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Month: January 2016

New: Reader Discussion Topics

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At QSF, we’re naming 2016 the Year of the Reader. We want to get more readers engaged with the site, with our book announcements, and with all the lovely writers here. So we’ll be launching a second discussion topic each day, specifically targeted to readers of LGBT speculative fiction. But to do so, we need your help. What do you want to talk about? Your favorite series? Favorite books in xx category? Things you love in a book? Things you hate? Put them in the comments, and let’s fill up the bucket!

New Discoveries Day!

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New Discoveries Day

Hey all, Recently we launched New Discoveries Day – a day once a month (usually on the first day of the month) when we discuss recent discoveries that fascinate us and that could spawn plot bunnies (or plot squirrels or plot mongeese – your plot animal of choice). Today, we’re doing a special year-end edition. So chime in and let us know about any new discoveries you ran across in the last year – and links are always appreciated. Thanks to Freddy MacKay for the great idea! –Scott Come Join the Chat!

Angel’s Bits – Deadlines

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Terrible word, deadline. Always sounds so final. The word has absolutely horrific origins in the US from the Civil War camp at Andersonville where the dead line was a physical line around the inside of the stockade. The guards had orders to shoot any prisoner crossing that line. The term was later picked up by journalists to denote the line on printing presses beyond which type would not print correctly. Probably from this printers connection, the term was picked up by journalists in the early 20th century to indicate a time limit, the absolute last moment something could be turned … Read more