Monthly Archives: March 2007

The nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards have been announced – congrats to one and all. A few people have mentioned the dearth of female nominees in the fiction categories. This seems a reasonable observation, even though I’m always cautious about gender-based breakdowns of such things. It did make me think to take a look … Continue reading »

My pals Jeff and Ann VanderMeer have released the table of contents for their forthcoming anthology, Best American Fantasy. I’m going to be fascinated to see how the world reacts to this one. It’s a pretty obvious, and understandable, attempt to link into the whole ‘Best American” series that Houghton Mifflin publish. Those books are … Continue reading »

Well, we got a really nice handful of entrants. I want to thank everyone who had a go at creating a promotional item for The Last Colony. The winner is Pixelfish for this flash movie . It’s very cool, and a staggering amount of work. If the winner could email me postal details at jstrahan(at)iinet(dot)net(dot)au, … Continue reading »

Over at the Eos Blog, Dianna Gill gives a sneak peek at The New Space Opera. The book is racing towards production, and should be out in stories by the start of June. This one goes back a long way, so I’m pretty excited about it.

I am currently listening to Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971. I am currently reading Gene Wolfe’s Pirate Freedom. I am currently watching Life on Mars. The Neil Young concert is awesome, though the DVD is crap and I’m struggling with perhaps listening to too much of Young’s distinctive voice. The Wolfe is beautifully … Continue reading »