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starladySo the Interstitial Arts Foundation is all set to release its second print anthology, Interfictions 2, in celebration of which they are doing several cool things, including publishing some of the stories they just couldn't publish in print online at the IAF Annex (go forth! read! they are awesome, which can only augur excellent well for the printed volume), giving away copies for free, and auctioning off interstitial art to support the Foundation! How cool is that? It's pretty cool.
To be eligible to win a free book one has to discuss one's favorites among the artworks. Well, my obvious favorite is the "Berry Moon, Bound" notebook, because it is visually striking and gorgeous and because I love notebooks. I already own way too many, and I have many others which I have filled up with writings over the years in boxes. Oh, notebooks, bound potential. I also quite liked "Untitled" because it's cool-looking, and because I think it speaks to the essential confusion necessary for creativity, the ability to see things that are not one as such. And finally, "What He Said" is beautiful in its own right and also based on the fascinating introduction to the anthology by the famed Henry Jenkins, which is quite fascinating in its own right. (The creator of "What He Said" is selling and auctioning off pendants inspired by Seanan McGuire's Rosemary and Rue, signed by the author, at her LJ, Chimera Fancies, starting tomorrow.)
So, in sum, books are no less shiny than actual shiny objects. And now to bed!
To be eligible to win a free book one has to discuss one's favorites among the artworks. Well, my obvious favorite is the "Berry Moon, Bound" notebook, because it is visually striking and gorgeous and because I love notebooks. I already own way too many, and I have many others which I have filled up with writings over the years in boxes. Oh, notebooks, bound potential. I also quite liked "Untitled" because it's cool-looking, and because I think it speaks to the essential confusion necessary for creativity, the ability to see things that are not one as such. And finally, "What He Said" is beautiful in its own right and also based on the fascinating introduction to the anthology by the famed Henry Jenkins, which is quite fascinating in its own right. (The creator of "What He Said" is selling and auctioning off pendants inspired by Seanan McGuire's Rosemary and Rue, signed by the author, at her LJ, Chimera Fancies, starting tomorrow.)
So, in sum, books are no less shiny than actual shiny objects. And now to bed!
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Date: 2009-11-20 02:55 (UTC)I'm reading Interfictions 2 right now, am about halfway through, and it's really good so far. I will admit I find the interstitial premise a bit smug, as in "we are too awesome for your silly little genre categories!", whereas as a bookseller I just shrug and stick it in the SF/F section where the most people will probably find and enjoy it, maybe.
But the stories! They are fabulous. So far I have liked all of them and really loved a few, which is unusual for me with short story anthologies--usually there are a few duds--but so far I highly recommend the book! Also, the art auction is awesome and I have been pennilessly drooling over everything there.
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Date: 2009-11-20 03:00 (UTC)I was only able to read a few stories in the first anthology, due to time constraints, but I think I agree with you about the slight smugness of the premise. Or maybe 'precious' is the word I'm looking for. Something in there. I kind of came away from the first anthology thinking that text was the worst example of interstitial art--I think you could make an argument for most good books and stories that they bend genre(s) in some way, or alternatively that genre is something that is hard to define whether from the inside or the outside, or maybe that they were putting a negative spin on a positive categorization? As you can see, this is all rather inchoate. But I think I will have more to say when I finish The Secret History of Science Fiction. And I can't wait to read Interfictions 2.