Earlier this year, Claire Armitstead in the Guardian newspaper posed the question whether genre fiction sentences can equal those found in literary writers such as Joyce or Beckett. Science fiction writers like Gibson, Banks and M. John Harrison were mentioned as possible genre sources for great sentences. I have thought quite a lot about this since… Continue reading Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Sentences
Month: October 2014
Science Fiction/Fantasy Links
Here is a revised list of useful SFF links of various kinds: bloggers, magazines, organisations, writers and others. Suggestions for further links are welcome: http://afantasyreader.blogspot.com A Fantasy Reader http://aidanmoher.com A Dribble of Ink http://analogsf.com Analog http://apex-magazine.com/ Apex http://asimovs.com Asimov’s http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/ Beneath Ceaseless Skies http://bestfantasybooks.com/ Best Fantasy Books http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/ Patrick Rothfuss http://bookwormblues.net Bookworm Blues http://bruceboston.com Bruce… Continue reading Science Fiction/Fantasy Links
The Lord of the Eggs
List of SFF Links
I have now assembled a fairly comprehensive list of SFF links in my page’s sidebar and set out below: blogs, magazines, writers, organisations. Many will be familiar but there are some lesser-known interesting links as well. I hope this list will help you to find lots of good reading and contacts. Any suggestions for further links are welcome! http://afantasyreader.blogspot.com… Continue reading List of SFF Links
RIP Dorothy Lumley: One Year On
My former literary agent Dorothy Lumley died one year ago. That distance makes me realise how valuable her feedback was to me. It is also clear now that Dorothy was probably one of the last of an old-fashioned type of literary agent. She wasn’t based in London and she was low-tech. The world moves on,… Continue reading RIP Dorothy Lumley: One Year On
S.C. Flynn 