In UR Genre, Stealing UR memes

Clearly, sf/f is taking over at last! *insert evil laugh here*

First, Michael Chabon and Jeffrey Ford discuss genre and sf/f in a great article on Galleycat. Both authors a re fabulous writers, straddling genre and mainstream and blissfully writing what they want, and their thoughts here are both cogent and interesting.

Then, the New York Times has an article on steampunk.  Granted, it's in the Fashion/style section, rather than on the many great steampunk books, but...

-- Diana

N.B. this blog's title belongs to Teresa Nielsen Hayden, whose adlibbed sign last year at BEA at the SF/F panel nearly made me fall out of my chair laughing. =) 

Need another reason to visit Making Light? The no-holds-barred discussion of Cory Doctorow's brilliant LITTLE BROTHER, which is a must-read. Full-stop.