It’s been a while since I’ve thrown up some links of interest, so some of the links included are a bit older, but still interesting. And despite the title of the post, none of these links are really related to Halloween in any way. Now, if I can only find some time for reading.- The Bulwer-Lytton award is given to made-up worst first lines for a novel. Io9 shows us that this year’s winner in science fiction very nearly matches an actual first line for a novel produced this year. I laughed loudly.
- SFF writer and prolific blogger Nick Mamatas writes about his stint as a professional term paper writer. It’s very interesting, sad, disheartening, reprehensible, and biting.
- I’ve answered several Inside the Blogosphere questions over at Grasping for the Wind. I particularly enjoyed dreaming a bit for the reading environment question. And on the subject of reading environments – this library makes me drool beyond description… me wants one.
- There is an interesting discussion on hype, buzz, expectations and the like in this thread over at SFF World. You have to page through a few ‘I didn’t like ___ and don’t understand why so many people say it’s good’ type of posts to get there.
- Dead Books has a ‘Hyper-Serialization’ that’s part novel, part movie, part radio show, etc. It’s something new. I haven’t had the time to really investigate it, but it’s something that may appeal to some of you.
- Tony Hillerman has died. This makes me very sad. I’ve enjoyed his books for a long time now, but especially since moving to Arizona 10 years ago.
2 comments:
That Nick Mamatas article was fascinating. I was a journalism major in college and I could pump out the papers. I never sold them like he did but I understand the strategies he uses to write papers because I used them. It's appalling that people who can't write a basic term paper can buy their way through college, but it's not surprising.
It really is fascinating, of course there are lot of other adjectives I'd like to use to describe how it makes me feel.
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