Marginalia

[coalescent]

Strange Horizons has an interview with Zoran Zivkovic. He's got a long novellette called 'Compartments' in the next issue of Postscripts, and most of the stories that appeared in Interzone are due to be collected by Nightshade books as Impossible Stories. And if the third issue of Argosy ever appears, he's got a story in that, too: 'The Telephone'.

There's a piece at Sci-Fi Weekly arguing that SF TV isn't dead, it's just resting, seemingly largely based on the success of The 4400.

I wish the blog at Ready Steady Book had an RSS feed.

John Clute's review of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell questions Neil Gaiman's blurb: 'We do, all the same, have to start with what he does actually say, which is that Strange is "unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last 70 years." To which one's immediate response is: bollocks.' Overall a positive review, however, and one that (as you would expect) cuts through the hype.

Love at first sight is real after all. Apparently.

But diaries may be bad for you. Or at least, people who keep diaries are more likely to suffer from headaches, sleeplessness and other such problems. 'Duncan speculates that diarists buck the usual trend because instead of a single, cathartic outpouring to offload trauma, diarists continually churn over their misfortunes and so never get over them. 'It's probably better not to get caught in a ruminative, repetitive cycle," she says.' And of course, that never happens on livejournal ...

Detailed vote results for the Hugos and retro Hugos. It's interesting to see what placed second in some categories--'The Message' nearly beat out Gollum to that Best Short Form Dramatic Presentation award, for instance.

The new Interzone should be going in the post soon, and has even been mentioned on BBC Cult. I'm thinking I'll take a break from my Shepard marathon when it turns up.

And Jeremy Hardy is a comedy genius. That is all. EDIT: I was referring to the show, not the webpage. Click the listen again link. :-p

Comments

[flickgc.livejournal.com]

Gosh: an Interzone....

It's been a while, hasn't it?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Yep. Last one was sometime in May, I think ... mind you, Andy Cox always said he was aiming for August/September for his first issue, so he's on schedule so far. :)

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Damn! Who were those fools voting for Heart of Gold?

Asimov's should go in the post today.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Damn! Who were those fools voting for Heart of Gold?

I don't know. We should find them and smack them upside the head.

Asimov's should go in the post today.

Dude! I wasn't actually serious about that. You da man!

Also, fanboy moment: Micky Dupree was at Worldcon. I wonder if she's going to make it to Interaction...?

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Dude, don't go mentioning your dream woman where Ros can see :P

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Now I'm thinking about smacking you upside the head. :-p

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

I assume this is the wee little puppet man mentioned there.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

That's either a tiny woman or a big-ass muppet. I'm not sure which scares me more.

[fba.livejournal.com]

Indeed - out of the Wheadon stuff in the running 'The Message' was far and away the best......

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I reckon that if Third Row had been there, we'd have swung the vote. ;-)

[danmilburn.livejournal.com]

Personally, if it had to be one of the unaired Firefly episodes I'd have gone for 'Trash'. 'The Message' does absolutely nothing for me, so of the stuff there I'd have to go for 'Chosen'.

[ex-toastie256.livejournal.com]

Love at first sight is real after all. Apparently.

Maybe, but it still leaves the problem of two people not knowing how the other feels. And that's always the basis for extended periods of longing after someone, isn't it? The hoping-that-they-feel-the-same-way thing. Or maybe that's just me. If one or both of you is shy then that would seem to create the time issue.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Way to focus on the positive, Craigie.

[ex-toastie256.livejournal.com]

Sorry. That wasn't supposed to be a miserable bastard comment. I'd just much rather believe that two people can fall in love from actually getting to know one another rather than just based on initial appearances. Maybe that's just foolish hope, but to me it's looking on the bright side to consider that speed dating isn't really the way to find true love. Please?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

This is a known bug. See also: the lesbian sheep problem. :)

[ex-toastie256.livejournal.com]

Awww. That's so beautifully tragic.

[pikelet.livejournal.com]

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

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That is hell of not a thread i needed to read.

-- tom

[truecatachresis.livejournal.com]

Jeremy Hardy is a comedy genius.

That he may be, but he fails to demonstrate it in that article.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

But look! He makes a wanking joke! And says computers are evil, malign intelligences. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE HIM?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I was pointing at the show, rather than the article, to be honest. I caught it last night quite by accident, and thought it was great.

[truecatachresis.livejournal.com]

Astute political commentary, and humourous, certainly, but comedy genius, no.

Love at first sight

[applez.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that's true. Larissa pretty much knew what she might do with me within the first few minutes of meeting me. And no, I don't think she's just being lovey-dovey saying that. ;-)

Re: Love at first sight

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Zac, that's tending towards more information than we really need. :-p

Re: Love at first sight

[applez.livejournal.com]

Yes, well ... I thought I was maintaining the delicate balance. ;-)

Besides, I do mean love, not lust, at first sight.