links and things
M. John Harrison’s top ten favorite books
“Science fiction and fantasy are particularly deriviate genres. It’s very hard to get away with anything original in either without people challenging its right to be included among the ossified pantheon of Heinlein and Robert Jordan. Both have their standard tropes, their impassable mountains, their ancient laws, and God help you should you transgress them.”
Why reading fiction is good for us (via Bookninja)
More on the Beckett and “Nancy” story
Nancy Kress on the “point” of fiction
John Courtenay Grimwood’s top ten cult sf novels
Stephenie Meyer wants questions from MTV viewers
Kit Whitfield’s Top 10 Genre Defying Novels
Why newspapers shouldn’t allow comments
Gwyneth Jones’ Top Ten SF by Women Writers
Preview of “True Blood” comic book (Via io9)
Lyall Watson, author and scientist
Fiction excerpt: “Principles of Angels” by Jaine Fenn
Seven ways your public library can help you during a bad economy
Review: “The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself on the Pacific Crest Trail” by Steve Almond
Podcast fiction: “Goblin Lullaby” by Jim C. Hines
Dueling Sci Fi blogs from big publishing houses
Contest: Win “Jhegaala” signed by Steven Brust
Neil! Neil! Why aren’t you doing a Coraline panel at the con, huh Neil? Neil?
Rick Novy keeps ping-ponging with The Crotchety Old Fan
Happy late birthday, Hemingway!
Interview with Kaye Chambers
More on the Tori Amos comic book tattoo project
Some cool history and vintage art: “The Werewolf of Plonkert” by H. Walter Munn
Jeffrey Thomas invites us to compare his personal life and his fiction: which is more disturbing?
Do SF/F authors have to be SF/F fans in order to be good writers? (Very interesting post)
Charles Tan interviews Night Shade Books’ Jeremy Lassen
Review: “The Shadow Pavilion” by Liz Williams
“Weird Tales” and other Magazines that want more author diversity
When did the sanitizing of literature begin?
Ed Champion keeps us abreast of the latest developments at the LA Times Book Review section
Catch up with ComicMix reviews
“Will the last book review editor turn out the lights?”
What goes on in the mind of an agent when he or she passes on an author’s work?
Contest: Win a signed copy of “Empire in Black and Gold” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Review: “Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad,” edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, et al.
“Hellboy” now included in revised “Animal Friendly Heroes” list from PeTA
Interview with Joe Abercrombie
“Michael Crichton: Evil or Just Crazy Luddite?”
Lesser known but brilliant minds of SF
May all your dragons be hunky.
Apex Online issue 2 now available
Things the SF genre could do without
Thoughts on the definition of Dark Fantasy
Bad and potentially annoying fantasy literature
WorldCon 08 schedule (I wish I was going to this – sigh)
Michael Chabon’s literary call to arms
“If you like rejection, become a book publicist!”
Fabio Fernands: “On Being ‘the Other’”
What are the greatest books of all time?
Review: “Spider Star” by Mike Brotherton
Congratulations to Matthew Bell, winner of StorySouth 2008 Million Writers Award
Elizabeth Bear is selling some really cool books!
Profile on Ursula K. Le Guin at Guardian
Interview with J. Scott Savage
Fiction: “Footnotes” by Charles Coleman Finlay
Hey, thanks for the link, boyo!
Brian Visaggio
July 22, 2008 at 10:58 pm