tor.com - 11/4/2009
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Lately, I’ve been really interested in Sword and Sorcery fantasy, both in its contemporary and original expression. As regards the latter, I’ve just read—and been blown away by—C.L. Moore’s Black God’s Kiss , a collection from Planet Stories that gathers together all six of her Jirel ...
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November 5, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
When it rains, it pours: continuing the Apex Book of World SF interviews, the latest one is with Jetse de Vries. My BSC Review essay is up, Gender, Minorities, and International SF. And there's my guest post over at Jeff VanderMeer's blog, A Pre-Summation of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2009. And Golden Gryphon Press (an excellent publisher) currently has a two-for-one sale. Also should have plugged this sooner. Odyssey 2009 graduate Lisa Poh is looking for other Singaporean writers. Anyone want to help her out? Interviews SF Signal Mind Meld: Speculative Fiction Books That Should ...
SF Tidbits for 11/5/09
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Interviews/Profiles San Antonio Current interviews Jeff VanderMeer. (via Locus Online) A Writer Goes on a Journey interviews Alan Baxter. (via Aurealis Xpess) The Agony Column interviews Eric Simons (podcast). Odyssey Workshop has a recording of Patricia Bray's lecture. Tor.Com interviews Professor Kelly Joyce (Part 1). Dead Robots Society interviews Philippa Ballantine and Dan Sawyer (podcast).News Barnes and Noble Review reviews Finch. Warren Ellis releases Shivering ...
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