science fiction and fantasy tidbits of interest
Writing by Jana on Tuesday, 1 of July , 2008 at 1:03 pm
Ballista magazine calling for submissions: Ballista publishes ‘fresh and inventive tales considering the supernatural, psychological, paranormal, modern horror, mythos, macabre, SF, dark fantasy or just the downright bizarre.’
More information on their website.
Locus Award Winners Announced.
In science fiction, we have Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, and for fantasy Terry Pratchett’s Making Money: A Novel of Discworld.
An interesting discussion on Designer Babies.
Survival of the fittest and natural selection have taken a back seat to the almighty SCIENCE! Is it any wonder we’re doomed as a race?
Terry Goodkind changes genres:
Guillermo del Toro On Starting Hobbit Preparation. I am nerdily excited about this.
Galleycat blogs about Can You Sell One Story By Telling Another? An alternative to the standard booktrailer — which I LOATHE — in the form of backstory. Now that has promise. That actually sounds interesting — provided it’s well done of course, though that holds true for anything, even the standard, dreaded book trailer that sets my teeth on edge in all it’s cheesy badly-produced glory.
A Conversation With Jacqueline Carey: one of my favourite modern authors. If you haven’t read her Kushiel’s Legacy trilogy, you’re missing out. I mean who doesn’t love sado-masochistic sex and political intrigue? Hm?
More endless and (ultimately) fruitless conversations of science fiction and fantasy generes and subgenres.
According to Alexa, these are the 20 most popular SF sites.
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Comment by Soleil Noir
Made Wednesday, 2 of July , 2008 at 7:13 pm
Hmm. I’ve been meaning to read the Kushiel’s Legacy trilogy for awhile now. I’m so behind in good books.
I agree about the idea of using a back story as an alternative to book trailers being interesting, but I’m not sure if that’s the writer in me geeking away or the reader.
Comment by Jana
Made Thursday, 3 of July , 2008 at 8:29 am
Oh make no mistake — it’s the writer.
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