Marginalia

[coalescent]

So nothing can make as good a headline as the Serenity trailer would have done, but this comes close: Doctor Who reviewed by a two-year old.

Tonight's BSFA London meeting features Susanna Clarke being interviewed by grahamsleight. The Star Tavern, SW1X 8HT, interview starts around seven. There are some interesting excerpts from her recent Locus interview here.

Ariel has posted a long essay about the marketing of books, and the usefulness of genres.

The Orange Prize has announced a new writers award, which will consider short stories as well as novels. I'm not sure that I'd like to be responsible for comparing a collection to a novel and picking a winner, but I suppose the Whitbread compares more diverse books than that every year and gets away with it.

yhlee writes about Angel S4 in terms of shortcuts.

For tinyjo: The hug shirt.

Jeff Vandermeer is collecting manifestos, rants and polemics about sf.

And finally: This is bad on ... so many levels. (I prefer my science/arts intersections more like this.)

Comments

[immortalradical.livejournal.com]

The scary man breaked his head like this - BREAK.

Brilliant. This is how all my reviews are going to be from now on.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Do River of Gods. :p

[immortalradical.livejournal.com]

Can you say 'obsessed'?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

There is light at the end of the tunnel. If only because I have to have it ready by the end of the week. :p

Then I will not want to talk about it for at six months. Well, probably six weeks. OK, maybe six days.

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

Six minutes if we're lucky, I think.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Et tu, Liz? :p

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

What this time?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Nothing really, for some reason I just find it funny to say. :)

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

Hmpf.

I can not vote for River of Gods in the Hugos, you know... :p

*puts on a hardhat*

[chance88088.livejournal.com]

*and steps way back in case Niall explodes into tiny bits*

[hawleygriffen.livejournal.com]

Best. Review. Evah. 'Specially about the feet. Very insightful. All reviews should be like this.

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

I *love* the shirt! I want one!