darkfantasy.org - 11/20/2008
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It seems like a common trope that diversity and quality in speculative fiction are mutually exclusive. Or, at least not a double necessity. Whenever an internet discussion blows up over this issue (notably, the Eclipse 2 anthology and Helix Magazine debates just this past year), I see it ...
sfsignal.com - 11/17/2008
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Co-Editors Charles Tan and Mia Tijam have posted
a Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler ...a one-shot "virtual anthology"
featuring speculative fiction stories in English by Filipino writers. Here are the contents: Introduction by Charles Tan ...
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Free Fiction: Philippine Speculative Fiction
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November 20, 2008 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
... guest blog for the week is A Basic Introduction to Maya Mythology. Jessica Faust asks Is the Kindle The Wave of the Future? Here's a couple of interviews with the contributors of John Joseph Adams's anthology The Living Dead. John Klima says that an estimated 1,000,000 in readership of science fiction magazines has been done... in China! While we're on the subject of China, Paula R. Stiles over at Fantasy Magazine tackles Diversity in Speculative Fiction.And for you Tim Powers fans, well, he's not a ...
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SF Signal —
... Fantasy Magazine looks at Diversity In Speculative Fiction: "It seems like a common trope that diversity and quality in speculative fiction are mutually exclusive. Or, at least not a double necessity. Whenever an internet discussion blows up over this issue, ...I see it frequently stated that quality is more important than diversity, to the point where you would think quality and diversity couldn't live in the same story. And nobody ever questions this." ...
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