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Linkfest 2022-12-16: Cap-a-pie

S. M. Stirling, using the method of good “hard” science fiction, instructed his readers in the use and value of plate mail in several books. Apenwarr: Systems design explains the world: volume 1 A stellar exposition of systems design in the context of programming. With Both Hands: The Cold Equations

Not just the financial system....

Linkfest 2022-11-18: Solar Snakes

I am reminded of Frederik Pohl’s The World at the End of Time or Fenton Wood’s Nightland Racer. AZCentral: Saudi firm has pumped Arizona groundwater for years without paying. Time to pony up Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt and former State Land Commissioner Robert Lane turn up a

The Long View 2009-01-16: Pods are Our Friends

John J. Reilly was in general positive about the impact of the New Deal on the United States. But his reason why is more interesting than most: But did the New Deal do more good than harm? Probably, because it generated national solidarity; which, among other things, is the predicate

The state of the short genre fiction market

Via friends of the blog Cirsova and SFFaudio, a historical point of reference for the short fiction market, another piece of the puzzle of why the book market is what it is right now. Weird Tales was usually a monthly, and if we adjust for population growth, 50k a month

Follow up on the state of the book market

I was reading the DMR Books blog post REVIEW: Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs by John Taliaferro, and I stumbled on this gem. It is another fascinating data point on the state of the book market. Like many Americans, ERB had read the pulps, especially the bestselling

The state of the book market

Via David V. Stewart comes this information on the current state of the book market, presumably fiction and presumably mostly in the United States. However, I think non-fiction is in much the same condition. I like to keep on eye out for this kind of thing, because I don’t