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Have You Read The Best Books Of 2009 According To Amazon.Com? [Books]
io9 — ... Robinson said should have won this year's Booker Prize, also makes the cut. The anthologies on the list are slanted towards the literary and eclectic: Eclipse 3 edited by Jonathan Strahan, the genre-busting Interfictions 2, and the Library of America's Gothic survey, American Fantastic Tales Boxed Set. All in all, it's a list that's sure to provoke some debate, and hopefully gain some exposure for writers who deserve wider notice. [Amazon.com] ...

November 4, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — Couple of news that's not exactly genre news per se, but is important and concerns the community. First, Vylar Kaftan has a Letter to the San Jose police. This relates to an incident that happened in or near the San Jose Fairmont Hotel (where World Fantasy Con took place). The second item is author Catherynne M. Valente is stranded in Germany and is nearly out of funds. You can donate to Fairyland. Or check out the HELP CAT VALENTE AND DMITRI ZAGIDULIN Facebook page. In personal plugs, my interview with Aliette de Bodard is up at SF Signal. The Apex "World SF" issue is up and includes my interview with Tunku Halim. (Stay tuned to SF Signal this week and next as more interviews go up.) Expanded Horizons also has a new issue out, with ...

SF Tidbits for 11/4/09
SF Signal — Interviews/Profiles The Guardian profiles Margo Lanagan. The Agony Column has a recording of the SF in SF Panel Discussion Featuring Eric Simons, Kim Stanley Robinson and Terry Bisson on October 17, 2009 (podcast). TV Guide has 5 Questions with V's Scott Wolf. New York Post profiles Jonathan Lethem. Blog Critics interviews John Brown. (via Tor Books) Genreville interviews Anton Strout. John Scalzi profiles Steven R. Boyett.Lists Amazon's Top 10 Books: Science Fiction & Fantasy. io9 has The Experts' Picks for Notable Books of the Year at World Fantasy Con. (via Locus ...