- Dave Itzkoff’s latest target is John Scalzi, who rounds up discussion of the piece here, including his thoughts and Sarah Monette on mainstream reviewing of sf
- Nic on Magic for Beginners
- Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Graham Sleight on Arthur C. Clarke and George R. Stewart
- Ed Champion on Rudy Rucker
- An interview with Peter Watts
- Benjamin Rosenbaum’s original opening to his story “The House Beyond Your Sky“
- Alternate Earths
- The most blatant As Others See Us Moment I’ve come across for a while:
“The Children of Men” is not another of Ms. James’s famed detective novels, and it is not, as it has sometimes sloppily been described, science fiction. It is a trenchant analysis of politics and power that speaks urgently to this social moment
- And on an admin note, thanks largely to a heroic effort by Tony, Vector 250 went to the printers just before Christmas, so the V250/Matrix 182 mailing should be out in mid-to-late January