The Sword and Laser discussion

The Kickstarter for the new {__}Destroy{__} project went up today. The last one was good, so I'm excited for this one.

Huh. A number of people involved there of whom I wasn't aware they were "queer". Cool.

Lightspeed is a great magazine. Backed.

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast just did an episode with the editors if you want to hear them - John Joseph Adams, Seanan McGuire and...I forget his name...Steve Berman

http://geeksguideshow.com/2015/01/13/...

This is not the thread I thought it'd be.

I'm grateful for that.

Just posting to let people know that the Kickstarter is coming to an end in 3 days, and that for those who are interested in some cheap, but excellent short fiction, there's a lot of value in there.

From the latest update:

"If you pledge $5 or more:

You get the DESTROY SF! Reward, which includes:

an ebook of the Queers Destroy Science Fiction! special issue of LIGHTSPEED
six back issues of LIGHTSPEED
three back issues of NIGHTMARE
three back issues of FANTASY
mention of your support in the magazine
an ebook of a “Queer Fiction Sampler” anthology edited by LIGHTSPEED publisher John Joseph Adams
an ebook of our additional special issue, Queers Destroy Horror!
Plus, if we unlock our final two stretch goals:

At $40K, you’ll also get our additional additional special issue, Queers Destroy Fantasy!
At $50K, the abovementioned “Queer Fiction Sampler” will become a full-sized “Queer Fiction Anthology” (20-25 stories)"

That are a lot of short stories for just $5.

The Kickstarter wrapped up last night:
2,250 backers
$54,523 pledged

Just a hair over what Women Destroy Science Fiction raised last year.

What do you think would be the next "___ destroy Science Fiction?"

People of color would be my guess.

"Prequels Destroy Science Fiction"

PointyEars42 wrote: ""Prequels Destroy Science Fiction""

Ha! Nicely done.

Michele wrote: "People of color would be my guess."

Im in.

Michele wrote: "People of color would be my guess."

This is what I'm hoping for. These projects have been great.

Michele wrote: "People of color would be my guess."

But you know that wouldn't be the title. Just as the LGBT community embraced the queer insult as a badge of honour, you could see other minorities doing the same. Not titles I myself would choose (or could even type here), but I'd respect those choices if they were used (with the consent of the authors used obviously.)