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2010 Short Fiction Reviews in Review — Graham Sleight on John Wyndham — Gary K. Wolfe on William H. Patterson, Jr.'s Robert A. Heinlein biography — Faren Miller on Catherynne M. Valente    Mon 20 Dec 10 —
» Publishers Weekly, Cory Doctorow: Zen and the Art of Self-Publishing
» Gather: 17 minutes of 2001: A Space Odyssey Found Fri 17 Dec 10 —
» Salon: Paul Di Filippo asks, Is Science Fiction Dying?
» From Bar to Bar interviews Charles Stross Tue 14 Dec 10 —
» An Open Letter From The Arthur C Clarke Award
» Infinity Plus launches an ebrook imprint, beginning with a collection by Eric Brown and five titles by Keith Brooke » B&N: Paul Di Filippo summarizes Beyond the Horizon: 21st-Century SF » BSCreview: Hal Duncan's column Notes from New Sodom: The Kipple Foodstuff Factory; interviews with Marjorie Liu and Mark Charan Newton » All Golden Gryphon Press books are 1/2 price -- for a limited time only » ChiZine Publications begins Thirteen Days of CZP-mas - thirteen days of special offers on their books » Naples Daily News: Ben Bova on Time travel Mon 13 Dec 10 —
» Washington Post's Best of 2010 Fiction & Poetry list includes Larry Doyle's Go, Mutants!, Justin Cronin's The Passage, David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, and Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven
» Washington Post: Mary Quattlebaum reviews Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker Sat 11 Dec 10 —
» Time Magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2010 include Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad, David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, and Justin Cronin's The Passage
» Amazon's Omnivoracious has Gift Book Suggestions for the Imaginative, the Curious, the Weird » LA Times: Ed Park's online Astral Weeks column reviews Patterson's Heinlein bio » Guardian: Eric Brown reviews Tricia Sullivan, Jean-Christophe Valtat, Brandon Sanderson, Matt Forbeck » UC Riverside: Eaton Conference to Explore Global Science Fiction, along with honors for Harlan Ellison and Samuel R. Delany » Wall Street Journal: Paul Di Filippo reviews Harry Turtledove and Connie Willis » Times Literary Supplement: Michael Saler reviews Patterson's Heinlein bio » Baltimore City Paper's Top Ten Books of the year includes David Mitchell and China Miéville » Neo-Victorian Studies' latest issue is about "Steampunk, Science, and (Neo)Victorian Technologies" » ABC TV [in Australia] interviews Alastair Reynolds » Lou Anders has thoughts on Google Books » The Agony Column interviews Tim Powers Tue 7 Dec 10 —
» Salon's best fiction of 2010 includes Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad and Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story
» Financial Times' 2010 Fiction round-up includes SF titles (scroll down) by Philip Palmer, Hannu Rajaniemi, and Jeff VanderMeer; and titles in other categories by David Mitchell, Alan Garner, and Jonathan Stroud Sat 4 Dec 10 —
» NY Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2010 includes Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad [Locus Online's description]
» December Lights Project is posting "short stories to light up the winter season" through December, with stories so far by Sarah Prineas, Patrick Samphire, Maurissa Guibord, and Karen Healey » National Review Online: John J. Miller interviews Larry Niven » The Science Fiction Oral History Association second Space Dog Podcast interviews Scott Westerfeld » SF Chronicle: Michael Berry reviews Cherie Priest, Stephen M. Irwin, Catherynne M. Valente » The Agony Column interviews Guillermo Del Toro (twice) and reviews The Fall (by Del Toro and Chuck Hogan) » Back to the socialist future at Prague sci-fi exhibition Wed 1 Dec 10 —
» Dave Langford's Ansible 281
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December 2010 Posts: Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late DecemberFriday 31 December 2010 | Reviews
Reviews of stories in new issues of Asimov's, Analog, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Tor.com, Fantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Lightspeed
Russell Letson reviews Iain M. Banks' Surface DetailThursday 30 December 2010 | Reviews; Magazine; 2010 Posts
From Locus Magazine's January 2011 issue
Civilizations rise and fall, Banks tells us, species rise and decline, marvels are wrought and return to dust, but wickedness and folly are forever. And that is the stuff of good stories. Spotlight on Vandana Singh, AuthorWednesday 29 December 2010 | Magazine; Perspectives
India violates conventional ways of thinking and being, violates the stereotypes and expectations that people might have in the West, in a sense violates reality!
This Week's BestsellersTuesday 28 December 2010 | Monitor, Directories
George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones is back on bestsellers lists.
Classic Reprints: December 2010Monday 27 December 2010 | Monitor, Directories
Early stories by Henry Kuttner, plus new editions of work by Poul Anderson, Glen Cook, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Michael Moorcock
Tim Pratt reviews Mira GrantSunday 26 December 2010 | Reviews; Magazine; 2010 Posts
From Locus Magazine's July issue
Feed is more of a sociological science fiction novel, intelligently extrapolating the future trajectory of a world where the dead begin to rise and attempt to eat the living. Robert V.S. Redick: Sorcerer's ApprenticeSaturday 25 December 2010 | Magazine; Perspectives
Excerpts from Locus Magazine's December Issue interview.
I consider the worldbuilding as fundamental to the story’s success as the language, the characterization, anything else. New in Paperback: DecemberFriday 24 December 2010 | Monitor, Directories
Neal Stephenson's Anathem, Steven Erikson's Dust of Dreams, Jack McDevitt's Time Travelers Never Die, and other titles by Acevedo, Butcher, Englehart, Henderson, McCaffrey & Scarborough, Scalzi, Turtledove, and Zahn
Nancy Kress: People MatterThursday 23 December 2010 | Magazine; Perspectives
Excerpts from Locus Magazine's December Issue interview.
For science fiction, I try hard to get the science right, but even though it's about the future or technology, I still think the people — the characters — are most important. The Locus Index to Science Fiction AwardsWednesday 22 December 2010 | Resources
The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards is updated with winners of Word Fantasy and 16 other recent awards.
This Week's BestsellersTuesday 21 December 2010 | Monitor, Directories
Richelle Mead's YA novel Last Sacrifice debuts in 4th place on the combined USA Today list
Citizen Flynn: A Review of Tron: Legacy
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