Back in September, I blogged the announcement of Patrick Nielsen Hayden and David Hartwell's massive anthology
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction, which collects stories the authors view as significant signposts in the direction of the field since the turn of the millennium. The book's in stores today, and I continue to be incredibly, immensely honored to have written one of the stories contained within it (Chicken Little), with puts me in company with the likes of Elizabeth Bear, Paolo Bacigalupi, Catherynne M. Valente, Hannu Rajaniemi, hKen Liu, Yoon Ha Lee, Tobias S. Buckell, and Vandana Singh.
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction
Inspired by the success of Judges' Guild, Kickstarter has launched Zine Quest, a challenge to crowdfund an RPG-themed zine ("must either contain an RPG or feature RPG-related content like maps, adventures, monsters, comics, articles, interviews, etc."); there's an impressive array of entrants already.
Volante Design (previously) has two new pieces: the Augment blazer and jacket, shipping on March 15 and available for pre-order today (Vest, $195: Men/Women; Blazer, $270: Men/Women), in men's sizes 37-51 (vest also in 55) and women's sizes 33-45.
One genre of 19th Cen illustrated pamphlet was the "Cries of London" (previously), which celebrated the market traders' characteristic sales patter, which were catalogued as a kind of urban birdsong.
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