links and things
Cool excerpt from work in progress by Jonathan Wood
Rick Kleffel interviewed at Omnivoracious
New writers in SF: Ted Kosmatka
“A Dragon Lives Forever, But Not So, Little Boys: Or, a Post on Fallen “Heroes” and Fantasy
News on Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” movie
On reading Jeffrey Ford’s “The Shadow Year”
Win Shadowbridge and Lord Tophet, signed by author Gregory Frost
Mike Resnick: Stalking the Vampire/Unicorn
Starship Sofa Aural Delights #35K Jeff Carlson, Spider Robinson, Bruce Boston
Some more favorite examples of worldbuilding
LA Times book review editor Steve Wasserman on internet book coverage
Review: “The Magician and the Fool” by Barth Anderson
SF Diplomat on Orson Scott Card’s homophobic blathering
Cory Doctorow: “Illegal Filesharing: A Suicide Note from the Music Industry”
Literary Darwinists? (via Bookninja)
Review: “The Leather Maiden” by Joe R. Lansdale (LINK FIXED – THANKS!)
Could we evolve into Iain Banks’ The Culture?
James Wood isn’t afraid of literature’s favorite sons
Review: “The Grin of the Dark” by Ramsey Campbell
Review: “The Book of Chameleons” by Jose Eduardo Agualusa
Chris Roberson to write “Fables” spin-off series
High school teacher has a really solid list of SF recommendations
Interview with J. Scott Savage
San Antonio’s Macondo Libre festival
Has “Myths Over Miami” been debunked yet?
Review: “The Creator’s Map” by Emilio Calderon
Hi Matt,
The Leather Maiden review link appears to go to the James Wood piece.
Thanks
Brian
Brian
July 31, 2008 at 5:20 am
<b<Exactly two modern authors are doing interesting things with the genre and producing good writing.
Reading that was like a flashback to 2000. That dude doesn’t really get out much does he. I love it when fantasy readers (because we are all different ages and at different places) see the walls and the exposed beams for the first time. It can be the start of a time of real eye opening discovery.
Brian
July 31, 2008 at 5:38 am
“If you’re a younger reader, and here I mean someone between ten and sixteen years old, there are tales here for you. Eddings’ Belgariad, Feist’s Magician, and others are fine introductions to the genre, and there are worse books you could be reading at that age. Older readers wanting to explore the genre would be advised to start, frankly, with Martin. You’ll probably end there too, but that’s ok.” — from the George R. R. Martin/Pratchet link.
I laughed and I laughed. Then I cried and I cried . . . because it’s so close to the mark it was actually a little startling.
Also, Matt, if you’re reading this, your Heroic Fantasy post really got me thinking — scary, I know — and I think I might have some original fiction for Open Mic Friday next week. We’ll see.
Ennis Drake
July 31, 2008 at 7:54 pm