In some ways, right now is a great time to be a genre fan. Doctor Who and its’ spinoffs, a tidal swell of genre movies at the theaters, a lot of new releases on the comic and novel fronts. There is a great deal of wonderful new content out there for the scifi/horror/fantasy/comic fan.

On the flip side the writer’s strike crippled genre TV. Additionally some of the films coming out failed to deliver (I’m looking at you new Hulk movie). Also some writers aren’t coughing up the books we are looking for (get it in gear George R.R. Martin, I love you but my annoyance cauldron boils higher every day). Plus this has been a shake up year in the role play world and a mass die off of many genre producers.

So midpoint 2008 I would say it was a mixed bag for genre fans. Several highs, but some pretty painful lows as well. (Clarke, Gygax and Aspirin espescially)

Here’s hoping the rest of the year will be filled with more genre love and less genre loss.