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E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops

Published on September 11, 2011 By kmooney

One more quick note on recent reading. I just read E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops. The short is a great little science fiction story that predicts television, the internet, youtube, internet chats and commenting all a good 60 years before the internet is invented. What is more, it does a good job of describing how [...]

Publishers born digital

Published on January 3, 2011 By kmooney

The Scholarly Kitchen has a recent article on the difference between new publishers created since the increase in digital awareness compared to older publishers that have to recalibrate their business model. The newer publishers have the advantage that of not having to recreate themselves while maintaining “fidelity to old partners or ways of doing business.” [...]

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Published on January 3, 2011 By kmooney

The NY Times has posted a series of articles on why criticism matters. The series attempts to further the dialogue Alfred Kazin began fifty years ago. Here is an excerpt from Stephen Burns’ piece:
Some writers may try to seal themselves off from the crackling energy of the Web, but the contemporary novel’s form is always [...]