links and things
SF vs. LitFic: 15 rounds, no holds barred!
Sarah Monette: “On the Vile Habit of Thinking Too Much.”
Joe Sherry interviews Nancy Kress about “Dogs.”
Paolo Bacigalupi (“Pump Six”) interviewed on NPR.
Elizabeth Bear: Live Long and Marry
Jeff VanderMeer’s “Big Ass Fantasy List” (lots of good reading recommendations)
Tallahassee Democrat on “Steampunk”
Tune in this Tuesday for Thomas M. Disch on Dr. Blogstein’s Radio Happy Hour!
LOTS MORE AFTER THE JUMP!
Ben Bova: writers must write every day
Guillermo del Toro talks “The Hobbit,” “Hellboy II,” and “Death: the High Cost of Living.”
Gaiman, Zelazny and more coming to your iPod
Cat Rambo says, “Go vote for the Surgeon’s Tale!”
Interview with Daniel Grandbois about “Unlucky Lucky Days”
“007″ not number one on Centre Court
The Average American has only read SIX of these top 100 books. What about you? (I scored 24, but this is a pretty stupid list.)
Author Adejemilua reveals he paid publisher to print his book
Review: “The Faith of a Writer” by Joyce Carol Oates
The writer’s creativity finder
What’s the next hot sub-genre?
Sample a bit of Trent Jamieson’s juvenilia in the form of his long-lost sword and sorcery novel
Any Moorcock experts in the house? Help this guy figure out the title to this book
Review: “The Broken World” by Tim Etchells
Review: “The Hakawati” by Rabih Alameddine
Interview with Milton Davis, author of “Meji,” an African-based fantasy/SF novel
Changes ahead for Lovecraft Legacy blog (I love this site – Matt)
Caitlin R. Kiernan gives us a progress report on “The Red Tree”
Q&A time with Neil Gaiman…and Bees!
Subterranean announces signed, limited edition of “The Terror”
If you’ve seen “Southland Tales” let John Joseph Adams know if it’s worth watching
Ed Park (“Personal Days”) on Bat Segundo
Review: “The Way to Paradise” by Mario Vargas Llosa
Reportage on the Lift Festival (like the GodSpeed You! Black Emperor reference, btw!)
The Five Essential Elements of a Book Proposal
Art from IDW’s upcoming “Dr. Who” comic
I wish I could find that book by Femi Adejemilua. I like reading stuff like that, but even the publisher’s website doesn’t list it.
Matt Mitchell
June 29, 2008 at 9:47 pm
While I’ll agree there were many stupid additions to that Big Read list, I read or own 70 of them. Was quite surprised it was that high of a number.
Larry
June 29, 2008 at 10:32 pm
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