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Let History Stand (So We Can Learn From It)

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Gene Stewart

Regarding censorship and bowdlerizing older books etc. —  Correcting errors is necessary to present a better book and is not censorship or bowdlerizing. Copyediting is entirely ethical, and improves the work. It is not ethical to change published work. If … Continue reading →

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Renewed As Always

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Gene Stewart

In the Romantic Era, when artists and writers recoiled from some of the harshness brought by the Age of Reason, a beautiful, terminally-ill young woman, doomed, a tubercular Venus, was considered the most poignant of topics for art. Beauty and … Continue reading →

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Scrape It Off

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Influence on writers of cosmic, or weird, horror can and should be credited to H P Lovecraft’s work. Setting aside racism, his work touched on a cold existential view of mankind, Earth, the Solar system, even the Milky Way Galaxy, … Continue reading →

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A Culling

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Today’s thoughts culled from letters of comment, my fanzine column, my journal, and Facebook. /// I disagree with the assertion that electronic self-publishing is saturating the marketplace; no. It’s saturating the ebook zone, yes. Which is a hefty chunk of … Continue reading →

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