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Nancy Kress is not a big fan of The New Yorker's latest science fiction story.

SF Tidbits for 2/7/09 2009

In recent weeks, the New Yorker's Malcolm Gladwell has stirred debate by criticizing this and other broad notions about the power of social media.

Jane Wales: Gladwell vs. Kanter: Can Revolution be Tweeted? Jane Wales 2010

Survival-inspired interest in localism has resonated with me especially since reading the fiction piece "Diary of an Interesting Year" by Helen Simpson, in the New Yorker's December 2009 issue, wherein a post-apocalyptic England sees a large number of deaths of -- chaos and anarchy aside -- women who weren't informed enough to carry out a home birth.

Alexandra Marvar: Artists Barter for Health Care at the First O+ Festival Alexandra Marvar 2010

In the New Yorker's "Shouts and Murmurs," Ellis Weiner writes up a pitch-perfect parody of a certain kind of manic social-media-expert publishing marketdroid (thankfully, not any of the absolutely wonderful marketing people at my publishers are like this!):

Boing Boing 2009

In recent weeks, the New Yorker's Malcolm Gladwell has stirred debate by criticizing this and other broad notions about the power of social media.

Jane Wales: Gladwell vs. Kanter: Can Revolution be Tweeted? Jane Wales 2010

It also seemed to mark a generational shift in movie criticism: The New York Times's veteran Bosley Crowther was appalled while the New Yorker's freshman reviewer Pauline Kael welcomed it.

Interest in Outsiders Drove Versatile Director of 'Bonnie and Clyde' Stephen Miller 2010

An aside: A few months ago, Vicky Raab just happened to run into Mr. Reid on the subway, and she wrote about the chance encounter at the New Yorker's Book Bench blog.

Covers & Artwork 2010

An aside: A few months ago, Vicky Raab just happened to run into Mr. Reid on the subway, and she wrote about the chance encounter at the New Yorker's Book Bench blog.

A Different Stripe: 2009

Some 50 years ago the New Yorker's jazz critic, Whitney Balliett, described the best of the music he was listening to as "the sound of surprise."

Hear It, Feel It Eric Felten 2010

Ai Weiwei is the most prominent of those recently detained by the Chinese government during the current crackdown termed by the New Yorker's Evan Osnos "The Big Chill".

Alison Klayman: Meet Wen Tao, Missing Along with Ai Weiwei Alison Klayman 2011