Monthly Archives: February 2006

Today is the last day to nominate for the Australian National Science Fiction Achievement ‘Ditmar’ Awards. Pretty much anyone can nominate, you don’t need to have read everything, and you can nominate online. It’s also okay to nominate those nearest and dearest to you. So, go on, do it! You know you want to.

First of all, my thanks to Bill Contento, compiler of the Locus database, for making the following information available. I asked Bill for information on the number of anthologies published every year. He sent me a list covering every year from 1941 to 2004, a period that saw 4,236 science fiction anthologies (original and reprint) … Continue reading »

Roger Elwood published fifty-five anthologies with a variety of publishers in a six year period beginning in 1972. The view is held within science fiction circles that the large quantity and poor quality of these books led to low sales, which in turn so damaged the reputation of anthologies with both publishers and readers that … Continue reading »

The folks over at Black Gate have posted Rich Horton’s annual Virtual Best of the Year. Rich’s selections are always interesting and worthwhile checking out. I don’t keep track of numbers the way Rich does, but the scariest thing I saw in his summary was this statement: “This year I read a total of 46 … Continue reading »

I have just delivered Best Short Novels: 2006 to Andrew Wheeler at The SF Book Club (or, I will have when he checks his email in the morning). The book features nine stories, including work by Steven Erikson, Kelly Link, Ian McDonald, Cory Doctorow, Harry Turtledove, Connie Willis, Wil McCarthy, and Matthew Hughes. I love … Continue reading »