maryrobinettekowal.com - 4/21/2009
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This is the last interview of the 2009 nominees for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. I encourage you to find fiction by all of these authors and read them.
Felix Gilman was born in London in 1974. He holds two degrees in history from Oxford, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a [...]
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April 22, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
How romance is different from the writing life: you can love your story all you want but your story will never love you back (it can give you pleasure though). And today's cause is the Interfictions 2 Auction. Interviews Sarah Monette Q&A 16. Mary Robinette Kowal interviews Felix Gilman. Advice/Articles Judith Berman on A Short Reading List on "True Narratives." Cat Rambo on The Power of Butt in Chair. Charlie Hills on ...
SF Tidbits for 4/22/09
SF Signal —
Interviews & Profiles: LA Times profiles sf legend Robert Silverberg Mary Robinette Kowal interviews Felix Gilman . [via Charles Tan] @Omnivoracious: Melissa Marr @Whatever: Michael Z. Williamson.
Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]: Issue five of Steampunk Magazine is available for free PDF download, featuring fiction and other steampunk. @Kat and Mouse: Part Sixteen of "Easy Money" by Abner Senires. Audio ...
Kowal’s Campbell Interviews
Science Fiction Awards Watch —
Mary Robinette Kowal has been conducting interviews with the folks who hope to take her tiara and become this year’s Campbell Award winner. Here are the links:
Aliette de Bodard
David Anthony Durham
Felix Gilman
Tony Pi
Gord Sellar
A fascinating bunch they are too: a French woman, an African-American man, an Englishman living in New York, an Asian-Canadian and a white African man living in South Korea.
Campbell Award Candidate Interviews
IROSF Science Fiction News —
Mary Robinette Kowal (2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer) has completed interviews with the 2009 Campbell Award nominees on her site. Please take a moment to read them, and discover the next new stars in the Science Fiction universe. Aliette de Bodard David Anthony Durham Felix Gilman Tony Pi Gord Sellar The Campbell Award winner will be announced at the the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held Thursday 6 August - Monday 10 August, ...
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