Open Thread

If you have something to say about Vector, or the BSFA, or sf — or heck, about anything, really — that doesn’t fit on an existing post, stick it here. Or, of course, you could send an email.

18 Responses to “Open Thread”

  1. An Open Thread « Torque Control Says:
    October 11, 2006 at 11:29 pm

    [...] I’ve set up a static page as a forum for general comments; you can find it here. [...]

  2. Armchair Anarchist Says:
    October 12, 2006 at 12:34 am

    I liek ur site, it most good! BUY VIAGRA

    Only joking … actually, this strikes me as the ideal time to air an idea I had in the bath the other night. I’m thinking BSFA blog-badges; y’know, little sidebar icon for people’s sites to show they’re part of the crew, link-back to here or the BSFA homepage. Whaddya think? Might drum up some more business, wot?

  3. James Says:
    October 12, 2006 at 10:50 am

    The one thing that has struck me about the BSFA since I joined a couple of years ago is it’s lack of presence on the web. This blog is going some way to rectify that. However the main BSFA page is very poor. I would love a focal point for the BSFA that everyone can use.

    Has anyone considered using something like the new Google Groups Beta? (http://groups-beta.google.com/). You can have forums, members, pages etc. Seems to give you a lot for not much effort and zero cost. (You can probably do this in Yahoo as well, but last time I used Yahoo Groups I didn’t like it much).

  4. Niall Says:
    October 12, 2006 at 11:00 am

    First, another preface: I don’t run the bsfa, but I can certainly pass ideas up the chain.

    Paul: blog badges? I have absolutely no idea how to implement it — or indeed whether there are enough blogging members to make it worthwhile — but it’s an interesting idea. I suppose it’s just a case of creating an image and providing the HTML?

    James: web presence is one of the things the bsfa is currently reviewing; somewhat obviously, I personally think an expanded presence would be a good thing. (One of my long-term plans for the Vector website is to start getting content from back-issues online.) I don’t think anyone’s suggested a Google Group, so I’ll pass the idea on.

  5. Armchair Anarchist Says:
    October 12, 2006 at 2:37 pm

    I suppose it’s just a case of creating an image and providing the HTML?

    Yeah, that should do it. Make a little graphic square (about 175 pixels each side, or whatever the standard sidebar width is), HTML to link to the homepage. Probably an hour’s work for someone with the *m4d sk1llz* at Photoshop, or whatever those design types use. Google Group could be a good idea for updates and announcements … and maybe we could start a blog ring also. It’s all about the web2.0, baby! ;)

  6. Niall Says:
    October 12, 2006 at 10:52 pm

    You realise that many bsfa members also like to do things in the real world, right? :)

    And hey, if the image was 100 x 100, people could use it as a livejournal icon. I certainly can’t think of anything cooler than that.

    In other news, I just read “Yellow Card Man” in the December Asimov’s. Damn fine story.

  7. Niall Says:
    October 16, 2006 at 7:39 pm

    I’m not going to dignify this with a full post. But:

    Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi, Fridays at 9 p.m. ET), now entering its third season, is not science fiction—or “speculative fiction” or “SF,” or whatever you’re supposed to call it these days. Ignore the fact that the series is a remake of a late-’70s Star Wars knockoff. Forget that its action variously unfolds on starships and on a colonized planet called New Caprica. And never mind its stunning special effects, which outclass the endearingly schlocky stuff found elsewhere on its network. Sullen, complex, and eager to obsess over grand conspiracies and intimate betrayals alike, it is TV noir.

    *headdesk*

  8. Niall Says:
    November 15, 2006 at 11:57 am

    So I watched the Iain Banks interview last night. The man could clearly talk the hind leg off a donkey, and overall the discussion didn’t feel structured enough to me; a bit too much about the man and a bit too little about the work for my taste, as well. I am also not entirely convinced that Mark Lawson has actually read any of Banks’ sf novels.

    On the upside, Heroes was ++awesome. Huzzah for sweeps.

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  10. Miggy Says:
    July 31, 2007 at 12:39 am

    I think sexysexygirl is admonishing us all to run out and get copies of the James Tiptree Award Anthologies. Or, at the very least, James Tiptree, Jr: the double life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips’ wonderful biography. At least that’s if I’m using my Captain Crunch/Secret Feminist Cabal decoder ring correctly.

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  15. Miggy Says:
    September 27, 2007 at 11:11 pm

    Can’t say I like the turn this thread has taken. We seem to be a bit off the subject.

  16. Tia Says:
    September 28, 2007 at 1:18 pm

    I hope you see this message amidst all the comment spam. Thanks for linking Fantasy Debut. You have inspired me to borrow this idea for an open thread; I hope you don’t mind!

  17. John(GraspingfortheWind) Says:
    September 28, 2007 at 2:44 pm

    If you’d like to link up to another fantasy review blog, mine is http://otter.covblogs.com and I call it Grasping for the Wind.

  18. Jatheheno Says:
    December 5, 2007 at 1:03 am

    What is the Dejа vu? What is this fleeting imprinted in the memory?

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