The only reprint in The Starry Rift, the young adult SF anthology that I’ve been working on forever but is nearly done, is Cory Doctorow’s terrific “Anda’s Game”. I love the story, and it fits the book perfectly. Over at his website, Cory is offering a wonderful podcast of the story as a free download. I’ve only really started checking out podcasts, and this is a really good one.

NB: This post has been edited to clarify that “Anda’s Game” is the only story in The Starry Rift that was previously published.

Sophie thought the funniest thing in the world, the absolute official funniest thing in the world was to go up to someone and say ‘Happy New Ear’. She’d run up to people, say ‘Happy New Ear’, collapse into giggles, run away, run back, and say it again. It never wasn’t funny. Never. Really. Well, to her.

Gavin Grant discusses The James Tiptree Anthology 2 over at ‘Not a Journal’, and along the way mentions one of the books I most excited about seeing. Later this year St Martin’s Press will publish Julie Phillips’ biography, James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon. There’s an excerpt from the book in the anthology, and it’s terrific. From everything I’ve heard, Sheldon led an extraordinary life, and Phillips seems to be a writer who can do it justice. Can’t wait to see it.