Very ,very sad to announce that Realms of Fantasy is folding. The news broke yesterday. Realms of Fantasy has been with us for fifteen years and “was coming up on its 100th issue,” Cleveland said. “We were excited about the special Halloween issue we’d been planning, which would have been our first.” The staff is [...]
Archive for January 2009
Realms of Fantasy Folds: Is it Past Time to Save A ‘Zine? 4 comments
Using the Media 101: Blagojevich, Professor Leave a comment
Fascinating to watch the Illinois Governor use the Media as a tool to thwart any investigation of wrong doing. He is appealing to the Court of Opinion. The media, unfortunately, loves ratings over justice, and will continue to be used by Blagojevich until he is through with them. His goals: get the people of the [...]
The City of Ember: Clever Assignments For Everyone 1 comment
The City of Ember is a great fun family film, full of clever, unlockable mysteries. It comes with a map, all torn up and faded; it comes with a “ticking clock”–the fear that the city will wind up in the dark; and plenty of menacing obstacles. The ending leaves you wishing to be back in [...]
Repair-adise: The Myth of the Self-Cleaning Earth 4 comments
Okay, I’ve seen the trope enough. Yes, it is a hopeful image, but it perpetuates a myth. End of movie: three or four people after post-apocalyptic disaster come out to “healed” Earth. 200 years in City of Ember. 700 years in Wall-E. Gaia is a nice idea–that the Earth is bigger than us and will [...]
Inaugural Poem: Take Out Your Pencils. Begin. Leave a comment
I just finished watching the Inaugural Events on TV. Many things to talk about, but I want to use the words of the Inaugural Poet, Elizabeth Alexander, as a call to writers, and a call to Americans, to face the challenges we face in the world today. Her poem, Praise Song for the Day, was [...]
Bishop Robinson’s Prayer to Open the Inaugural Events 2 comments
Pardon my side trip from Science Fiction and Fantasy. But this is important. It’s unfortunate that HBO blacked out the opening prayer of Bishop Robinson, especially after so much controversy over Rick Warren’s selection to pray on Tuesday. Here’s the video. This was shot by Sarah Pulliam of Christianity Today. Christianity Today, in a really [...]
Yukon Fantasy/Science Fiction Writer Profiles: Marcelle Dubé Leave a comment
The Yukon is home to more than just one science fiction/fantasy writer. In fact, there’s quite a few, so I’d like to profile them. These will be based on my experiences with them, not just interviews, though I’ve linked and excerpted sections of an interview Marcelle did with Joanna Lilley in What’s Up Yukon. I [...]
Romance Novels You’d Love to See Leave a comment
I was laughing my head off at these. If you like them, you can click on the covers to go to links that have more covers just like these. Provided by Colleen Anderson on SFCanada’s listserv. Thanks Colleen!
36F, or Summer in Whitehorse Leave a comment
Ah, is this great or what? January 14, 2009: Even one day of 5C in the midst of -30C is a beautiful thing. Yes, the roads are slick from the melting snow–but look at those words again, “melting snow”—Can May be far off? Can grass and green and summer’s sheen be right around the corner? [...]
Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Ceases, Hope in the Comments 4 comments
LCRW announced the end of an era. The Anthology that praised the best in Horror and Fantasy published every year has ceased after 21 volumes. Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror collected two genres together, ones that complemented each other. It was good to have the cross-pollination. There’s much sadness in the Fantasy and Horror worlds, [...]
