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29 September 2008

[Article by Shaun Farrell]

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ARTICLE: From iTunes to the Bookshelves: The First Wave of Podcast Novelists, by Shaun Farrell

[W]hile the podcast novel has attracted thousands of fans, it is unclear whether famed and celebrated podcasters can generate similar enthusiasm from the book-buying public, many of whom have never heard of podcasting. Several authors, however, are poised as forerunners who may well determine the long-term publication prospects of the fiction podcaster.

COLUMN: Virtual Difference, by E. Cabell Hankinson Gathman

As a researcher who firmly believes that there are more similarities than differences between social interaction online and social interaction face-to-face, and whose own research in fact hinges on the assumption that classical social theory will be born out in virtual interaction, it's nice to see some confirmation.

FICTION: Kimberley Ann Duray Is Not Afraid, by Leah Bobet

They bombed the clinic again at seven a.m. that Friday, between my shower and the hunt for a clean pair of socks.

POETRY: Hill and Pail, by Mary Alexandra Agner

She drags his body down, away from town, / to bury with the others, flattened grass / running wrong way against my scalp. /

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan, reviewed by Graham Sleight
Wednesday: Unwelcome Bodies by Jennifer Pelland, reviewed by Tanya Brown
Friday: The Quiet War by Paul McAuley, reviewed by Abigail Nussbaum

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