SF Short Fiction Reading Club
Aug. 25th, 2009 09:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
michaeldthomasAfter reading this post by Kate Elliot, I started thinking about my own relationship with the SF scene. I read a lot of good, current novels. I also keep up with the latest news and slapfights. There is one thing, though, that I’m completely crap at: reading short fiction.
I don’t have a good excuse. I like a well-crafted short story. There’s also something like a million free SF stories on the Internet. As much as that availability is a boon, it’s also major problem. There are days that I have every intention to read some of the great online magazines, and I just freeze. I don’t know where to begin. So instead, I look for the latest video of cat doing something cute. Probably on a piano.
I have a feeling that I’m not alone. This gave me an idea.
Let’s start an online SF Short Fiction Reading Club. I envision it as a LiveJournal Community. Two to three times a week, a community member would choose a great online short story to share with the rest of the community. It has to be SF, up on the Internet legally, and not written or edited by the person recommending it. Like a book club, people can read the story and discuss it in a polite and thoughtful manner.
So what do you all think?
I don’t have a good excuse. I like a well-crafted short story. There’s also something like a million free SF stories on the Internet. As much as that availability is a boon, it’s also major problem. There are days that I have every intention to read some of the great online magazines, and I just freeze. I don’t know where to begin. So instead, I look for the latest video of cat doing something cute. Probably on a piano.
I have a feeling that I’m not alone. This gave me an idea.
Let’s start an online SF Short Fiction Reading Club. I envision it as a LiveJournal Community. Two to three times a week, a community member would choose a great online short story to share with the rest of the community. It has to be SF, up on the Internet legally, and not written or edited by the person recommending it. Like a book club, people can read the story and discuss it in a polite and thoughtful manner.
So what do you all think?
