Really? REALLY? I mean, REALLY?
Oct. 21st, 2008 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackwabbitOk, so some of you know about the whole Barnes and Noble 'thing' that I've been a little, um, irritated about (until recently, at any rate), but today I heard this little tidbit about Borders, and really...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?
I mean...seriously, check this out:
"For any author, getting a book sold at a major chain is an important way to attract new readers and move copies. But it's especially important to scifi writers, who often get little exposure in book review sections. Now Borders, one of the two major bookstore chains in the U.S., has stopped stocking many new scifi titles, closing their shelves to some honored authors in the process. What's the damage, and can something be done?"
From: http://io9.com/5065839/should-sf-writers-boycott-borders.
The article under the first link is interesting, if biased, as well.
For my defense, I borrow from a friend:
"The mere thought that science fiction could be dead injures such a vital part of me that I will not let it go without a fight. Science fiction calls to writers like no other genre. We write not because we feel inclined to do so, but because we have to. Burdened with the task of looking into the mirror and recording what we see, science fiction writers deliver a unique, and brutally honest, critique of the human condition. We expose our darkest fears and our deepest wishes; wishes for a world that can make us feel insignificant at times.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?
I mean...seriously, check this out:
"For any author, getting a book sold at a major chain is an important way to attract new readers and move copies. But it's especially important to scifi writers, who often get little exposure in book review sections. Now Borders, one of the two major bookstore chains in the U.S., has stopped stocking many new scifi titles, closing their shelves to some honored authors in the process. What's the damage, and can something be done?"
From: http://io9.com/5065839/should-sf-writers-boycott-borders.
The article under the first link is interesting, if biased, as well.
For my defense, I borrow from a friend:
"The mere thought that science fiction could be dead injures such a vital part of me that I will not let it go without a fight. Science fiction calls to writers like no other genre. We write not because we feel inclined to do so, but because we have to. Burdened with the task of looking into the mirror and recording what we see, science fiction writers deliver a unique, and brutally honest, critique of the human condition. We expose our darkest fears and our deepest wishes; wishes for a world that can make us feel insignificant at times.
Science fiction gives sustenance to our imaginations. It provides refuge for those who feel like strangers in this strange land, and it lets us peek into our future, empowering us to change it, if need be.
I shudder to think of a world without science fiction."
-PJ Haarsma
Yup, pretty much.
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 02:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 02:59 am (UTC)Go here for more info:
http://jackwabbit.livejournal.com/26893.html
http://jackwabbit.livejournal.com/14347.html
And mostly:
http://www.iamasoftwire.com/thecause
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 04:51 am (UTC)Just because Stargate is over, Star Trek is on its last leg and Star Wars is dying a slow, horrible and painful death at the hands of its own creator doesn't mean all sci-fi is going south. We'll always have Serenity.
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 01:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 01:28 pm (UTC)At least that explains the Borders in my area hasn't restocked their Doctor Who/Torchwood section.
I'm undecided about boycotting Borders 'cause that's where I get my books from (since Barnes&Noble don't really carry DW/TW books)
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 01:29 pm (UTC)GodJoss Whedon! ^-^no subject
Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 01:56 pm (UTC)But as for the boycott, well, some of the links within the article discuss that more and they seem to agree that it probably won't help, since the decisions on this type of thing are made at the top, and they'd probably take that as evidence they're right.
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 01:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 02:31 pm (UTC)As for me, I usually go to the nearest B&N and browse and if I see something interesting I go home and order it from Amazon.
Oh, and a raised glass of orange juice and champagne (it's morning)to all Browncoats, all the BDH's, Joss, P.J. Haarsma and all sci fi writers.
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 04:10 pm (UTC)Me, I had hot cocoa, since it's freezing in my house and it's drizzling outside, but I second the sentiments wholeheartedly!
I'll add another toast! (This is fun.)
TO ALL BANNED BOOKS!
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 07:02 pm (UTC)If SF is dead, it's the liveliest corpse I've ever seen -- we're talking zombie jamboree, mon.
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 09:22 pm (UTC)Happy now?
As for dead sci-fi, maybe we ARE zombies! That explains sooooo much. *grin*
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 09:36 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: Oct. 24th, 2008 02:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Oct. 24th, 2008 03:16 am (UTC)BRAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIINSSSSSSSSSS.........!
uh, ehem...
I mean...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSS!
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Date: Oct. 24th, 2008 12:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Jan. 15th, 2009 09:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Jan. 16th, 2009 12:46 am (UTC)Oh, no. We won't.