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January 20, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... a fantastic anthology!). Be sure to catch Adam Rex's Poe features at Tor: An Edgar Allan Poem, Edgar Allan Poe Should Be Writing or Sleeping, Not Doing a Crossword Puzzle, Edgar Allan Poe Hears Sweet Music Like the Dulcet Tones of Angels or Whatever. Elizabeth Bear on writing characters of color. Lucy A. Snyder On Author Interviews. Thomas Sullivan on Writing Naked. Eric Rosenfield and Matt Cheney on Speculative Fiction in Conversation Part 2 (Part 1 here). Blaize Clement on ...

SF Tidbits for 1/20/09
SF Signal — ... At Wet Asphalt, Matt Cheney and Eric Rosenfield continue their discussion about critical writing in science fiction. "...there are a number of self-identified SF writers who are innovating but are choosing emphatically to remain part of the SF community, like China Mieville, Kelly Link, Neil Stephenson etc. The question then becomes, is it better to innovate within the community and still have the benefits of that community (James Morrow being an example) or to try to innovate outside of the community because that's where so much innovation is happening, anyway?" ...

The Conversation, Part II: In Which I Write My Epitaph
The Mumpsimus — ... of my conversation with Eric Rosenfield about "science fiction" and "criticism"* didn't cause enough annoyance, controversy, or discussion, part two is now available for your viewing pleasure. And there will be more to come -- I think we totalled about 15,000 words by the end, because neither of us had time to write more succinctly. ...