Monday, February 27, 2006
In the recent College and Research Libraries
January 2006, Vol. 67, No. 1
Kevin P. Mulcahy's 'Science Fiction Collections in ARL Academic Libraries' examines the place of SF in academic libraries. It's a fascinating study, and makes a good argument for the inclusion of multi-disciplinary works like SF (or say, graphic novels) in academic collections.
Tragically, the great Octavia Butler passed away recently. Her works represent the very best in SF's realized potential. Along with Samuel R. Delany, she was not only a fine African-American SF writer, but a fine writer-period.
See here for a memorial.
January 2006, Vol. 67, No. 1
Kevin P. Mulcahy's 'Science Fiction Collections in ARL Academic Libraries' examines the place of SF in academic libraries. It's a fascinating study, and makes a good argument for the inclusion of multi-disciplinary works like SF (or say, graphic novels) in academic collections.
Tragically, the great Octavia Butler passed away recently. Her works represent the very best in SF's realized potential. Along with Samuel R. Delany, she was not only a fine African-American SF writer, but a fine writer-period.
See here for a memorial.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
The Paris Review
"online—free ... in-depth interviews with poets, novelists, playwrights, essayists, critics, musicians, and more, whose work set the compass of twentieth-century writing, and continue to do so into the twenty-first." Currently available: Interviews from the 1950s, 1960s & 1970s.
Leddy has The Paris Review in Literature Online: fulltext Vol 36:130 (Spring 1994) to Vol 42:156 (Fall 2000). And in print from 1965-2000.
"online—free ... in-depth interviews with poets, novelists, playwrights, essayists, critics, musicians, and more, whose work set the compass of twentieth-century writing, and continue to do so into the twenty-first." Currently available: Interviews from the 1950s, 1960s & 1970s.
Leddy has The Paris Review in Literature Online: fulltext Vol 36:130 (Spring 1994) to Vol 42:156 (Fall 2000). And in print from 1965-2000.
