November 27, 2004

SF links

Noosphere, a French SF site. John Holbo gives the low-down. En Français, bien sur, mais il y'a beaucoups des images.

More from Holbo: a thoughtful post on education, sf, and learning to read from comic books. He links to Matt Cheney's post on teaching Neil Gaiman's American Gods. I learnt to read from comics. And my dad read them after I was through. He was so disappointed the day I spent my allowance on a romance instead of a superhero comic, that I never did it again. And today I am an sf-reading feminist with a doctorate in English. So it worked out well.

Matt Cheney points towards some speculative poets, and offers seasonal shopping tips. And be sure to read his post, "Artsy, Shallow Lesbian Erotica that's Not from the '50s!," about some sophisticationally-challenged responses to "Time's Swell" by Victoria Somogyi and Kathleen Chamberlain. An atmospheric story, written before the two authors had met in person.

Call for submissions: So Fey: Queer Faery Fiction (Haworth Press), featuring gay, lesbian, bi and trans-themed stories (via FutureTense).

And, since Buy Nothing Day is over, here are some links to kitschy toys, sf and otherwise, from web zen's cool holiday shopping guide.