Daily Archives: January 7, 2008

Public Domains and Private Thoughts

I suspect that Michel Faber’s going blind after reviewing Lost Girls by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie now that the Peter Pan is finally out of copyright. Predictably the moral minority is up in arms but stuff it. Life’s too … Continue reading

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Unmaking my Home

Christopher Barzak muses on collecting books on his blog. I say collecting but I winder if a slightly more correct term accreting. Books have, like I suspect most people, accreted around me from buying and reviewing. I have piles of … Continue reading

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Sf climbing out of the gutter it put itself in?

Sam Jordison over on the Guardian blogs has a piece on why critics look down of science fiction. As he points out, sf (and to some extent now fantasy) novels can be experimental thought experiments as well as critiquing contemporary … Continue reading

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