Daily Archives: April 11, 2012
And Now, Perhaps the Most Important Poll You’ll Take All Day
Posted on April 11, 2012 334 Comments
This is a very serious question. Explain your answer in the comments.
Macmillan CEO on the Justice Department Suit Against Macmillan, Apple, et al
Posted on April 11, 2012 89 Comments
First, the news story on the antitrust suit the Department of Justice is bringing against Apple and several publishers, including Macmillan, who owns Tor, which publishes my novels. Second, Macmillan CEO John Sargent’s letter on the suit, directed at authors, illustrators and agents. Third, my comments from a month ago regarding the then-possible, now-apparently in […]
The Big Idea: Lynne M. Thomas
Posted on April 11, 2012 15 Comments
When one’s last book of feminist essays on pop culture (Chicks Dig Time Lords) walks off with Hugos for you and your co-editor, what do you do next? If you say “maybe co-edit another book of feminist essays on pop culture,” then you’re thinking like Lynne M. Thomas, who with Sigrid Ellis has edited Chicks […]
The Aliens’ Film Festival
Posted on April 11, 2012
Over at FilmCritic.com this week, I imagine that aliens have come down and have threatened to destroy the planet unless I can show them five science fiction films to convince them otherwise. As they would. Here are the five science fiction films I would pick. Agree? Disagree? Have a suggestion of your own? Put it […]
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