The days of broadsheets and
quill pens are long past. We are so over
Gutenberg; the printed page crumpled and discarded in favor of streaming media
and electronic ink. From the
moment of
birth we are immersed in the vast sea of social media; down-loading,
texting,
twittering, podcasting, liking, linking and linked in. Our social
velocity accelerates, and our lives are ever more immediate and
relentless.
Analog is just so…analog.
Anyone wishing to create a 'popular'
website will follow a broadly circulated set of rules and guidelines intended
to allow said website to compete for the jaded eye of the media-soaked internet
audience. In exchange for ‘hits’, that ultimate internet
currency, websites must deliver content to us in brief,
dazzling spasms, lest our attention wander elsewhere. We, these guidelines hold, have lost our ability to focus, our
attention spans constantly eroding as the digital hucksters clamor and compete
for ever smaller increments of our lives.
Piffle.
Consider this your invitation
to high tea in a world of rave parties.
The Infinite Reach is about
Science Fiction and Fantasy. There will
be views, news, reviews and, now and then, stories.
We’ll start slow and see where it goes. Think of us as an ongoing F&SF literary work in
progress. Some of us write with quill pens, so patience is a virtue here.
Interactive flash and pre-digested infolets you can get elsewhere. However, if you’re
looking for thoughtful analysis, daring prose, deep insights, and a tendency to
use words not writ nor spoken conversationally since Middle English went out of
fashion, then welcome home.
Welcome to The Infinite Reach.
