http://www.klech.net/blog/?p=151 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:03:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.klech.net/blog/?p=151&cpage=1#comment-17374 Midnight Highways » Saving Short Fiction. Again. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:28:46 +0000 http://www.klech.net/blog/?p=151#comment-17374 [...] I’ve said before that I tend to regard the question of short fiction survival, especially magazine survival, as an academic question at best. I don’t write a lot of short fiction, I’m not a member of that club scene, and while there’s stuff out there that I like, I wouldn’t notice much if it vanished, I don’t think. The genre(s) would certainly be poorer for it, granted. In its current form, it’s a playground for cutting edge stuff and does serve well as a sort of extra-hip scene for genre authors. [...] [...] I’ve said before that I tend to regard the question of short fiction survival, especially magazine survival, as an academic question at best. I don’t write a lot of short fiction, I’m not a member of that club scene, and while there’s stuff out there that I like, I wouldn’t notice much if it vanished, I don’t think. The genre(s) would certainly be poorer for it, granted. In its current form, it’s a playground for cutting edge stuff and does serve well as a sort of extra-hip scene for genre authors. [...]

]]> http://www.klech.net/blog/?p=151&cpage=1#comment-9718 Tracking « Torque Control Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:10:56 +0000 http://www.klech.net/blog/?p=151#comment-9718 [...] Dave Klecha: Which is why, to me, the fate of science fiction magazines, to me, is somewhat academic. Or, I should say, I don’t have a lot of bias when it comes to them. Not particularly beholden to them, no particular animosity toward them (other than, of course, that cliched sort of frustrated rage at not being able to sell to them–look at me, my fury burns so hot, I’m increasing entropy! Rawr!) And it occurs to me that the move to the web not only seems inevitable, but could actually be constructive. [...] [...] Dave Klecha: Which is why, to me, the fate of science fiction magazines, to me, is somewhat academic. Or, I should say, I don’t have a lot of bias when it comes to them. Not particularly beholden to them, no particular animosity toward them (other than, of course, that cliched sort of frustrated rage at not being able to sell to them–look at me, my fury burns so hot, I’m increasing entropy! Rawr!) And it occurs to me that the move to the web not only seems inevitable, but could actually be constructive. [...]

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