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I don’t need to re-read this, really I don’t. And yet…
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“On Saturday I mentioned that I had been sent some data about gender splits in anthologies. I have since been taking a close look at it and want to present some of the data. I am doing this:
Because I think it is better to be talking about lots of data than about individual books;
Because I’m a bit tired of being told there’s no evidence for gender bias; and
Because I think talking about this might help UK publishers sell more books.” -
“Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers”
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My generation has a problem with nostalgia. We’ve never really experienced it. We are probably the first generation to have near complete access to everything we loved as kids. It’s an unintended consequence of the information age, but almost nothing from the 80â²s onward has ever really gone away. And if absence makes the heart grow fonder and familiarity breeds contempt, then that’s more troubling than we immediately realize.