Showing posts with label disasters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disasters. Show all posts
Thursday, July 14, 2022

The Crisis and the Swerve

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Cory Doctorow's column in this month's LOCUS, whether you fully agree with his view of the global situation or not, displays an impr...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Book-Love in a Time of Cholera

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That's the title of Brian Attebery's introduction to the latest issue of the JOURNAL OF THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS. He discusses how ...
Thursday, December 03, 2020

Catastrophes and Fiction Writing

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The annual ChessieCon was held virtually this past weekend. One session explored how catastrophic events influence literature. The panelists...
Thursday, July 09, 2020

Catalogs of Apocalypses

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I'm reading a new anthology called APOCALYPTIC, edited by S. C. Butler and Joshua Palmer. Not surprisingly, the stories tend toward down...
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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Adjusting to Difficult Times

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Kameron Hurley's latest LOCUS column discusses the stress of coping with a period of crisis: It's OK If This Email Finds You Well ...
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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Current Events in Fiction

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One of my e-mail lists recently had a discussion about the wisdom of referring to the COVID-19 crisis in fictional works. One concern was th...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

Risk Assessment and Fear

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So schools, bars, restaurants, theaters, concert venues, casinos, etc. in Maryland have been ordered to close, and gatherings of more than f...
Thursday, August 15, 2019

Writing in Times of Anxiety

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Kameron Hurley's latest LOCUS column tackles the problem of writing through anxiety. The essay focuses mainly on public crises and disas...