Connective Visions

An author’s online tantrum at a review leads to an exploration of what really is different with the Internet.

Camilla Läckberg’s The Ice Princess is a lesson in why writers still need serious editors and reviewers.

A Facebook meme on the literary canon resembles the Internet tendency toward self-referentiality.

A science fiction anthology’s rise demonstrates the grass-roots potential of IT.

The Russian spy story of 2010 reminds us of how critical a role we have played in each other’s lives.

Summer vacations can also be ventures away from habit – especially when it comes to the U.S. media and the discussions they generate.

At the start of my previous blog, I said I’d explain my passive-aggressive approach to search-engine optimization (SEO) in headlines. That was the passive blog post; this is the aggressive one. Let me start by saying that, yes, I know the name is