Monthly Archives: May 2007
More on the Club
There have been a lot of wonderful observations in the comments thread responding to my comments on this week’s changes at the SF Book Club. They’ve prompted a few thoughts. First, the SF Book Club isn’t dead yet. It’s my speculation that it will be folded into the main club, but that’s not been announced … Continue reading
SF Book Club
On Monday Publishers Weekly reported that Bertelsmann would overhaul its Book Club business, restructuring a number of specialty book clubs and eliminating 280 jobs. It also announced that it would close Madison Park Press, its 18-month-old original publishing arm, to focus on its book club business. The impact of these decisions on the science fiction … Continue reading
Bad news
Andy Wheeler has posted about the recent changes at the SF Book Club. I don’t know what the changes mean, but the news is bad. I can only hope that things work out for Andy. He’s really one of the good ones, and has always been a delight to deal with.
New Space Opera reviewed
GaryWhitehouse has given The New Space Opera a really nice review over at The Green Man Review. The book was such a big project that it’s reallly gratifying to see it getting great early responses like this. And, of course, Gardner and I are really hopeful we’ll get to do a second volume in a … Continue reading
Adelaide again
No photos here. There should be. But, I don’t carry a mobile phone and never remember to carry an actual camera. Still, yesterday morning Marianne and I had breakfast at a little cafe next to our hotel, and then wandered through the markets on Grote St. How come we don’t have these in Perth. The … Continue reading
