Friday 17 November 2000

E-Mail Newsletters

DarkEcho Newsletter Issue 11.16.00 -- Publisher Paula Guran is appalled at Amazon's selections of the best horror books of the year, and comments on their choices. Bill Sheehan reviews Elizabeth Hand's upcoming four-part novella "Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol" to be published by SciFiction, and editor Guran reviews a selection of self-published books, giving a couple of them positive reviews.
(To subscribe, e-mail darkecho@aol.com with "subscribe" as the subject.)

The Linguistics & Science Fiction Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 6 -- November/December 2000 -- Publisher Suzette Haden Elgin invites comments about her website; discusses George W. Bush ("conservatism"; "resignated") and "is is" and "was is" constructions; comments on Gregory Benford's Deep Time and Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics; and includes numerous items about SF books, e-publishing, cyberspace, Harry Potter, etc.
(Subscriptions $5/year; info and free sample from OCLS@madisoncounty.net.)

Nonfiction E-zines

§ Science Fiction Weekly [http://www.scifiweekly.com/]
Issue 185 includes John Clute's review of Tim Powers's Declare; Paul Di Filippo's review of Samuel R. Delany's 1984: Selected Letters; and Tasha Robinson's review of Terry Pratchett's The Truth. Letters challenge Michael Cassutt's definition of SF, from the previous issue.

In Issue 186 Scott Edelman editorializes about whether presidential candidates would be hurt more by admissions of sex, drugs, or writing for Weird Tales; new books by Bruce Sterling and Sheri S. Tepper are reviewed by Paul Di Filippo and A.M. Dellamonica; Di Filippo reviews (and points out flaws in) James Blish's classic A Case of Conscience; and there's an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger and director Roger Spottiswoode.

§ SF Site [http://www.sfsite.com/]
Highlights of the mid-November posts include an interview with Jonathan Lethem and one with Gardner Dozois, and Rodger Turner's profile of publisher Fedogan & Bremer, with an annotated list of books they've published. There are also lots of reviews of books, magazines, and films. Earlier November posts include an interview with Julie Czernada, and a compilation of SF by Canadians.

Fiction

§ Sci Fiction [www.scifi.com/scifiction/] has posted these original stories in recent weeks:

• The Far Oasis by Jeffrey Ford (10/25)
• The Pottawatomie Giant by Andy Duncan (11/01)
• The Flyers of Gy: An Interplanary Tale by Ursula K. Le Guin (11/08)
• Tomorrow Town by Kim Newman (11/15)

Friday 3 November 2000

E-Mail Newsletters

DarkEcho Newsletter Issue 11.02.00 -- Publisher Paula Guran reports on last weekend's World Fantasy Con in Corpus Christi, Texas, and discusses her involvement with Patrick LoBrutto's new publishing venture Stealth Press (which sponsored one of the parties at WFC). (To subscribe, e-mail darkecho@aol.com with "subscribe" as the subject.)

Hellnotes Newsletter -- Vol. 4, Issue 44 -- November 7, 2000
The editorial discusses the "failure" of Blair Witch 2 at the box office for making only $13 million in its first weekend, and the pressures to make money quickly felt by filmmakers and writers alike. The film is reviewed by Joseph B. Mauceri. Plus, interview with Mick Garris, book reviews, author news, movie and TV news, etc.
(Subscription info at www.hellnotes.com/subscrib.htm)

Nonfiction E-zines

§ Ansible 160, November 2000 [http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/Ansible/a160.html] has Chris Priest on Utopia 2000, a report on the James White Award ceremony, and reminiscences about Keith Roberts from Chris Priest, Harry Harrison, David V. Barrett, Rob Holdstock, and others (Mike Moorcock: `Never knew a bloke so determined to destroy himself. I expected this earlier, frankly. I think it's a mercy someone that miserable is dead. Put that in your newspaper, Mr Langford!'); and a long piece by Malcolm Edwards on this supplement page; he concludes:

Speaking about Pavane to colleagues I said something to the effect that it was one of the finest sf novels ever written, by a man who at his best was a brilliant writer, but sadly also the most difficult human being I've ever had to work with.

§ Science Fiction Weekly [http://www.scifiweekly.com/]
Issue 184 includes The Cassutt Files in which Michael Cassutt ponders why a TV producer would deny his series was "sci-fi"; a review by Paul Di Filippo of Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C41+; others review new books by Stephen King and David Herter; and Patrick Lee reviews Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.