{"id":14542,"date":"2014-03-28T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=14542"},"modified":"2014-03-28T06:48:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:48:08","slug":"speculative-fiction-2014-editors-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/news\/speculative-fiction-2014-editors-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Speculative Fiction 2014<\/em> editors announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Speculative\n

With the release of Speculative Fiction 2013<\/em> looming, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James have announced the duo responsible for assembling the 2014 volume of the non-fiction essay collection: Renay and Shaun Duke. Excellent choices, if I do say.<\/p>\n

One of the major components to the SpecFic<\/em> collection series, as originally envisioned by creators Justin Landon and Jared Shurin, was to ensure a fresh take on online SFF conversation by featuring rotating editors every year. Renay and Duke mark the third pair of editors to work on the series. Grilo and James feel that their unique backgrounds offer a compelling opportunity for the series. “We strongly believe that Renay and Shaun\u2019s different backgrounds \u2013 fandom and academia \u2013 can make for a really interesting editorial dynamic,” they said in the announcement.<\/p>\n

\nRenay<\/strong>\u00a0has been writing SF and fantasy fan fiction, criticism, and commentary since the early 1990s. She serves as staff within the\u00a0Organization for Transformative Works<\/a>, co-edits a media criticism blog,\u00a0Lady Business<\/a>, and writes columns for speculative fiction magazine\u00a0Strange Horizons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shaun Duke<\/strong>\u00a0is an SF\/F writer, a critic, and a PhD. student at the University of Florida studying science fiction, Caribbean literature, and postcolonialism. He currently blogs at\u00a0The World in the Satin Bag<\/a>, and is a host on\u00a0The Skiffy and Fanty Show<\/a>, an SF\/F podcast which is currently running its World SF Tour.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“We selected Renay and Shaun as editors for several reasons that go beyond their awesome bios,” said The Book Smugglers, editors of the 2013 volume. “Namely, we admire their writing and the thoughtful ways that they engage with the speculative fiction community. We\u2019ve been following Renay\u2019s online endeavors for years and it\u2019s safe to say that she\u2019s been an incredible source of inspiration for The Book Smugglers and the way we engage in criticism. Similarly, Shaun never fails to impress us with his thoughtful, well-researched and articulate take on SFF books, films, and his contributions to important SFF community discussions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the release of Speculative Fiction 2013 looming, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James have announced the duo responsible for assembling the 2014 volume of the non-fiction essay collection: Renay and Shaun Duke. Excellent choices, if I do say. One of the major components to the SpecFic collection series, as originally envisioned by creators Justin… Speculative Fiction 2014<\/em> editors announced”>Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[38,842,59,841,840],"class_list":["post-14542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-fantasy","tag-renay","tag-science-fiction","tag-shaun-duke","tag-specfic-14"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n