In the coming weeks, if you find something interesting you think everyone should read, drop me a line via the contact form and let me know, or just post it below. Let’s get started:
1) Tor Does Away with DRM: Finally. The people spoke and a major publisher has listened. Stay tuned as I’m sure more will follow.
2) Shirley Jackson Award Finalists: A nice collection of dark fantasy to add to your TBR list.
3) RIP K.D.
April 25th, 2012. Justin Blazier | World Wide Wednesday | 4 comments |
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1) Free ebooks: Phoenix Pick’s free ebook for April is Adventures: The Chronicle of Lucifer Jones, Volume I by Mike Resnick. Use coupon code 9991422. They’ve also got a new promotion going on: Every week for the next couple of months they’re offering a free ebook which can be downloaded on Tuesday and Wednesday. Today is the last day to get this week’s book which is Victoria Strauss’s The Arm of the Stone.
April 18th, 2012. Justin Blazier | World Wide Wednesday | 2 comments |
A few weeks ago we had a discussion about reading in different formats, and mostly we talked about ebooks vs. print, a topic we’ll cover every couple of years as technology progresses and our reading habits change.
Today I wanted to ask specifically about audiobooks. Here at FanLit we’ve got all types of readers: a couple of us read mostly in audio, a couple of us find ourselves unable to focus on audio, a couple of us have never tried one, and a couple of us have only recently tried them.
How about you?
April 12th, 2012. Justin Blazier | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 27 comments |
In the coming weeks, if you find something interesting you think everyone should read, drop me a line via the contact form and let me know, or just post it below. Let’s get started:
1) Hugo Award Nominees: A couple surprises in there. Certainly a ton of quality work represented, but I still can’t help but feel a little disappointed.
2) Does SFF Cause Recurring Dreams?: I don’t believe I’ve had a recurring dream since I was very young, but I definitely have some strange fantasy related ones from time to time.
April 11th, 2012. Justin Blazier | World Wide Wednesday | 1 comment |
What would it be like if Neanderthals had become the dominant race of humans on the planet? Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer explores that very idea. This book follows a brilliant Neanderthal physicist named Ponter Boddet. Ponter and his partner, while working on experimental quantum computers, accidently open a bridge between universes. The bridge leads to the world we (Homo sapiens sapiens) currently reside in. Ponter fell into our world accidently and has now become stranded here.
April 9th, 2012. Justin Blazier and Ryan Skardal´s rating: 5 | Robert J. Sawyer | Audio, Hugo Award | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Some fun links for you today. If you’ve got something interesting for us, please post it as a comment below.
1) HBO’s Game of Thrones Interactive Map: Are you watching Game of Thrones on HBO? Here’s a cool new “Extended” interactive map from HBO. Thanks to Adam Whitehead at The Wertzone for this. Read Adam’s comments about the map.
2) How to Sell Yourself: In this interview, Amanda Hocking talks about self-publishing and how she became a successful self-published author who was eventually picked up by St.
April 4th, 2012. Justin Blazier | World Wide Wednesday | 1 comment |
It’s been a couple of years since we’ve had a passionate discussion about our preferences for reading in non-traditional formats such as e-reader and audio, but technology has changed quite a bit since then! There are many more options these days and most of us carry around devices such as phones and tablets that make it easy and convenient, and often cost-effective, to read in different formats. So, out of curiosity, and also a desire to alert readers about new technologies they may be unaware of, I have some questions:
March 29th, 2012. Justin Blazier | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 24 comments |
1) The 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist: The Arthur C. Clarke Award is Britain’s most prestigious science fiction award. It’s given annually to the year’s best SF novel. This years list includes the FanLit favorite Embassytown by China Miéville. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on May 2.
2) Dear Science Fiction Writers: Stop Being So Pessimistic!: At the Smithsonian Magazine, Neal Stephenson is feeling nostalgic for old science fiction that’s full of big new ideas.
March 28th, 2012. Justin Blazier | World Wide Wednesday | 2 comments |
Our own Terry Weyna is at this very moment attending the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando Florida. The theme is “The Monstrous Fantastic” and guests of honor include China Miéville, Kelly Link, Jeffrey J. Cohen, and Brian Aldiss. Terry is presenting a paper called Fantastic Romantics: Romantics as Characters in Fantastic Fiction: Edgar Allan Poe. She’ll also be chairing a panel called Monsters and Superheroes. We look forward to hearing from Terry about her time at the IAFA conference.
March 22nd, 2012. Justin Blazier | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 8 comments |
If you’ve got any SFF news to share, please post it in the comments below.
M.A.R. Barker dies at age 83: Dr. Barker, creator of Tékumel, was a Fulbright Scholar and has been called “The forgotten Tolkien.” Read John’s review of The Man of Gold.
Tia Nevitt wins the first Epic Ebook Award for Fantasy: Congratulations to our friend and guest reviewer, Tia Nevitt! Tia’s award is for her novel The Sevenfold Spell (reviewed by Kat) and was announced at EPICon.
March 21st, 2012. Justin Blazier | World Wide Wednesday | 4 comments |
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is my favorite fantasy series. It's fantastic. I've been holding off on starting The Last King…
I believe you are missing the point of this book here. I don't believe the purpose is to tell a…
I love it!
Almost as good as my friend: up-and-coming author Amber Merlini!
I don't know what kind of a writer he is, but Simon Raven got the best speculative-fiction-writing name ever!