Comments for ANGRY ROBOT

Comment on Thought you might like to see this… by George Stirling

George Stirling — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:32:31 +0000

Isn’t that Soundwave?

Comment on How long could you survive… by Colin

Colin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:36:15 +0000

Interestingly enough, that”s exactly how long I can survive in space!

I’d hazard a guess that you’re a middle-aged man in good physical condition, who has never fainted?

Comment on eReaders by Matt Keefe

Matt Keefe — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:19:26 +0000

An iBrary, you might say…

Comment on eReaders by George Stirling

George Stirling — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:11:57 +0000

The iRex iLiad does allow you to mark up files. I’m half-tempted to get one for editing purposes, but the sheer outlay is putting me off.

As for dimensions: the greater book-reading public need coaxing into the ‘e-book revolution’, and giving them something with familiar dimensions is part of that. Also, anything that’s designed to be displayed as a full page (illustrations, cleverly typeset material, etc.) will work better when displayed as intended.

Give it another five years, and e-readers may get there. I suspect we need a reduction in cost, full-colour, decent refresh rates, the ability to annotate, a user-friendly interface and format freedom before then.

Oh, and let’s not forget that the majority of readers don’t read many books. There’s no sense in buying a dedicated e-reader if you only read five books a year.

Comment on The real reason Angry Robot employed me. by Graham Storrs

Graham Storrs — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:50:30 +0000

Great torso. Surely you could have found a better head unit though.

Comment on The real reason Angry Robot employed me. by Steve Cooper

Steve Cooper — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:32:42 +0000

Angrier! You’re a glowering robot right now…

Comment on Learning from the greats by kaaronwarren

kaaronwarren — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:30:00 +0000

I think your advice is spot-on. I always tell young writers the same thing, when they worry about how their words sound. Get it down first, worry about it later.

Comment on What is “genre-enough”? by Matt Keefe

Matt Keefe — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:29:24 +0000

It seems to be the mainstream imprints, and some of the more middle of the road genres (such as crime, as you say) which are picking up the fringe titles, though – the mainstream is expanding its edges to pick up those books which fall out the edges of genre, but the genre’s own limits don’t seem to be expanding. Is that an indicator that publishers see genre readers as more conservative, and less likely to pick up one of those fringe titles? Or do they just not really know who is reading the imaginative, but not out-and-out genre, titles?

Comment on What is “genre-enough”? by Steve Cooper

Steve Cooper — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:41:09 +0000

The squids don’t use air vibration. They have laserbeams in their frikking _eyes_. They beam info to each other. With quantums.

Comment on What is “genre-enough”? by Marco

Marco — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:01:01 +0000

Last time I was out there to check, it was the case that sound didn’t travel in a vacuum.

Inside Margaret Atwood’s head, I mean.