Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews
Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats
Frequency: biweekly
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
August 26 2010
Issue 50
Two stories: And Blow Them at the Moon by Marie Brennan, and Winecask Bellies and Owl Wings by Liz Coleman.
(Sat 28 Aug 2010)
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io9
Science fiction, science, and pop culture blog; launched January 2008; editor in chief Annalee Newitz, managing editor Charlie Jane Anders
Format: Online
Frequency: Daily
http://io9.com/
August 2010
This site has started a thread, SF 101: Science Fiction for Beginners, with this introduction and posts so far about rules of SF/F art, important scientific ideas that inform SF, and a collection of definitions of SF.
Charlie Jane Anders reviews Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay, calling it "must-read literature", and points to a post by Michael A. Burstein about politics and fiction.
John Marr posts the second installment in his Reading Barsoom series. And Annalee Newitz has a roundup of books you'll be lusting for this fall season.
(Sat 28 Aug 2010)
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Lightspeed
Science fiction stories, original and reprint, plus features; edited by John Joseph Adams; debuted June 2010
Format: Online; ebook
Frequency: Monthly issues in ebook formats for purchase; weekly online updates free
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/
August 2010
Latest posts from the August issue include stories classic story More Than the Sum of His Parts by Joe Haldeman, and an author spotlight on Haldeman.
There's also nonfiction Cyborg-netics by Matt London.
(Sat 28 Aug 2010)
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SF Signal
Daily blog of SF reviews, links, video clips, and commentary; online since 2003; regular contributors JP Frantz and John DeNardo
Format: Online
Frequency: Daily
http://www.sfsignal.com/
August 2010
This week's "Mind Meld" asks What are some of your favorite science fiction and fantasy settings and why?, and has responses from Andrew Wheeler, Karen Burnham, John Joseph Adams, John C. Wright, and others.
There's an interview with Carmelo Rafalá, editor/publisher of Immersion Press. John DeNardo reviews Ekaterina Sedia's The Alchemy of Stone.
The fourth SF Signal Podcast is an interview with Mur Lafferty.
(Sat 28 Aug 2010)
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Strange Horizons
Fiction, art, articles, poetry, and reviews; founded September 2000; editor-in-chief Susan Marie Groppi
Format: Online
Frequency: Weekly; reviews posted three times a week
http://www.strangehorizons.com/
23 August 2010
Nonfiction is an Written in Maps by Cécile Cristofari.
Fiction is Five Rules for Commuting to the Underworld by Merrie Haskell; poetry is Thrice by Yoon Ha Lee.
Reviews by Niall Harrison, David J. Schwartz, and Audrey Homan cover a title by Steph Swainston, Toy Story 3, and a book by Caitlin R. Kiernan.
(Sat 28 Aug 2010)
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Tor.com
SF & fantasy fiction, reviews, commentary, founded 2008; staff includes fiction editors Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Liz Gorinsky
Format: Online
Frequency: Daily
http://www.tor.com/
August 2010
New fiction: The Speed of Time, by Jay Lake.
Several posts this week by new contributor The Rejectionist, an "anonymous assistant to a New York literary agent", starting with Why Science Fiction? and following with interviews from http://www.therejectionist.com/ of Elizabeth Hand, Nnedi Okorafor, and filmmaker Arwen Curry (who's doing a documentary about Ursula K. Le Guin).
Faye Bi reviews Mockingjay - the "trilogy makes perfect YA" - with some spoilers. Jo Walton reviews Marjorie Kellogg's Lear's Daughters. Brit Mandelo reviews Suzy McKee Charnas' The Vampire Tapestries. Mark Graham reviews Mary Roach's Packing for Mars.
And Jason Henninger interviews himself about Jorge Luis Borges.
(Sat 28 Aug 2010)
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