Charlie Jane Anders
The Speculative Literature Foundation is launching a Convention Support Grant, to help conventions get back on their feet as pandemic measures ease. (Thanks to File 770.)
Hugh Howey is initiating a self-publishing contest similar in structure to Mark Lawrence’s Self-Publishing Blog-Off. Ten book bloggers will review up to 300 self-published SF novels. At the end of a year, a winner will be chosen from among the finalists.
Alexandra Petri knocks it out of the park for her Washington Post column, a post pandemic horror-satire (or is it?).
For Polygon, Charlie Jane Anders shares her opinion of creating non-human races, and world-building.
Polygon shares summer releases. The Mary Sue focuses on audiobooks. (Kat will be pleased!)
Meet, or meet again, five queens of the Gothic. (They’re not literal queens.)
A Scene from the Black Widow Film, Courtesy of IMDB
More from Publishers Weekly on the US Book Show.
Will there ever be a John Stewart Green Lantern movie? This article doesn’t know either, but it’s still interesting.
Screenrant also shares a clip and some thoughts about the upcoming Black Widow movie.
Who knew that 17th century spycraft involved intricate knowledge of how to “refold” a letter after it had been read? A fascinating article on “letterlocking.”
Ars Technica labels Demeo the best virtual reality D&D clone game every created.
Thanks! These are the "easy" ones, ha!
can't wait to get to these after the usual post-end-of-term review backlog gets a little cleared up--your review and David's…
Agreed! I have loved both of these books. I wasn't as perceptive as you at guessing the true target, though,…
What a fascinating exploration of Edwige Fenech's contributions to the Giallo genre! I love how you highlighted her unique blend…
Ever since Tor.com became Reactor they seem to have been focusing increasingly less on books and more on visual media…