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Iain wrote: "Amazon has editors!!"Working under brutal conditions.
An anonymous Amazon editor described a typical day:
Alone in a locked metal cage, 10 feet from my nearest colleague, a robot approaches from the shadows and thrusts a tower of books towards me.
I have nine seconds to grab and edit a book to be sent for typesetting – a target of 300 books an hour, for hour after relentless hour.
As I bend to the floor then reach high above my head to edit a never-ending stream of books, my body screams at me.
Welcome to Amazon's editing floor. Here, while cameras watch my every move, a screen in front of me offers constant reminders of my “units per hour” and exactly how long each edit has taken.
The Future Issue of New York Magazine is out.http://nymag.com/tags/the-future-issue
With articles like
In 2029, It’ll Be Harder to Write Science Fiction Because We’ll Be Living It
By James Gleick
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/1...
and
The Weirdness Is Coming: A glimpse of the near future as seen through the recent past.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/1...
Amazon editors choose the best science fiction and fantasy of 2019Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir is their choice for the best science fiction and fantasy book of the year
The top 20 books are at
https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link...
The Peripheral by William Gibson to be adapted as a television series for Amazon.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...
Haven't seen the movie yet. Maybe this weekend.
Sculpture of Rose the Hat (as described in the novel) by Jesse Farrellhttps://jfsculpts.com/2014/07/09/rose...
Tassie Dave wrote: "Mark wrote: "Only one episode so far."OK thanks. That and the new Marvel stuff is what I want to see."
According to The Verge, new episodes will be available for streaming at midnight every Friday, starting Nov 15.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/12/2...
Only one episode so far.
A Barnes & Noble SF&F blog post from earlier this year discusses the bookish contributions to Mandalorian lore.A Brief History of Star Wars’ Mandalorian Warriors
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/s...
I hadn't seen any of the trailers so I wasn't expecting the story to lean into the space western vibe. I agree that the opening had a slow pace, but I got a kick out of the asset and I'm looking forward to learning more about this story.
Trike wrote: "Yeah, I’d pick Midwich over Triffids any day of the week."Cuckoos works too.
Tassie Dave wrote: "TRP wrote: "I'll be campaigning for a John Wyndham Laser pick at some point"The Day of the Triffids would be the best choice for a S&L read.
I haven't read it in nearly 40 years."
Should be a no-brainer, Veronica and Tom are both fond of friendly creatures...
I didn't realize I was stumbling into the latest SF&F rumble. Norman Spinrad reviewed some books in the current issue of Asimov's Science Fiction which started a firestorm about science fiction, fantasy, and other topics. Iain is right, 'tis the season...https://www.asimovs.com/current-issue...
This link is only good while the November/December 2019 issue is the current issue.
Maybe it's happening because everyone is thinking about things like the Goodreads Choice Awards. I've been reading science fiction and fantasy all year but I only see one book I recognize in the SF and F Goodreads categories. Maybe they messed up. ;-)
...and if your technology is indistinguishable from magic, then it stands to reason that your science fiction is indistinguishable from fantasy, isn’t it?"An interesting essay by Alexandra Erin published in Uncanny Magazine
https://uncannymagazine.com/article/t...
This is a regular topic of discussion here at S&L, a book club favorably positioned to see all sides of the author's arguments, but will you come to the same conclusion...
(view spoiler)
Free ebook about Octavia Butler from Univ of Illinois Press is available for a short timehttps://twitter.com/IllinoisPress/sta...
Update: Ebook requires an app that works with Adobe Digital Edition DRM
I'm sure some S&L folks are familiar with this resource but it's new to me, and perhaps to others here.SFFaudio has a public domain PDF page. The SFFaudio team has scanned thousands of SF&F short stories, novellas and novels whose copyright has expired. If you're looking for older stuff to read, check it out.
https://www.sffaudio.com/public-domai...
Barnes & Noble will cheerfully sell you ALL THE WINNING BOOKS!A Roundup of 2019’s Major Science Fiction & Fantasy Award Winners
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/s...
If you are a fan of Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch and haven't tried the comics yet, Titan Comics is giving away a free digital copy of Rivers of London: Body Work, #1 when you sign up for their newsletter.https://twitter.com/ComicsTitan/statu...
https://titan-comics.com/newsletters/
Update: Welp! I tried to redeem the free comic with the Comixology download code Titan Comics sent me and it is not recognized. I've contacted customer support.
Update: Titan Comics and Comixology fixed the problem. Redemption code worked.
