Monthly Archives: November 2005

So, I didn’t blog about World Fantasy in Madison, where the International Society of the Little Pink Drink was convened, with at least one member in absentia. We’ll reconvene in Brisbane at Easter, hopefully with all members present. In the meantime, it occurs to me that there are some of you out there celebrating (hi … Continue reading »

I know that I go on and on about things that Coode Street’s faithful readers should check out and maybe buy, but I don’t run advertising and I don’t accept any enducements to mention things in this space. Instead, I rabbit on and on about things I am genuinely enthusiastic about, and hope that it … Continue reading »

The Best Short Novels: 2005 is reviewed over at Strange Horizons. Just as soon as I’ve completed work on Fantasy: Best of 2005 and Science Fiction: Best of 2005 (both are a week late, but should be done by Monday), I’ll be starting work on Best Short Novels: 2006.

What is so moving about the Narnia stories is that, though Lewis began with a number of haunted images … he never wrote down to, or even for, children, except to use them as characters, and to make his sentences one shade simpler than usual. He never tries to engineer an entertainment for kids. He … Continue reading »

The announcement from SciFi.com that it will close SciFiction at the end of the year has sparked a lot of discussion. One of the many points touched on that is worthy of expansion is mentioned by Locus Online‘s Mark Kelly. In a post entitled “Into the Aether“, Kelly pondered what happens to defunct websites? How … Continue reading »