Comments for The Outer Alliance

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #24: Djibril Alayad by Asakiyume

Asakiyume — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:44:37 +0000

Wonderful! I’ve been very curious about this zine, very good to hear from the editor and to hear the story of its founding. Good luck with future issues.

Comment on Linkdump #7 – Reading and writing by juliarios

juliarios — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:40:32 +0000

Thanks for these links! The books by queer people of color list is awesome! I’m planning on taking it over to my library this week. Great resource.

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #22: Elizabeth Bear by juliarios

juliarios — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:37:29 +0000

Yes, I really liked what she had to say about sexual identity. Fluid and dynamic are great descriptors.

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #22: Elizabeth Bear by Asakiyume

Asakiyume — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:07:40 +0000

Nice! What a lot of projects (what a lot of energy)! Great to hear someone express the fluidity of sexual identity/orientation/whatever.

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #20: Hamish MacDonald by Dan E. Bloom

Dan E. Bloom — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:30:20 +0000

enjoyed this interview, well done, one of the best so far with Hamish MacDonald, q. and a. style, and as a reader in far away Taiwan, with origins in the USA, i must say that “Finitude” is, my estimation, one of the most important new novels of the 21 century, not only because of well it’s written, with both humor and serious climate ideas taken into account, it’s an important wake up call for humanity, the world, about what climate chaos might be like in the distant future, and it’s food for thought, in addition to being a great, fun read. I read it in one sitting here in Taiwan, all night. Powerful first chapter, great middle and the ending is quite optimistic and yet grave at the same time. I believe that Hamish is the next Douglas Adams of the UK, and he will soon be discovered as such. You are lucky to have such a talented — and compassionate man of the 21st century — who migrated to your shores. James Lovelock and George Monbiot and Mark Lynas and Fiona Harvey should read this book. Soon! It’s that important. A novel yes. But a wake up call as well. Your interview put it all in perspective in a new way for his fans around the world, and I took the liberty of reprinting your interview on my blog set in the year 3010 A.D. — with credit to you, sir. See link – Danny Boy Bloom in Taiwanville (1949 – 2032)

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #20: Hamish MacDonald by Mairi

Mairi — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:02:58 +0000

I’ve only just come across Hamish’s work but I am already a big fan. What I love is the light hearted way he is able to execute incredibly serous ideas.

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #20: Hamish MacDonald by juliarios

juliarios — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:16:24 +0000

I liked that phrase, too. And this bit:

“I’ve come to see that the bits I feel apologetic or shy about, the bits I would cut, are the things that my readers say they love the most.”

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #20: Hamish MacDonald by Asakiyume

Asakiyume — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:06:34 +0000

Really enjoyed this interview too–the stuff about finding joy self-publishing, and also the part about being annoyed by gay stereotypes.

Loved the phrase “The gravity and beauty of Edinburgh”

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #19: Barton Paul Levenson by Barton Paul Levenson

Barton Paul Levenson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:37:13 +0000

And congratulations on being published in Strange Horizons! I’ve never been able to crack that market.

I loved your profile–I was going through “interests” and thinking, “Yeah, me too; Yeah, me too” over and over again.

“Here’s to our noble selves! There are darn few of us left.”

Comment on Outer Alliance Spotlight #19: Barton Paul Levenson by Barton Paul Levenson

Barton Paul Levenson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:32:23 +0000

Domo arigato gozaimas’, Asakiyume-san.