It’s come round quickly! This Thursday, Abigail Nussbaum’s Track Changes: Selected Reviews will be released into the world (get your copy in our shop, or via Amazon [UK / US]), and on Friday, it will be officially launched, with all due celebration, as part of the 2024 Worldcon in Glasgow. The launch is open to all, so come along for some drinks, nibbles, and discussion about the state of the field:
Book launch: Track Changes by Abigail Nussbaum
Argyll 3, 11.30 am
Abigail Nussbaum is a Hugo Award-winning critic and author of the blog Asking the Wrong Questions — and now, author of the collection Track Changes: Selected Reviews! Join Abigail and Niall Harrison for a discussion about sf criticism, the state of the field, and the intersections between the fantastic genres, politics, and culture, followed by the opportunity to buy Track Changes.
Track Changes has also received its first review, from Ian Mond in the August issue of Locus, which I think conveys the sense of purpose in Abigail’s writing quite nicely:
“That’s what the best critics do: they bring a new perspective to a work you may already have a firm opinion on. Nussbaum isn’t just an excellent practitioner of this; she’s one of the best within the genre and beyond. […] That focus on the political and social should, to some degree, “date” these reviews. But it says something about how reactionary Western politics have become that her views on marginalisation, the environment and late-stage capitalism are still as urgent and relevant as ever.”
This being a Worldcon, there are many other things also going on, so you can also find Abigail on various other panels (see her full schedule here). I’m on a couple of things too (schedule here), and in particular have the pleasure of interviewing Ken MacLeod, one of the Guest of Honour, on Friday afternoon (16.00, Lomond auditorium). It looks like being an excellent convention all around, and if you’re going, I hope to see you there.
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