Archive for June, 2007
Mother Succeeds Children
Last Chance to Read SCI FICTION
Go forth and download!
As of Friday, June 15, 2007, SCI FICTION will no longer be availabe on SCIFI.COM.
SCIFI.COM would like to thank all those who contributed
and those who read the short stories over the past few years.
Soon it’ll be gone forever!
I can’t say this makes any sense to me. Why take it down?
UPDATE: Eugene Myers suggests archiving the site on your own PC for your own personal private use if you want to be able to access the site later. He recommends using HTTrack Website Copier.
UPDATE 2: Several people have also mentioned to me that SCI FICTION is completely archived on The Wayback Machine, here. On the internet, nothing ever dies!
Words Is SF’s Dictionary
June 13 —
Editor/lexicographer Jeff Prucher told SCI FI Wire that his book Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction attempts to cover the shared language of science fiction writers, critics and fans–as well as those terms that originated in SF and have subsequently been adopted by mainstream society or other subcultures.
Real Keeps It Fun
F&SF June 2007: Favorite Story Poll
What was your favorite story in the June 2007 issue of F&SF? Cast your vote in the favorite story poll!
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| Selection | ||
| Sweet Trap – Matthew Hughes |  15% |
5 |
| An Eye for an Eye – Charles Coleman Finlay |  18% |
6 |
| Wizard’s Six – Alex Irvine |  12% |
4 |
| First Was the Word – Sheila Finch |  3% |
1 |
| Lazaro y Antonio – Marta Randall |  38% |
13 |
| Elegy – Melanie Fazi |  6% |
2 |
| Plumage from Pegasus: It’s All Goodkind – Paul Di Filippo |  0% |
0 |
| I wasn’t impressed with any of them. |  9% |
3 |
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| 34 votes total | ||
F&SF May Acquisitions
May’s acquisitions include:
- Philologos; or, a Murder in Bistrita by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald (6500 words)
- The Boarder by Alexander Jablokov (7300 words)
- The Second Descent by Richard Paul Russo (4800 words)
- Render Unto Caesar by Kevin N. Haw (1000 words)
- Retrospect by Ann Miller (9500 words) *slush survivor*
Durham Tries Fantasy In Acacia
Realm Deepens Riftwar
The Power of Nuts
Holy crap. I can’t believe it–CBS gave in to fan demand and renewed Jericho after announcing it would be canceled. I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen one of these fan organized “Let’s save the show” protests work before.
Clearly letter writing campaigns are not the way to go. You must bombard studios with legumes if you wish to effect change.