Two days of my posts have now gone up at ComicMix, that gig appears to be pretty solid now.
So I'm now going to change the date on my far-future Blog in Exile post, and shut down the vast Blog in Exile machinery (I had to wait until after dark to do it, actually; some of the components heat up a lot in the summer sun) and stow it away safely.
I don't expect any more posts with the "Blog in Exile" tag here; if you just wanted them, point your browser (or feedreader) to ComicMix, where I expect to continue for as long as they'll have me.
Antick Musings proper will revert back to being my random thoughts on odd topics (often book- or movie-related, though not always), as God intended. (Which reminds me that I have two movies and five books to catch up on...)
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Blog in Exile: The Scoop
I posted an Introduction to "Blog in Exile" when I started it, but I think a very quick explanation up here at the end of time may also be helpful, since my traffic is picking up.
Hello. This is the personal blog of Andrew Wheeler, and it consists of lots of different things. The list of topics are to the left, under my profile. The topic names are phrased a bit whimsically, but I think are basically understandable.
If you're here for the long lists of science fictional links, they're all under the "Blog in Exile" topic. Books I've just read are in Books Read, and my Book-A-Day Project from late 2006 is also lurking in the archives. I'll leave you to discover other things, as and if you want to.
Comments are welcome, as long as they're not spam and are either vaguely related to the topic of the post or entertaining.
Welcome to Antick Musings; I hope you enjoy it.
Hello. This is the personal blog of Andrew Wheeler, and it consists of lots of different things. The list of topics are to the left, under my profile. The topic names are phrased a bit whimsically, but I think are basically understandable.
If you're here for the long lists of science fictional links, they're all under the "Blog in Exile" topic. Books I've just read are in Books Read, and my Book-A-Day Project from late 2006 is also lurking in the archives. I'll leave you to discover other things, as and if you want to.
Comments are welcome, as long as they're not spam and are either vaguely related to the topic of the post or entertaining.
Welcome to Antick Musings; I hope you enjoy it.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
I'm ComicMixing, Baby!
Remember how I used to do another blog, for a corporate entity that I shall not here name? Well, it looks like I'll be doing basically the same thing, as part of a group blog called ComicMix.
My first post -- an article on Paizo Publishing's new Planet Stories imprint -- is already up, and I think the kind of things I've been doing here as "Blog in Exile" will start appearing there soon. "Soon" meaning: a) I actually do some posts and get them into the ComicMix system, and 2) the Secret ComicMix Overlords don't suddenly have a fit of good sense and decide they don't want me after all.
ComicMix has been posting articles by plenty of people whose work I've respected and liked for years (like John Ostrander and Dennis O'Neil), so I'm thrilled to be a part of it. As you might guess from the name, ComicMix's central focus is on comics, but they seem to be pretty broad-church in their interests. (After all, we're all geeks together, right?)
So my posting here may become more erratic or less voluminous, and the "Blog in Exile" stuff will probably stop (I'll post again once I'm sure it's going up over there). On the other hand, I feel like I keep saying "I'm afraid I'll post less" every month or so here, and yet I keep posting more. We'll have to see what actually happens.
My first post -- an article on Paizo Publishing's new Planet Stories imprint -- is already up, and I think the kind of things I've been doing here as "Blog in Exile" will start appearing there soon. "Soon" meaning: a) I actually do some posts and get them into the ComicMix system, and 2) the Secret ComicMix Overlords don't suddenly have a fit of good sense and decide they don't want me after all.
ComicMix has been posting articles by plenty of people whose work I've respected and liked for years (like John Ostrander and Dennis O'Neil), so I'm thrilled to be a part of it. As you might guess from the name, ComicMix's central focus is on comics, but they seem to be pretty broad-church in their interests. (After all, we're all geeks together, right?)
So my posting here may become more erratic or less voluminous, and the "Blog in Exile" stuff will probably stop (I'll post again once I'm sure it's going up over there). On the other hand, I feel like I keep saying "I'm afraid I'll post less" every month or so here, and yet I keep posting more. We'll have to see what actually happens.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Blog in Exile: Podcasts & Similar Frivolities, 6/27
The 24th installment of Adventures in SciFi Publishing features an interview with the dashing and suave Tobias S. Buckell, talking about his new novel Ragamuffin. Also in the lineup: Pyr editor-in-chief Lou Anders on what new writers need to succeed, and more.
Blog in Exile: Random News & Links for 6/27
The Oregon Literary Review has a long section on Manly Wade Wellman, with two interviews (with David Drake and Night Shade Books' Jeremy Lassen), two Wellman stories, and more. [via Locus Online]
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House may just be the only library in the world to straddle an international border -- half of it is in the US, and half in Canada. [via Reading Copy]
Jeff VanderMeer reports for the Amazon Blog about this past weekend's American Library Association conference.
John Scalzi has had four of his best and most fannish Whatever posts translated into Japanese so that local Hugo voters from this year's Worldcon (Nippon 2007) can read his Best Fan Writer-nominated work in their native language.
Jeff Somers (author of The Electric Church) shows us the horror that is compulsory blogging.
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House may just be the only library in the world to straddle an international border -- half of it is in the US, and half in Canada. [via Reading Copy]
Jeff VanderMeer reports for the Amazon Blog about this past weekend's American Library Association conference.
John Scalzi has had four of his best and most fannish Whatever posts translated into Japanese so that local Hugo voters from this year's Worldcon (Nippon 2007) can read his Best Fan Writer-nominated work in their native language.
Jeff Somers (author of The Electric Church) shows us the horror that is compulsory blogging.
Blog in Exile: Douglas Hill, 1935-2007
SF Scope reports that Canadian-born, British-resident SF writer Douglas Hill has died after being hit by a car in London. (SF Scope has an extensive bibliography of Hill's works at that link; Hill also has a page at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database and a Wikipedia entry.)
Blog in Exile: Reviews for 6/27
Fantasy Book Critic reviews Neal Asher's Hilldiggers.
SciFi Weekly reviews Sheri S. Tepper's The Margarets.
SF Signal reviews Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad.
Strange Horizons reviews Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's Arms.
Book Fetish reviews Dawn Thompson's Blood Moon.
Library Journal's 6/15 issue has a long round-up of SF/Fantasy books, including titles by Catherine Asaro, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S. Buckell, Laura Anne Gilman, Susan Palwick, and many more. [thanks to superagent Joshua Bilmes for passing on the link]
CA Reviews covers Yasmine Galenorn's Changeling.
Kids Lit reviews Derek Landy's middle-grades fantasy novel Skullduggery Pleasant.
Powell's Book Blog has the Esquire review of Haruki Murakami's After Dark.
Wistful Writings reviews Tobias S. Buckell's Ragamuffin. [via the author]
David Louis Edelman continues his journey through the books of Middle-earth with a look at J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers. (Originally published a few weeks back, but seems to have been at least slightly edited.)
Lenin's Tomb reviews Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel.
Gwenda Bond liked Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible, Matt Russ's Bad Monkeys, and Kelley Eskridge's Dangerous Space.
Monsters and Critics reviews Julie Kenner's Demons Are Forever.
Marianne Plumridge reviews The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature edited by Philip Martin.
SciFi Weekly reviews Sheri S. Tepper's The Margarets.
SF Signal reviews Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad.
Strange Horizons reviews Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's Arms.
Book Fetish reviews Dawn Thompson's Blood Moon.
Library Journal's 6/15 issue has a long round-up of SF/Fantasy books, including titles by Catherine Asaro, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S. Buckell, Laura Anne Gilman, Susan Palwick, and many more. [thanks to superagent Joshua Bilmes for passing on the link]
CA Reviews covers Yasmine Galenorn's Changeling.
Kids Lit reviews Derek Landy's middle-grades fantasy novel Skullduggery Pleasant.
Powell's Book Blog has the Esquire review of Haruki Murakami's After Dark.
Wistful Writings reviews Tobias S. Buckell's Ragamuffin. [via the author]
David Louis Edelman continues his journey through the books of Middle-earth with a look at J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers. (Originally published a few weeks back, but seems to have been at least slightly edited.)
Lenin's Tomb reviews Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel.
Gwenda Bond liked Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible, Matt Russ's Bad Monkeys, and Kelley Eskridge's Dangerous Space.
Monsters and Critics reviews Julie Kenner's Demons Are Forever.
Marianne Plumridge reviews The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature edited by Philip Martin.
Blog in Exile: Interviews for 6/27
SciFi Wire chats with Paizo Publishing's Eric Mona about their new "Planet Stories" line, which will reprint classic adventure stories of SF and fantasy.
Pink Raygun interviews James A. Owen, author of Here, There Be Dragons.
John Scalzi interviews Robert J. Sawyer, author of Rollback, at the Ficlets blog.
Pink Raygun interviews James A. Owen, author of Here, There Be Dragons.
John Scalzi interviews Robert J. Sawyer, author of Rollback, at the Ficlets blog.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Blog in Exile: Stuff to Read for Free, 6/26
The Millions pointed me to an early, short, Haruki Murakami novel, Pinball, 1973, available online as a PDF in an English translation by Alfred Birnbaum.
Blog in Exile: Interviews for 6/26
SciFi Wire talks to Liz Williams about her new novel Precious Dragon.
SFF World interviews David Bilsborough, whose first novel The Wanderer's Tale has just been published.
SFF World also talks to Ian McDonald, most recently author of Brasyl.
Geekerati recently interviewed Susan Palwick, author of Shelter, and the full audio file is available here (it's on top of the list right now, but might have moved down if you get to this post in some future epoch).
SFF World interviews David Bilsborough, whose first novel The Wanderer's Tale has just been published.
SFF World also talks to Ian McDonald, most recently author of Brasyl.
Geekerati recently interviewed Susan Palwick, author of Shelter, and the full audio file is available here (it's on top of the list right now, but might have moved down if you get to this post in some future epoch).
Blog in Exile: Reviews for 6/26
The Agony Column is happy to see Bertram of Butter Cross by Jeffrey E. Barlough.
SFF World reviews Adam Roberts's Clarke-nominated novel Gradisil.
SF Signal really liked The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks.
Strange Horizons reviews Alastair Reynolds's The Prefect.
Blogcritics reviews the YA novel Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu.
SciFi Chick thinks James Maxey's Bitterwood is one of the best books she's read this year.
Chad Orzel liked Tobias S. Buckell's Ragamuffin.
Claire Light (of Seeslight) was annoyed by a lot of things in Laurie J. Marks's Earth Logic, and yet is already reading the next book in the series. (The Ruffles theory of literature: you wish it was better for you, but you just can't stop consuming them...)
SFF World reviews Adam Roberts's Clarke-nominated novel Gradisil.
SF Signal really liked The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks.
Strange Horizons reviews Alastair Reynolds's The Prefect.
Blogcritics reviews the YA novel Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu.
SciFi Chick thinks James Maxey's Bitterwood is one of the best books she's read this year.
Chad Orzel liked Tobias S. Buckell's Ragamuffin.
Claire Light (of Seeslight) was annoyed by a lot of things in Laurie J. Marks's Earth Logic, and yet is already reading the next book in the series. (The Ruffles theory of literature: you wish it was better for you, but you just can't stop consuming them...)
Blog in Exile: Random Links & Stuff for 6/26
Are the male fans of George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series all irredeemable sexist pigs? Certainly not. But The Hathor Legacy has run across more than a few who are -- and Pat's Fantasy Hotlist tries to make the case for the more grown-up fans.
Jive Magazine explains the loathing that is at the heart of Star Wars fandom. [via SF Signal]
David Louis Edelman has written a long post about what books could be best used to lure literary readers into the backwaters of the skiffy swamp.
Justine Larbalestier thinks about "the F-bomb" (and why Americans feel compelled to call it that, instead of just saying the word).
L.E. Modesitt, Jr. replies to Matthew Cheney's post yesterday about the literary establishment, pointing out that there doesn't need to be a conspiracy to defame SF if most of the people in the literary world already share the view that our stuff is crappy and beneath notice to begin with.
SF Scope's Ian Randall Strock appeared on the Hour of the Wolf radio program this week -- and you can hear it here, if you want to.
Jive Magazine explains the loathing that is at the heart of Star Wars fandom. [via SF Signal]
David Louis Edelman has written a long post about what books could be best used to lure literary readers into the backwaters of the skiffy swamp.
Justine Larbalestier thinks about "the F-bomb" (and why Americans feel compelled to call it that, instead of just saying the word).
L.E. Modesitt, Jr. replies to Matthew Cheney's post yesterday about the literary establishment, pointing out that there doesn't need to be a conspiracy to defame SF if most of the people in the literary world already share the view that our stuff is crappy and beneath notice to begin with.
SF Scope's Ian Randall Strock appeared on the Hour of the Wolf radio program this week -- and you can hear it here, if you want to.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Blog in Exile: Reviews for 6/25
Salon's final summer reading list includes mystery and science fictional titles, including Leonie Swann's Three Bags Full (which is both, more or less), Ian McDonald's Brasyl, and Sheri S. Tepper's The Margarets.
Reading the Leaves reviews Patrick Rothfuss's first novel, The Name of the Wind.
The (Salem, Oregon) Statesman-Journal reviews a number of books (most non-SF) by regional authors (their region), starting with Kay Kenyon's Bright of the Sky and including Steven Erikson's Midnight Tides.
Thus Spake Zuska reviews a non-fictional book that might be of interest to SFnal people, Women in Science: Meeting Career Challenges edited by Angela Pattatuchi.
Sacbee (perhaps the Sacramento Bee when it's at home?) reviews Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind.
Fantasy Book Critic reviews both halves of Lois McMaster Bujold's new novel The Sharing Knife. (And I seem to remember that some smart publishing operation put that book back into one volume...now, if I could only remember who that was...)
Fantasy Book Critic also reviews Jennifer Roberson's Deepwood.
Neth Space reviews Ian McDonald's Brasyl.
OF Blog of the Fallen reviews Richard Morgan's Thirteen.
OF Blog of the Fallen also reviews Alan Campbell's Scar Night.
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist covers Robin Hobb's Renegade's Magic.
SciFi Weekly reviews Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel.
SF Scope reviews Douglas Adams's The Salmon of Doubt.
In The New York Times Book Review, Dave Itzkoff reviews the Library of America edition of Philip K. Dick's work, Four Novels of the 1960s.
SF Signal reviews Jim Butcher's Dead Beat.
SF Signal reviews Matthew Jarpe's Radio Fallout.
SF Signal reviews Robert Conroy's 1945.
SFX covers the London opening of the Lord of the Rings musical.
Strange Horizons reviews The Future Is Queer, edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel.
Blogcritics reviews Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves.
Blogcritics also reviews Gaiman's new YA collection, M Is For Magic.
Book Fetish reviews Jim C. Hines's Goblin Hero.
Book Fetish also reviews a book entitled On Writing Horror, written by the Horror Writers Association and edited by Mort Castle.
Bookgasm reviews Austin Grossman's superhero novel Soon I Will Be Invincible.
Publishers Weekly's fiction reviews this week include Terry Brooks's The Elves of Cintra, Matthew Jarpe's Radio Freefall, and Bentley Little's The Vanishing.
Farah Mendelsohn has reviewed two YA novels recently:
Tom Easton's "Reference Library" column from the September Analog is now available online; it contains reviews of Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel, Kay Kenyon's Bright of the Sky, Sandra McDonald's The Outback Stars, and many more.
BestSF reviews Hartwell & Cramer's Year's Best SF 12.
David Soyka reviews a bunch of recent short fiction at Black Gate.
This week on Don D'Amassa's Science Fiction reviews page: Karen Traviss's Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice, Alastair Reynolds's The Prefect, and more.
D'Amassa's Fantasy page has new reviews of P.C. Cast's Divine by Blood, Gene Wolfe's Pirate Freedom, and more.
And D'Amassa's Horror page has also been updated, with new reviews including Petru Popescu's Birth of the Pack.
Tangent Online reviews the May issue of Analog.
Tangent also reviews issues #4 to 7 of Hub.
Bookgasm reviews Susan Hubbard's The Society of S.
Reading the Leaves reviews Patrick Rothfuss's first novel, The Name of the Wind.
The (Salem, Oregon) Statesman-Journal reviews a number of books (most non-SF) by regional authors (their region), starting with Kay Kenyon's Bright of the Sky and including Steven Erikson's Midnight Tides.
Thus Spake Zuska reviews a non-fictional book that might be of interest to SFnal people, Women in Science: Meeting Career Challenges edited by Angela Pattatuchi.
Sacbee (perhaps the Sacramento Bee when it's at home?) reviews Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind.
Fantasy Book Critic reviews both halves of Lois McMaster Bujold's new novel The Sharing Knife. (And I seem to remember that some smart publishing operation put that book back into one volume...now, if I could only remember who that was...)
Fantasy Book Critic also reviews Jennifer Roberson's Deepwood.
Neth Space reviews Ian McDonald's Brasyl.
OF Blog of the Fallen reviews Richard Morgan's Thirteen.
OF Blog of the Fallen also reviews Alan Campbell's Scar Night.
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist covers Robin Hobb's Renegade's Magic.
SciFi Weekly reviews Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel.
SF Scope reviews Douglas Adams's The Salmon of Doubt.
In The New York Times Book Review, Dave Itzkoff reviews the Library of America edition of Philip K. Dick's work, Four Novels of the 1960s.
SF Signal reviews Jim Butcher's Dead Beat.
SF Signal reviews Matthew Jarpe's Radio Fallout.
SF Signal reviews Robert Conroy's 1945.
SFX covers the London opening of the Lord of the Rings musical.
Strange Horizons reviews The Future Is Queer, edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel.
Blogcritics reviews Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves.
Blogcritics also reviews Gaiman's new YA collection, M Is For Magic.
Book Fetish reviews Jim C. Hines's Goblin Hero.
Book Fetish also reviews a book entitled On Writing Horror, written by the Horror Writers Association and edited by Mort Castle.
Bookgasm reviews Austin Grossman's superhero novel Soon I Will Be Invincible.
Publishers Weekly's fiction reviews this week include Terry Brooks's The Elves of Cintra, Matthew Jarpe's Radio Freefall, and Bentley Little's The Vanishing.
Farah Mendelsohn has reviewed two YA novels recently:
- she had problems with Andrew Clements's Things Not Seen
- but she mostly liked Sean McMullen's Before the Storm.
Tom Easton's "Reference Library" column from the September Analog is now available online; it contains reviews of Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel, Kay Kenyon's Bright of the Sky, Sandra McDonald's The Outback Stars, and many more.
BestSF reviews Hartwell & Cramer's Year's Best SF 12.
David Soyka reviews a bunch of recent short fiction at Black Gate.
This week on Don D'Amassa's Science Fiction reviews page: Karen Traviss's Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice, Alastair Reynolds's The Prefect, and more.
D'Amassa's Fantasy page has new reviews of P.C. Cast's Divine by Blood, Gene Wolfe's Pirate Freedom, and more.
And D'Amassa's Horror page has also been updated, with new reviews including Petru Popescu's Birth of the Pack.
Tangent Online reviews the May issue of Analog.
Tangent also reviews issues #4 to 7 of Hub.
Bookgasm reviews Susan Hubbard's The Society of S.
Blog in Exile: Magazine Round-Up, 6/25
SF Scope reports that Electric Velocipede's recent subscription drive was successful, and that EV will continue.
The Internet Review of Science Fiction is in the middle of a redesign, and plans to relaunch in August -- but it has some short fiction reviews by Lois Tilton to keep interest alive.
Strange Horizons was updated today as usual, with a story by Ruth Nestvold, a column from Matthew Cheney, and more.
Subterranean Magazine has just posted the second part of Elizabeth Bear's story "Suicide Jack and the One-Eyed King," and an entire new Gene Wolfe story -- all for free.
Analog has posted the Table of Contents for their September issue -- it will contain stories by both Dave Creek and Uncle River (which must be deliberate), as well as Howard V. Hendrix and E. Mark Mitchell.
The Internet Review of Science Fiction is in the middle of a redesign, and plans to relaunch in August -- but it has some short fiction reviews by Lois Tilton to keep interest alive.
Strange Horizons was updated today as usual, with a story by Ruth Nestvold, a column from Matthew Cheney, and more.
Subterranean Magazine has just posted the second part of Elizabeth Bear's story "Suicide Jack and the One-Eyed King," and an entire new Gene Wolfe story -- all for free.
Analog has posted the Table of Contents for their September issue -- it will contain stories by both Dave Creek and Uncle River (which must be deliberate), as well as Howard V. Hendrix and E. Mark Mitchell.
Blog in Exile: Interviews for 6/25
Phantastik-Couch interviews the prolific German fantasy writer Kai Meyer. (The interview is in English, though I'm not sure if any of Mr. Meyer's work is available in this language yet.)
Biology in Science Fiction interviews Canadian SF writer Nina Munteanu.
The Norwich Evening News profiles Roderick Gordon, co-author of Tunnels, a book originally self-published (as The Highfield Mole) and which is now being described (by its acquiring editor) as "the new Harry Potter."
Moviehole interviews Neil Gaiman, mostly about the upcoming movie adaptation of his novel Stardust.
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist hosts a round-robin interview with David Anthony Durham, author of Acacia.
SciFi Wire talks to Shelley Jackson about her James Tiptree Award-winning novel Half-Life.
SciFi Wire previously chatted with Richard Morgan about his novel Thirteen.
USA Today profiles Austin Grossman, author of Soon I Will Be Invincible. [via SF Signal]
Your Mom's Basement interviews Richard Morgan, author of the new novel Thirteen. [via Locus Online]
Jeff VanderMeer of The Amazon Blog talks to Jay Lake about his new novel Mainspring (and publishes Lake's working sketch of his clockwork solar system).
Infinity Plus interviews Eric Brown, author of Helix.
Emma Bull answers more questions about her new novel Tombstone.
Shaken & Stirred interviews Ysabeau Wilce, author of Flora Segunda.
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast interviews Holly Black, author of Ironside.
HipWriterMama interviews Justine Larbalestier, author of Magic's Child.
Jonathan McCalmont interviews Matt Bielby, editor of the UK slick media magazine Death Ray.
McCalmont also has recently interviewed Charles Stross, whose upcoming novel is Halting State (which is pretty damn good, believe you me).
John Scalzi, at the Ficlets blog, interviews Allen Steele, author of Spindrift.
Biology in Science Fiction interviews Canadian SF writer Nina Munteanu.
The Norwich Evening News profiles Roderick Gordon, co-author of Tunnels, a book originally self-published (as The Highfield Mole) and which is now being described (by its acquiring editor) as "the new Harry Potter."
Moviehole interviews Neil Gaiman, mostly about the upcoming movie adaptation of his novel Stardust.
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist hosts a round-robin interview with David Anthony Durham, author of Acacia.
SciFi Wire talks to Shelley Jackson about her James Tiptree Award-winning novel Half-Life.
SciFi Wire previously chatted with Richard Morgan about his novel Thirteen.
USA Today profiles Austin Grossman, author of Soon I Will Be Invincible. [via SF Signal]
Your Mom's Basement interviews Richard Morgan, author of the new novel Thirteen. [via Locus Online]
Jeff VanderMeer of The Amazon Blog talks to Jay Lake about his new novel Mainspring (and publishes Lake's working sketch of his clockwork solar system).
Infinity Plus interviews Eric Brown, author of Helix.
Emma Bull answers more questions about her new novel Tombstone.
Shaken & Stirred interviews Ysabeau Wilce, author of Flora Segunda.
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast interviews Holly Black, author of Ironside.
HipWriterMama interviews Justine Larbalestier, author of Magic's Child.
Jonathan McCalmont interviews Matt Bielby, editor of the UK slick media magazine Death Ray.
McCalmont also has recently interviewed Charles Stross, whose upcoming novel is Halting State (which is pretty damn good, believe you me).
John Scalzi, at the Ficlets blog, interviews Allen Steele, author of Spindrift.
Blog in Exile: Convention-al Wisdom for 6/25
This past weekend saw ApolloCon 2007 splash down in Houston, and the Student Operated Press was there.
Also covering ApolloCon, in much greater detail, was SF Signal, which had separate posts for each day: Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
(No Fear of the Future was also at ApolloCon, but the promised post-con follow-up hasn't appeared yet as I type this.)
The Saratogian previews this fall's World Fantasy Convention, which will be held in their fair city, Saratoga Springs (come for the horses, stay for the waters).
Lou Anders has noticed that OmegaCon is planning to start (in his previously convention-benighted part of the South-East) with their first convention next spring, and he urges all local SF/F writers to get in touch with them.
Also covering ApolloCon, in much greater detail, was SF Signal, which had separate posts for each day: Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
(No Fear of the Future was also at ApolloCon, but the promised post-con follow-up hasn't appeared yet as I type this.)
The Saratogian previews this fall's World Fantasy Convention, which will be held in their fair city, Saratoga Springs (come for the horses, stay for the waters).
Lou Anders has noticed that OmegaCon is planning to start (in his previously convention-benighted part of the South-East) with their first convention next spring, and he urges all local SF/F writers to get in touch with them.
Blog in Exile: Hooray for Hollywood on 6/25
The Edinburgh Evening News reports that Philip Kerr's YA novel Children of the Lamp has been option for a movie (for giant piles of money, assumes the Evening News) by Stephen Spielberg's Dreamworks production company.
Blog in Exile: On Scalpel Magazine
Short form: Scalpel Magazine, an on-line reviewzine devoted to SF, seems to be dead, mere weeks after it launched.
Co-editor Jonathan McCalmont first talked about the problems, and then resigned. (He also explained the whole history in more detail at his own blog.)
Neth Space thinks it's dead.
Nick Mamatas, who started a deathwatch before the magazine even began, told us so.
The other co-editor of Scalpel, Gabe Chouinard (on whom most of the problems are being blamed) is incommunicado. (Jeff VanderMeer, on the other hand, is out there warning people not to trust Chouinard.)
Blog in Exile remains above the fray, as it must, but will continue to bring you updates on the situation as they happen.
Co-editor Jonathan McCalmont first talked about the problems, and then resigned. (He also explained the whole history in more detail at his own blog.)
Neth Space thinks it's dead.
Nick Mamatas, who started a deathwatch before the magazine even began, told us so.
The other co-editor of Scalpel, Gabe Chouinard (on whom most of the problems are being blamed) is incommunicado. (Jeff VanderMeer, on the other hand, is out there warning people not to trust Chouinard.)
Blog in Exile remains above the fray, as it must, but will continue to bring you updates on the situation as they happen.
Blog in Exile: Podcasts & Suchlike, 6/25
Cory Doctorow is podcasting his reading of Bruce Sterling's 1992 non-fiction book The Hacker Crackdown; the first part is now available.
Former SFWA President Paul Levinson has podcast an interview he did with fellow Former SFWA President Robert J. Sawyer.
Former SFWA President Paul Levinson has podcast an interview he did with fellow Former SFWA President Robert J. Sawyer.
Blog in Exile: Random News & Links for 6/25
Free Geekery lists the ways you could turn yourself into a cyborg (the bleeding-edge-tech, kewl kind -- he doesn't include mundane things like my mother-in-law's new knee, or any prostheses, actually).
There is now a video game based on the classic 1964 Arkady & Boris Strugatski novel Hard to Be a God.
Wil McCarthy's new column in SciFi Weekly is all about robots, from Asimov to Michael Bay.
Locus Online lists new books that they've seen in mid-June, including Tobias S. Buckell's Ragamuffin, Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel, Susan Palwick's Shelter, and more.
Reuters reports that a hacker calling itself "Gabriel" claims to have stolen the text of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and to have posted "spoilers" online for the end of that book.
The New York Times explains how to get rid of books. [via Blog of a Bookslut]
Salon explains the PGW bankruptcy (and its effect on smaller publishers) for the layman.
Will Shetterly drops the Outline Rules on the table.
Jeff VanderMeer has posted his Locus article "My European Summer" (about how he spent last summer) on his spiffy new blog.
How about curling up and reading inside your bookcase?
And, lastly for today, Matthew Cheney is sick and tired of hearing SF types whine about how the "literary establishment" keeps stealing our lunch money and beating us up at the bus stop. Tell 'em, Matt.
There is now a video game based on the classic 1964 Arkady & Boris Strugatski novel Hard to Be a God.
Wil McCarthy's new column in SciFi Weekly is all about robots, from Asimov to Michael Bay.
Locus Online lists new books that they've seen in mid-June, including Tobias S. Buckell's Ragamuffin, Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel, Susan Palwick's Shelter, and more.
Reuters reports that a hacker calling itself "Gabriel" claims to have stolen the text of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and to have posted "spoilers" online for the end of that book.
The New York Times explains how to get rid of books. [via Blog of a Bookslut]
Salon explains the PGW bankruptcy (and its effect on smaller publishers) for the layman.
Will Shetterly drops the Outline Rules on the table.
Jeff VanderMeer has posted his Locus article "My European Summer" (about how he spent last summer) on his spiffy new blog.
How about curling up and reading inside your bookcase?
And, lastly for today, Matthew Cheney is sick and tired of hearing SF types whine about how the "literary establishment" keeps stealing our lunch money and beating us up at the bus stop. Tell 'em, Matt.
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