No, there will not be any more clever rhymes, but there will be some good links. Special thanks goes to Charles Tan, Matt Staggs, and SF Signal for pointing me to a few of these. Here goes:
- The Daily Scott Brown calls for some more realism in vampire fiction, particularly in relation to vampire strength.
- io9 digs through literature, movies, and television to see how science fiction imagines the future of the U.S. government. Some interesting selections here.
- Fandomania gives us ten fantasy summer reading recommendations. Some good books and some iffy ones, but a good list overall.
- The Dream Cafe wants suggestions for dark fantasy books. Head on over and leave a few comments!
- Andrew Wheeler tells us that science fiction does, in fact, involve characters, contrary to what some literary critics believe. Eat it.
- Alma Alexander talks about reviewing as a writer, and whether it’s okay to do so. Yes, it is, just so my opinion gets out there.
- The Atlantic has one hell of an article on geo-engineering the Earth. Fascinating stuff.
- Here’s a list of YA fantasy novels by people of color. A damn good list, and still growing, it seems. There’s also an addendum to this list.
- Scott Edelman reminds us how to take criticism by telling us a very personal story.
- Scientists have apparently discovered that a single ant colony as colonized the world. It’s wild and awesome!
- Here is a rather long-winded, multi-author discussion of whether to self publish or not. Interesting opinions there.
- Oh, and Gawker gives us the nitty gritty of that whole Alice Hoffman scandal. You know, the one where Hoffman got pissed at a critic, then provided her fans with the critic’s phone number and email and told them to harass said critic? Yeah.
- Sheila Finch discusses fantastic voyages, in space and otherwise. Interesting stuff!
- The Mumpsimus talks about mimetic fiction and SF. Interesting post.
- B&N has an interesting article on the death of science fiction and its continued existence. Read it, because I can’t break it into a single sentence without sounding confusing.
- How about some cross genre fiction? Here’s a massive list of them!
- And, because I feel like being helpful, here’s a page of medieval demographics made simple. Should be useful to you fantasy writers out there.
And that’s it!