bscreview.com - 10/7/2009
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I’m a big fan of anthologies (whether it’s reprint or originals), and I have come to greatly respect their editors. These are the men and women who are responsible for the creation of the anthology, from inviting authors to accepting/rejecting stories to filling out the rest of the book (the ...
14theditch.livejournal.com - 10/1/2009
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Charles has first hand news about the typhoon flooding in
The Philippines at Bibliophile Stalker . http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/2009/09/essay-philippine-typhoons.html If...
you'd like to help, he lists some possible ways you can donate.
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Charles Tan on Typhoon Ondoy
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October 8, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
My BSC Review column is up: The Taboos of Editing. Not quite fantasy or science fiction, maybe horror. Not everything is in English. Pinoy Transgressive. And zen photo for the day from the immortal (how many times do we have to kill him?) Jack Haringa: Interview Mur Laffery interviews Lou Anders and Pablo Defendini (podcast). Mur Lafferty interviews J.C. Hutchins. Mihai interviews Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. The Dragon Page interviews David Anthony ...
SF Tidbits for 10/8/09
SF Signal —
... At Tor.com, GD Falksen offers up a beginner's primer with Steampunk 101.
Ann Aguirre on MST3King B-movies: "Anything with a lesser Baldwin is generally a good candidate".
For writers: Brenda Clough talks about Ways to Trash Your Writing Career. Kristine Kathryn Rusch continues her writing advice series with Freelancer's Survival Guide: Success (Part One).
Charles Tan on The Taboos of Editing.
Here's a sneak peek at Pyr's Spring/Summer 2010 Season ...
Essay: Sexism/Racism in Anthologies and Balance
Bibliophile Stalker —
... I wasn't originally going to talk about this topic, mainly because these are points I touched upon in last week's essay at BSC Review entitled The Taboos of Editing. However, with John Ottinger III's now-deleted post entitled "For Those Who Cry Sexism or Racism in SF Anthologies, Shut Up" (and due to Shweta Narayan's ...
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