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per son lawrence and waldrop howard. fabulous world of jules verne locus online. httplocusm ag.com2004 reviews10 waldropperson verne.html. pubblicato da doktorgeiger commenti
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bob massa one of the original seos though i dont think he likes to be referred to with that label always talks about seo from a conversion standpoint offering quotes like traffic without conversions is the epitome of futility.
the seo space is a bit crowded right now. so many people are fighting for attention that it seems like people are fighting without purpose. there may be more people writing ... [Show More]
links for 20080914 Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Sep 15 2008 06:01:22
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friends im done with productivity as a personal fetish or hobby. there are countless sites that are all too happy to vend stroke material for your joyless addiction to puns about procrastination and systems for generating more taxonomically satisfying metawork. but presently you wont find so much of that here.
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tuesday thingers Post Source: prairieprogressive.com Posted: Sep 09 2008 23:37:07
as inspiratio nmotivatio n to post a bit more in the book field im going to try a series of regular memes that circulate in the bookblog community. they may not appear each and every week but simply as they strike my fancy.
the first is tuesday thingers a kind of a round robin of library thing early reviewers on a different theme or question each week created by the boston bibliophile. so heres... [Show More]
one of the points of contention we sometimes have with those who disagree with us about the role of free in a business model is how you deal with the issue of freeloaders. people often respond to our posts on business models that use free to point out that many people who get the content will never pay and thus the business model is somehow a failure. amusingly and perhaps tellingly most often t... [Show More]
macropayments Post Source: www.geirfreysson.com Posted: Sep 08 2008 12:38:35
cory doctorow on macropayments via chris anderson
i dont care about making sure that everyone who gets a copy of my books pays me for them what i care about is ensuring that the everyone who would pay me decent money for a book has the opportunity to do so. i dont want to hold 13yearolds by the ankles and shake them until their allowance falls out of their pockets but i do want to be sure that wh... [Show More]
in an ideal world people without a lot of discretionary income are given the electronic edition which costs nearly nothing to distribute for free. they act like the breezes that loft the dandelion seeds they go around telling people about the book and its merits. in this regard theyre better than random breezes for they undertake a directed distribution of the book seeking to bring it to the atte... [Show More]
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cory doctorow macropayments micropayments dont work says cory interesting thesis that i sorta agree with. saved by sam harrelson view details give thanks tags...... [Show More]
my latest locus magazine column is live macropayments explains why i dont have a tipjar
two columns back in think like a dandelion i talked about the reproductive strategies employed in species where reproduction is cheap like dandelions. unlike humans dandelions dont worry about the disposition of each of their children they only want to be sure that every opportunity for success is fulfilled t... [Show More]
jetsie de vries is resigning as coeditor of interzone i am unhappy with the direction and tone the fiction in interzone will be taking. update response from the remaining editorial team we would like to reassure readers and authors that there is no change in editorial ethos or policy explicit or implicit actual or pending at interzone. curious.
the deadline for the bsfa 50th anniversary short st... [Show More]
shorties Post Source: www.largeheartedboy.com Posted: Aug 28 2008 13:13:11
liz phair talks to the washington posts express about her seminal album exile in guyville.
it used to be that when i listened to guyville i got angry it reminded me of things id done i wished i hadnt or the person i was i wish i hadnt been. much the same way a drunk in recovery faces up to the person that theyve been. and now part of what the rerelease does is allow me to celebrate it along with... [Show More]
n things make a post Post Source: vectoreditors.wordpress.com Posted: Aug 24 2008 12:08:06
mike glyer tagged me for a meme a little while ago. its the which sf novels that have been made into films have you read list. bold if ive read it italicized if i started but didnt finish.
jurassic park
war of the worlds
the lost world jurassic park
i robot
cont act
congo
cocoon
the stepford wives
the time machine
starship troopers
the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
kpa x
2010
the running m... [Show More]
now we have a full list
adult literature the orphans tales catherynne m. valente in the night garden in the cities of coin and spice bantam spectra
childrens literature the harry potter series j. k. rowling bloomsbury
inklings studies the company they keep c.s. lewis and j.r.r. tolkien as writers in community diana pavlac glyer appendix by david bratman kent state university press
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locus reports that the winners of the robert a. heinlein award are ben bova and spider robinson. the awards are given to recognize outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space. congratulations to the winners
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the lightning round Post Source: blog.newsarama.com Posted: Aug 11 2008 09:00:15
stephen destefano shares a monarch and dr. girlfriend commission.
the hugo awards were announced this past weekend in denver.
as were the doug wright awards though not in denver.
tom spurgeon talks cci with david glanzer.
alley oop turned 75. i didnt even know it was still around.
a matt bors cartoon makes it all the way to gitmo and the hands of salim hamdan.
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locus has the nominees for the world fantasy awards and i was quite pleased to see kij johnson there as well as emma bulls territory guy gavriel kays ysabel and coyote road. you can read kijs short story here and i encourage you to do so this one remains one of the most impressive and original pieces of writing ive read in a long time. the best bit i think is terri windling midori snyder for end... [Show More]
locus has posted the list of world fantasy award finalists. there are many fine selections hereincluding much deserved praise for john klimas effortsbut i cant help but note a lack of daring on the part of the judges. this continues a trend in my opinion within core genre toward the more conservative. here for example is the list of best novels
fangland john marks penguin the gospel of the knife... [Show More]
dark fantasy writer michael cisco broke radio silence on his blog last month to complain about his experiences with prime books an independent publisher of science fiction fantasy and horror fiction starting with the fact that he hasnt gotten any royalties from his last novel the traitor. eagleeyed vigilance in following the amazon.com sales rank he writes especially following selection by jeff va... [Show More]
lots of catching up to do. in the meantime we have some advance warning on the dates of the uk tour. i dont have any locations yet but according to a recent email from bloomsburymonday the 27th of october ill be in dublintuesday the 28th of october ill be in scotland at a guess glasgow or edinburgh or bothwednesday the 29th of october ill be in manchester doing a talk or reading at manchester univ... [Show More]
prometheus winners Post Source: www.sfawardswatch.com Posted: Jul 23 2008 20:22:50
the winners of this years prometheus awards have been announced. they are
novel tie the gladiator harry turtledove tor and hapenny jo walton tor
hall of fame a clockwork orange anthony burgess
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the winners of this years rhysling awards were announced at readercon this weekend. they are
grand master ray bradbury
long poem the seven devils of central california catherynne m. valente farragos wainscot summer 2007
short poem eating light f. j. bergmann mythic delirium summerfall 2007
locus has further details....... [Show More]
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