[SKRIVA] Nytt Ansible ute
- From: Ahrvid <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 21:27:50 +0100
Nytt nr av Dave Langfords Hugo-vinnande Ansible ute:
http://news.ansible.uk/a328.html
En del av nyheterna har nog tidigare tagits upp på SKRIVA. Dave tar dock
ofta upp ganska udda nyheter , så vi gör ett svep:
Richard Brittain, known (if not to me) as
a winner on the UK game show Champion, has self-published a fairytale
whose title we won't publicize. The Goodreads reviewer who writes as
Paige Rolland was unimpressed, and said so. In response, Brittain
reportedly travelled from London to east Scotland to hit her from behind
with a wine bottle: the attack was in her workplace, a shop whose
security CCTV confirmed his identity. No skull fracture, but much
bleeding and six stitches required. Though police later arrested
Brittain, he's out on bail and reviewers should take care.
Gillian Anderson promoted her debut sf novel A Vision of Fire almost
entirely, it seems, by co-author Jeff Rovin on Front Row (BBC, 16 October),
where the X-Files star explained her heavy involvement: 'I would do anything
from changing a few sentences to take out a few paragraphs [and] rewrite them.'
BBC presenter John Wilson wrong-footed her by pointing out a 3-page appendix of
'Gillian Anderson's favourite books' which was obviously news to this celebrity
author. He, by now falling about laughing: 'There's no science fiction in that
list.' She: 'I don't read science fiction,' and an embarrassed giggle."
Benjanun Sriduangkaew, mild-mannered Thai author of short fiction published
from 2012 (earning her a 2014 John W. Campbell Award nomination) is also the
controversial in the sense of 'often vitriolic and abusive' blogger who for
many years posted and tweeted as Winterfox and Requires Hate. Nick Mamatas,
though apparently disapproving of those who circulated this revelation
privately, outed her in public on the Ello website: 'I am writing this on ello
because nobody reads ello.' BS has responded by deleting a number of
self-incriminating past posts (I'm told that she has a long history of doing
this), publishing two generic apologies, and blaming some of the most offensive
material on mysterious and never previously mentioned impersonators.
Henry Wessells's Endless Bookshelf 'Death of the Book Award' for 'the ugliest
book issued from a publisher who should know better' went to the 2014 POD
reissue of The Picture of Dorian Gray in the Oxford University Press Complete
Works of Oscar Wilde series: 'Bound in brownish repellent silicon paper over
boards, false gilt rules and titling on spine. Textblock stiffly glued and
unopenable; narrow margins, poorly reproduced illustrations. From the reports
of the judges: "it smells disgusting, too, oily synthetic hormones".'
State media in China are warning citizens to think carefully before adopting an
English name to do business with Western companies. The official news website
CCTV is warning that choosing famous names like Dumbledore could lead to a call
from a "serious law firm."'
Raymond Chandler dashes off a quick sf spoof and scores a prophetic hit
regarding information sources: 'The sudden brightness swung me around and the
Fourth Moon had already risen. I had exactly four seconds to hot up the
disintegrator and Google had told me it wasn't enough.'
Munsey Award for promotional and research work related to pulp magazines and
dime novels: J. Randolph Cox. Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards:
these, with the Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F
Translation, are closing down owing to lack of time and of director/juror
volunteers.
Dessutom har Rudy Ruckers online-magasin Flurb lagts ned liksom Michael
Moorcocks E-edition av New Worlds. Och någon har laddat upp massor av
piratmaterial till archive.org, samt en Star Wars-plasthjälm från 1977 har i
brittiska BBC:s Antikrunda värderats till 40-50 000 pund!
Att en såpastjärna som publicerar en sagobok åker hela vägen till Skottland
ilsk för en negativ blorecension och slår kritikern i skallen med en vinflaska,
det är sådant det är svårt att hitta på även om man försökte.
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