Comments on: Michael Moorcock's new New Worlds is go! http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TheOven http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1603367 TheOven Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1603367 Nice article, but it completely fails to tell me what any of this that's being brought back to life actually is. Is New Worlds a MMPO game? is it a Magazine? Is it a website? Is it too much to stick to the basics when telling us something is back by informing us what it is in the first place? Nice article, but it completely fails to tell me what any of this that’s being brought back to life actually is.

Is New Worlds a MMPO game? is it a Magazine? Is it a website?
Is it too much to stick to the basics when telling us something is back by informing us what it is in the first place?

]]> By: vertigo25 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1602910 vertigo25 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1602910 Cory logic: having to pay for content and paywalls are never ever ok. Unless it's branded as appealing to ubergeeks. Cory logic: having to pay for content and paywalls are never ever ok. Unless it’s branded as appealing to ubergeeks.

]]> By: tempo http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1602891 tempo Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1602891 Here's what it says before you have to pay the 3 pounds to read the full article: "A Rand-t! By Iain Banks Lafayette Ron Hubbard and Ayn Rand; two figures from the nineteen-fifties who still loom large today.  One was a proficient if not particularly gifted Science Fiction writer who founded a bizarre cult which nowadays has many famous adherents and whose continuing influence, frankly, tests one’s faith in human nature, and the other invented Scientology. Read more" Here’s what it says before you have to pay the 3 pounds to read the full article:
“A Rand-t!
By Iain Banks
Lafayette Ron Hubbard and Ayn Rand; two figures from the nineteen-fifties who still loom large today.  One was a proficient if not particularly gifted Science Fiction writer who founded a bizarre cult which nowadays has many famous adherents and whose continuing influence, frankly, tests one’s faith in human nature, and the other invented Scientology.
Read more”

]]> By: minh mcCloy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1602342 minh mcCloy Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1602342 Found my rego in spam filter but shall wait - even if it is Iain Banks - have just reread two of the CUlture tomes so am temporarily sated. Found my rego in spam filter but shall wait – even if it is Iain Banks – have just reread two of the CUlture tomes so am temporarily sated.

]]> By: minh mcCloy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1602328 minh mcCloy Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1602328 Well shall stop waiting for rego and start waiting for word that some sense & sensibility has been achieved Well shall stop waiting for rego and start waiting for word that some sense & sensibility has been achieved

]]> By: minh mcCloy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1602325 minh mcCloy Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1602325 sighsigh sigh - still waiting - so annoying - Iain Banks sighsigh sigh – still waiting – so annoying – Iain Banks

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1602133 Gilbert Wham Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1602133 What, exactly, is the point of a website that you have to pay toread the content of as an offline download ? And asking for names, addresses etc. <i>just to be able to look at the site</i> is abject lunacy. I want to like the idea that New Worlds is back, really I do, but the whole thing essentially amounts to no more than an extremely overwrought banner ad...  What, exactly, is the point of a website that you have to pay toread the content of as an offline download ? And asking for names, addresses etc. just to be able to look at the site is abject lunacy. I want to like the idea that New Worlds is back, really I do, but the whole thing essentially amounts to no more than an extremely overwrought banner ad… 

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1602017 pjcamp Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1602017  If it were an actual small publisher at a newsstand, I'd be able to leaf through it and see if I like it first. In any case, I regard paper zines as a waste of trees and might put down some money to look at something on line but won't look at something that demands I buy paper.  If it were an actual small publisher at a newsstand, I’d be able to leaf through it and see if I like it first. In any case, I regard paper zines as a waste of trees and might put down some money to look at something on line but won’t look at something that demands I buy paper.

]]> By: s2redux http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601967 s2redux Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601967 Have to admit, I was tempted to pay; gems like this head/subhead shouldn't go unrewarded: <b>Planet Illuminated with Four Moons Discovered</b> <i>Incredibly rare discovery made by volunteers of exoplanet over 5,000 lights away</i> But then I realized Moorcock's revenue stream would be best handled by refugee subs from <i>The Daily</i>. Have to admit, I was tempted to pay; gems like this head/subhead shouldn’t go unrewarded:
Planet Illuminated with Four Moons Discovered
Incredibly rare discovery made by volunteers of exoplanet over 5,000 lights away

But then I realized Moorcock’s revenue stream would be best handled by refugee subs from The Daily.

]]> By: Dan Groom http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601900 Dan Groom Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601900 Wait, so we're being offered a legit 70's sci-fi zine, with content from Banks,  for £3.... Sold! Wait, so we’re being offered a legit 70′s sci-fi zine, with content from Banks,  for £3….

Sold!

]]> By: Tynam http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601793 Tynam Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601793 That's because Apple has the know-how and resources to do it right. Yes, my standards <i>are</i> different for small publishers, zines and fan stuff.  What of it? That’s because Apple has the know-how and resources to do it right.

Yes, my standards are different for small publishers, zines and fan stuff.  What of it?

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601774 pjcamp Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601774 Grand? It's a bunch of half-paragraphs with bullshit demands to purchase a paper rag. That's so sad. Moorcock is living in the 70's. He must have fish swimming through his platforms. Registration was flagged by gmail as spam. That seems about right. Geez, Cory, if this were Apple you'd be apoplectic. Grand? It’s a bunch of half-paragraphs with bullshit demands to purchase a paper rag. That’s so sad. Moorcock is living in the 70′s. He must have fish swimming through his platforms.

Registration was flagged by gmail as spam. That seems about right. Geez, Cory, if this were Apple you’d be apoplectic.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601742 Boundegar Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601742 Or body-stealing shapeshifters. Or body-stealing shapeshifters.

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601622 Ramone Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601622 I'm sorry, but unless I'm entering credit card information they have no business asking for my home address. Clearly, the site was set up by rank amateurs. I’m sorry, but unless I’m entering credit card information they have no business asking for my home address. Clearly, the site was set up by rank amateurs.

]]> By: Tim in SF http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601581 Tim in SF Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601581 It seems as if I am to pay £3 to read the article.  Is it worth it, Cory?  It seems as if I am to pay £3 to read the article. 

Is it worth it, Cory? 

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601564 Jim Saul Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601564 Me too, since I'm on page 412 of <i>The Hydrogen Sonata</i> right now. Still waiting for confirmation email. Must register for any content access, with real-world street address as required fields? Update - registration email came in... still must pay for content. D'oh! Me too, since I’m on page 412 of The Hydrogen Sonata right now.

Still waiting for confirmation email.

Must register for any content access, with real-world street address as required fields?

Update – registration email came in… still must pay for content. D’oh!

]]> By: Charles Lenchner http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/michael-moorcocks-new-new-wo.html#comment-1601558 Charles Lenchner Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199046#comment-1601558 I tried to register to read what Iain Banks had to say. Sigh. I tried to register to read what Iain Banks had to say. Sigh.

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