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I'm impressed and hopeful that the amazing talent pool at Gawker Media's new SciFi site i09 will make this more than a sci-fi media site.
Hiring the west coast troika of Annalee Newirtz, Kevin Kelly and Charlie Anders was a shrewd, exciting move on Nick Denton's part--but I'm still waiting for those corner cases of the mind to show up in what they're covering.
Right now, i09 is sweet if you're a 22 year old sci fi fan and MLS grad student type, but I'd like to see the coverage more closely reflect the obsessive, glittering subversiveness of so much sci fi--and the ways that Sci-Fi can spin off philosophies, sexualities and lifestyles.
How about Bruce Sterling and that steampunk thing, and Heinlein and polyamory, and Japanese sci fi meeting J apanese soft porn/erotica, and those never-ending Trekkies?
Sci Fi and fantasy are two genres that for so many people represent potential, escape and vision--show me some of that, you brillant writers corralled into this new daily--and you'll get me as daily reader from then on.












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