Things That Make Me Laugh
Jeff VanderMeer • August 10th, 2007 @ 12:18 pm • Uncategorized
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to make the assumption that Weird Tales’ redesign coincides with my wife Ann taking over the role of fiction editor, but it’s a false assumption. Ann’s first issue is a couple of issues down the road and will debut at the World Fantasy Convention in late October.
So when I see people saying they’ve seen Ann’s first issue and, yes, it’s definitely more slipstreamy…that makes me laugh. It makes me laugh a lot. Because, quite clearly, some people are going to see what they want to see, and not what’s actually there.
That said, in this particular case, it seems like a harmless mistake on the part of certain individuals. But it’s interesting, isn’t it…?
Jeff
August 10, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Troo dat. Someone attributed what they saw as a sea-change in Interzone’s reviewing style in the issue before last to my influence as the new reviews ed. … when in fact all I had done on that particular issue was knock together the list of titles to send to the review team. Go figure … flattering and embarrassing at once, in a way.
August 10, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Happens every time a magazine changes editors. The readers assume the new editor’s first buys are appearing 3-6 issues before they actually do show up. On the one hand, I suppose it’s a nice going away egoboo for the leaving editor (or perhaps it’s a screaming insult). On the other hand, it lets the new editor slip into the flow of things much more smoothly. And on the third hand, do these readers bother to look at the staff box?
August 10, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Good point, Ian. Since Ann’s listed for now just as a contributing editor, not the fiction editor.
Jeff