io9.com - 18 days ago
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At the World Fantasy Convention this weekend, I moderated a panel about the most notable books of the past year. Experts from the worlds of publishing, bookselling, and fandom weighed in. Here are their picks. The panel included a lively discussion of trends over the past two years in fantasy ...
angryrobotbooks.com - 18 days ago
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angryrobotbooks.com —
At World Fantasy Con last week, Annalee Newitz
(from the incomparable io9.com) moderated a panel about the
most notable books of 2009. Kaaron Warren’s much-acclaimed Slights was chosen as one of bookseller Justin Ackroyd’s top titles, an Jo Fletcher from Gollancz named Andy ...
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November 4, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
... Anton Strout. John Scalzi profiles Steven R. Boyett. Advice/Articles Jeff VanderMeer on My Endurance Tour–and Book Tours in the Modern Era and Is it a Book Tour or a War of Attrition or Some Kind of Literary Circus? Rich Horton's Summary: F&SF, 2009. Joshua Palmatier on Writing: Exposition. 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 Magazine ...
SF Tidbits for 11/4/09
SF Signal —
... 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 Magazine ...
World Fantasy Con, Wrapup
Views from Medina Road —
... in previous years, Charles Brown has distributed an early draft version of the Locus Recommended Reading List (limited to fantasy titles) as a basis for discussion. This year's panel included Liza Groen Trombi as the Locus representative and was moderated by Annalee Newitz, editor-in-chief of io9 ; also participating were Justin Ackroyd, Jo Fletcher, and Tom Whitmore. Newitz (who I had the chance later in the afternoon to meet, and put a face to a member of the io9 team) posted her account of the panel with lists compiled by most of the participants of their favorite ...
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