Blog &SF/F Eugene Fischer | 03 Jun 2011
After a year away I returned to my first and favorite SF convention, WisCon. I last attended in 2008, and had such a good experience that I sent Nalo Hopkinson flowers as thanks for having convinced me to go despite my incredulity. As good as 2008 was, this year was even better. A big part [...]
Books Eugene Fischer | 28 Jan 2011
I finished four novels this month, all of them highly engaging. • The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi — I finally got around to reading the most celebrated SF novel of last year. I was already a fan of Paolo’s short stories, and this novel shares a future with two of his best, “The Calorie [...]
SF/F &Video Eugene Fischer | 04 Jun 2010
I’ve been in blog hibernation for a while, and it may continue a while longer, but this meme caused me to stir–if for no other reason than because I want this list of writers in a place I can easily find it. First, the wonderful 3 minute video that inspired it: Then the meme: Bold [...]
SF/F &Video Eugene Fischer | 13 Apr 2010
That’s what I’ve heard, anyway. And I think I can scrape up that many. First, some good news: my story “Husbandry” was given an honorable mention by Ellen Datlow for her anthology Best Horror of the Year Vol. 2. Thanks so much, Ellen, I’m thrilled to make your longlist. Next, a digital version of the [...]
SF/F Eugene Fischer | 23 Oct 2009
People interested in the ongoing discussion about the future of short fiction may be interested in the most recent episode of The Sofanauts. The Sofanauts is usually a show about current events in the SF field, but this week’s episode is a special with writers Jeff Vandermeer and Jeremy Tolbert and Asimov’s editors Sheila Williams [...]
SF/F Eugene Fischer | 01 Oct 2009
My friend and Clarion classmate Damien G. Walter has been agitating for a movement in support of speculative fiction’s short story markets, and it has culminated with Oct. 1 being designated Support Our ‘Zines Day. He is urging all of us to find ways today — monetary contribution, private communication, public oratory — to express [...]
SF/F Eugene Fischer | 14 Aug 2009
For one day only, John and Kristine Scalzi will match donations made to Strange Horizons, up to $500. I got to meet Kristine and John at Worldcon, and they are fully as amazing people as this act of generosity would suggest. Let’s help them make the most of this awesome gesture. Donate to Strange Horizons [...]
SF/F Eugene Fischer | 13 Aug 2009
Karen Meisner has explained that she and the other editors of the online SF magazine Strange Horizons, which is run as a donation supported NPO, have a problem I can easily relate to: a lack of facility for self-promotion. I need to merely think back to how my high school councilors tore their hair trying [...]
Books Eugene Fischer | 05 Aug 2009
As previously related, James Van Pelt kindly sent me an advanced copy of his forthcoming short story collection, The Radio Magician & Other Stories to review. I decided that I would read the book straight through, writing a review of each story as I finished it. “The Radio Magician” – The story that got me [...]
Books Eugene Fischer | 03 Aug 2009
I don’t know how widespread this is, but the Borders near my apartment is having some huge sales right now. I went in there this weekend, and on a table covered in boxes of what I assume is overstock there was a box full of attractive copies of Stanislaw Lem’s The Cyberiad, priced at $4.00 [...]
