pretty comprehensive look at anthologies, along with discussion of some story collections and novellas. He liked The New Weird and Steampunk, but lots of other stuff, too. ...

Rob's 2008 Reading Year in Review
Rob's Blog o' Stuff — ... Since 2008 has been finished for over a week, now's about time to post my year in review. Here's a few other year in review posts from my blogroll: Aidan/A Dribble of Ink Andrew Wheeler/Antimuck Musings Pat (The Hotties)/Fantasy Hotlist Larry/OFBlog (Novels, Anthologies, Debuts, YA) {just when I think I read a lot, I'm put to shame by Larry} Grasping for the Wind Adam/The Wertzone 2008 proved to be another year of good reading. All told, I read over 80 books in 2008, most of which ...

Any Goosle-goss?
Among Amid While — Why, yes, just a little. Charles Tan says of The Del Rey Book that: 'It's not lacking attention thanks to the controversy surrounding Margo Lanagan's "The Goosle" (i.e. every review after the controversy must tackle this story in one form or another)'. And mostly they do: OF Blog calls it 'one of the best short stories I've read this year' as well as 'a powerful, emotional read'. Count Gore puts it in his Tomb Top Ten and says it's 'a ferociously horrific continuation of a well-known fairy tale that, honestly, ...

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