The new issue of
Fruitless Recursion is currently lumbering into view. Reviews are starting to pop into my inbox and I even heard encouraging noises regarding some art work I asked a friend to do. So many thanks to all of you that have submitted reviews and thanks also to the people who have works in the pipeline, your hard work is most appreciated :-)
- Joe Sherry at Adventures in Reading chronicles the end of the Helix/William Sanders saga, which you will recall, provoked some anger and bitterness a few months ago. I tend to think that this type of thing is a reflection of the deep political divides in American political culture. Most genre people are quite liberal and as genre is a comparatively sheltered world it's easy to forget that not only is this liberalism not universal but frequently the gap between liberal and non-liberal is really quite astonishing at times.
- Nader Elhefnawy at The Fix provides the second part of his epic "The End of Science Fiction" essay. I agree with it whole-heartedly even if I do allow myself a wry grin at the fact that some of the problems he discusses were also highlighted in an old SF Eye article with a very similar title. In fact, I think that the discussion should not so much be about whether or not SF is dead, but whatthe implications of this might be for the future of the people who are still involved in the scene.
- Mark Thwaite at ReadySteadyBook reveals that mainstream litbloggers are being given free Sony Readers. If free ARCs are enough to make my principles turn and devour themselves, I dread to think what it would be like if I started receiving expensive technology through the post (especially expensive technology that I think is a complete waste of money).
- Adam Roberts at Punkadiddle reviews Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace who passed away recently.
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