In April of this year, I posted a list of five reasons I won't read someone's work .  Whether it's because you don't write w...

If you've been following the Hugo Awards fiasco, you might have come across Philip Sandifer's fascinating analysis of Theodore Beale...

On a foundational level, the most visible element of SF awards discussions concern subjective assertions about literary quality.  I have par...

(This is going to be a bit ranty.  Be prepared.)  There's been a bit of talk lately about Project Hieroglyph , an Arizona State Uni...

In the 200th episode of The Coode Street Podcast , the hosts (Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe) and guests (Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert S...

I recently stayed with Maureen Kincaid Speller and Paul Kincaid, two wonderful people whose book collections would make almost any sf fan dr...

I'm not going to re-hash old arguments about grimdark or gory fiction or whatever.  Originally, I had meant to respond to the question ...

Just this past weekend, I saw Kim Stanley Robinson give a talk about narrative and time at the Marxist Reading Group Conference at the Unive...

Jonathan Ross is not hosting the Hugos this year.  He's made what I think is the right decision and stepped down.  If you have no idea w...

Person One:  There is only one way to fish.  Fly fishing.  Obviously.  You would be a fool to try anything else. Person Two:  Nu-uh.  Angli...

This post began as a parody or a satire.  Whatever it began as, it was a scathing critique of someone else whose post I'm not going to l...

The other day, I posted about the SFWA Bulletin Petition thing .  I'm not going to rehash that debate here, though you're welcome to...

(Note:  I've listed links to other posts on this topic at the end.) I won't have anything extensive to say on this "anti-poli...

You'll notice that I haven't joined in on the discussion about the Hugos this year.  Granted, there hasn't been nearly the level...

I'm a little late to the party, but Linda Nagata kindly rebutted my original post on the logistical issues of literary awards as a rat...

2014 is almost upon us, and I'm already thinking about what is to come.  What will 2014 be like?  Will it be awesome?  Will someone rele...

Apparently Amazing Stories has become a version of controversy bingo.  Attacks on liberals?  Check.  Attacks on subgenres?  Check.  Attacks...

Last month, Storyville posted a definition of literary fiction .  As with all definitions of a genre, it is functionally useless, in no smal...

I'm sure you've all heard about this Strange Horizons column already.  If not, go read it, then come back and read what I have to s...

In relation to this year's Hugo Awards, I am two things: An unabashed crazy leftish pinko liberal hippy gerfferrmerrfle (whatever that...