Is There a Silver SFnal Lining to the Recession?

pyrsf.blogspot.com - 12/2/2008

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Been talking about the economy as relates to SF with Mark Chadbourn , whose Age of Misrule trilogy we'll be publishing in a few months. He kindly lets me repost his thoughts here: My joint major at university was economics, and the upshot of that is I'm always out-of-cycle with everyone ...

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EmilyBlips

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Huh, this was more than twice as interesting as I figured it would be.

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Jahoclave

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At least somebody somewhere wants to give me good news about something.

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SF Tidbits for 12/2/08
SF Signal — ... Lou Anders, stemming from a discussion with Mark Chadbourn (Age of Misrule), asks: Is There a Silver SFnal Lining to the Recession? Says Chadbourn: "...SF/F/Crime always does *exceptionally* well in economically difficult times." ...

MIND MELD: How will Science Fiction Weather the Recession?
SF Signal — ... late 2009 or 2010, so I'm not really selecting works with the recession in mind. (God forbid we should still be in it then!). So I don't see how it's going to be any harder for a new author to break in than it ever is. The best thing a publisher can do is to put out the highest quality reading experience they possibly can - but we'd be doing that anyway! The best thing a prospective author can do is be brilliant and shine! [Lou also has related thoughts on the Pyr Blog here.] ...