io9 is a science fiction blog run by Gawker media. They appear to want lots of input, but they also lock people out of adding comments. Why don’t they want comments? Perhaps it’s just me, has anybody been quickly given authority to comment? Related posts Free Science Fiction from Tor (0) Word Usage in SciFi [...]
io9 – What’s the deal?
December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Free Science Fiction Pays for Itself
August 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Gordon Van Gelder wrote a post describing F&SF’s foray into free science fiction. He describes their policies then offers a survey to determine views towards online free science fiction. Most of the comments are from customers, not authors. So I’ll offer my 2 cents. The reason I publish my time travel stories online is that [...]
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Free Science Fiction from Tor
June 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Tor Books offers free science fiction downloads every week just for signing up. Not sure if they ever have science fiction short stories. This week’s book is In the Midnight Hour by Patti O’Shea. The next book will be Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey Carver. They don’t appear to have a science fiction blog. Related posts [...]
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Self-Aware Blog
June 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I’m worried my blog is on the verge of achieving sentience. I’ve noticed that some of my time travel stories have achieved a life of their own. What would it mean for a blog to be self-aware? Would it take comments personally? Would it seize control of the entire Internet and retaliate for poor digg [...]
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