F&SF and Kindle
Since people keep asking us when F&SF will be available for the Kindle, I thought I’d post here.
F&SF is currently available in electronic formats through Fictionwise.com: http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/spilogaleinceBooks.htm?cache.
I believe you can buy F&SF in a format like Mobipocket and read it on the Kindle without any problem.
I looked into the possibility of selling F&SF directly through Amazon.com, but I found their terms unwelcoming, so I haven’t pursued this avenue further.
If anyone finds that they cannot use Fictionwise to get an electronic edition of F&SF that’s readable on the Kindle, please let us know. Thanks.
Top Ten SF Novels by Women
In the Guardian, Gwyneth Jones has a Top Ten list of SF novels written by women. It’s an interesting list, though I note that only two of them are from the 21st century. Which is fair enough, considering it’s a Top Ten of all-time sort of list. But seeing the list made me wonder: What would this top ten list look like if we restricted the timeframe to books published in 2000 or later? So let’s hear it: What’s in your top ten? (Keep in mind we’re specifically talking about SF here, not fantasy.)
Tor’s free ebooks
By now most of you will have noticed Tor’s shiny new Tor.com website, which is chock full of geeky goodness. What you may not have noticed is that through July 27, you can go download all of the free ebooks that Tor had released via its Watch the Skies promotional newsletter over the course of the last several months. So go download before they’re gone forever!
The Plausibility of Batman
Scientific American has a cool (and spoiler-free) article about the plausibility of Batman. It’s presented as a Q&A with the author of Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero. It looks pretty cool–a shame, though, that it’s not coming out til October; they’re going to miss all this free publicity, though maybe The Dark Knight will be just about ready for DVD by then.
Acquisitions: May 2008
Here’s a list of the new stories we bought in May and will be coming soon to an issue near you:
- Esoteric City by Bruce Sterling
- Changeling by Dean Whitlock
- Adaptogenia by Wayne Wightman
Free Fiction: Footnotes by Charles Coleman Finlay
"Footnotes" by Charles Coleman Finlay originally appeared in our August 2001 issue. It’s currently available on Finlay’s website.
io9 on The Political Prisoner
io9.com has posted a nice review of Charles Coleman Finlay’s "The Political Prisoner" (which includes some discussion of the story prior to that, "The Political Officer," which you can currently read on our website).
They also shower some more love on Maurizio Manzieri’s illustration for Robert Reed’s "Five Thrillers," which they reviewed a few months ago.
Free Fiction: Dale Bailey (x3)
The following stories by Dale Baliey originally appeared in the pages of F&SF. Now they’re all available online:
"Heat," Sep. 2000 [link]
"The Rain at the End of the World," Jul. 1999 [link]
"Night of the Fireflies," Jan. 1998 [link]
Free Fiction: James Patrick Kelly (x2)
"Serpent" by James Patrick Kelly originally appeared in our May 2004 issue. Kelly has since adapted it to audio as part of his "Free Reads" podcast. [link]
Another story of Kelly’s, "The Pyramid of Amirah," appeared in our March 2002 issue. That one is also now available via Free Reads. [link]
Acquisitions: April 2008
Here’s a list of the new stories we bought in April and will be coming soon to an issue near you:
- The Scarecrow’s Boy by Michael Swanwick (3350 words)
- The Boy Who Sang for Others by Michael Meddor (3600)
- The Perfect Infestation Carol Emshwiller (3300)
- Blocked by Geoff Ryman (6600)
- A Wild and Wicked Youth by Ellen Kushner (9620)
- Catalog by Eugene Mirabelli (6579)
