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A Pre-Summation of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2009
Charles Tan blogs at Bibliophile Stalker , The World SF News Blog , and SF Signal . Hi! My name is Charles Tan and despite my Chinese name, I’m from the Philippines. I’m mostly known in the field for promoting Philippine speculative fiction. In line with that expectation, ...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Dean Francis Alfar
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Dean Francis Alfar
sfsignal.com — [Interviewer's Note: This is a series of interviews featuring the contributors of The Apex Book of World... SF edited by Lavie Tidhar. It'll run every Monday to Friday until I run out of interviews. Two of these interviews will be reprinted in Apex ... (more) EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Dean Francis Alfar
Bibliophile Stalker Best Of 2009 Short List
jeffvandermeer.com — Guest Blogger Charles Tan blogs at Bibliophile Stalker , The World SF News Blog , and SF... Signal . It’s not yet the end of the year and publications/companies/people are already publishing their “Best Of 2009″ lists. ... (more) Bibliophile Stalker Best Of 2009 Short List
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November 5, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — When it rains, it pours: continuing the Apex Book of World SF interviews, the latest one is with Jetse de Vries. My BSC Review essay is up, Gender, Minorities, and International SF. And there's my guest post over at Jeff VanderMeer's blog, A Pre-Summation of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2009. And Golden Gryphon Press (an excellent publisher) currently has a two-for-one sale. Also should have plugged this sooner. Odyssey 2009 graduate Lisa Poh is looking for other Singaporean writers. Anyone want to help her out? Interviews ...

Fishing For Mermaids And Displaying Your Prehensile Tail For Strangers: It's A Living, Sort Of [Afternoon Reading]
io9 — ... . (For more on SF in the Philippines, check out this summation by Charles A. Tan.) Reyes also offers a really provocative explanation of exactly what people mean by " ...

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