Welcome to this week's SFF Blog Recap! I enjoy gathering these very interesting posts every week. I hope you enjoy reading them too.
(The blog posts below are ordered alphabetically according to their Blog Site names. So there's no favoritism. You should have picked a name starting with one of the first letters of the alphabet ;) ).
And What Kind Of Novels Do You Write, Mr Hoffman?
Babel Clash
"It came as something of a surprise to me when The Left Hand of God was published to discover I had written a fantasy novel and also that I had broken some of its fundamental rules in doing so. For the last fifteen years or so I had shared my life as a novelist with one as a screenwriter and made a fairly good living doing so, but the impossibility of seeing the script I’d written on the screen in anything like the form I’d written it drove me to stop and concentrate on writing more novels."
Forgettable Books
Debuts & Reviews
"Every once in a while, I go through my books, making room on the shelves for new books. I don’t like giving away/trading in old books, but one must be practical. I have no doubt that if I had kept all the books I’ve read over the years, I’d have thousands of them, but who has the room?"
Interview with Tad Williams
Fantasy Book Critic
"Fantasy Book Critic's Mihir Wanchoo was able to take a few moments and interview Tad Williams.
Tad Williams is the author of over a dozen novels and short stories. His latest novel is Shadowrise which is Volumn 3 of Shadowmarch."
Malazan updates
A Fantasy Reader
"Here's some tidbits all related to the gargantuan Malazan project.
First off is the synopsis/blurb for Stonewielder by Ian C. Esslemont, author of Night of Knives and Return of the Crimson Guard. The book is still scheduled for a release this year. This was posted first by Pat at Pat Fantasy Hotlist (here). Greymane, the continent of Korel and the stormriders.... sounds very promising!"
What Should Reviewers Do With Unwanted ARCs?
Genre Reader
"I meant to post this last week after reading a blog where someone was ranting about seeing ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) on sale on ebay. I wish I could remember the blog so I could link to it, but it isn't one I normally visit. The blog author (and commenters) were up in arms that ARCs are available on ebay..and that the ARCs were often selling for more then the price of the "official" book (the one you can actually buy in stores)."
The Cold Kiss by John Rector
International Thriller Writers
"Every industry has its success stories, the unknown rising to celebrity, or the underdog boxer knocking out the champion. The publishing world is no different. In our case, the underdogs are the self published, and they love to see one of their own breakout. In fact, it's a community that plays an active role in making that happen."
The Tyranny of the First Draft
Karen Miller
"Terry Pratchett said it somewhere, and I think he said it perfectly: The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
I strongly believe that the biggest favour any writer can do for him or herself is plaster that piece of advice on every available surface and read it frequently – or better yet, daily. Especially if said writer is tackling a novel. Or, worse, the first novel in a series. Because, dear reader, few things are as intimidating as the prospect of writing a novel. And even fewer things are as intimidating as that when you’re a writer without a contract, a writer who’s writing a novel on faith, in hope, without any guarantee that the hours and hours and hours of hard work will achieve anything other than time gone by that can never be recaptured."
Good Hype, Bad Hype
Mark Charan Newton
"There’s an interesting review, and discussion of hyped books here; of the review itself, I’ll say nothing, but it’s the comments section that has, naturally – thanks to Google ego search – got me interested."
Book Blogger Appreciation Week
Neth Space
"The Book Blogger Appreciation Week goes back a few years, and I haven’t really paid it much mind in the past. Really, I was going to let it pass by again – especially with a registration process that includes a dedicated post for judges to look at – but, it turns out I was a bit bored. And all bloggers know that boredom can be a great inspiration, and that on occasion the result isn’t that terrible."
How Old Can a ‘Young Writer’ Be?
The New York Times - Sunday Book Review
"The June 14 issue of The New Yorker, perhaps the premier showcase for American fiction, features a list of “20 Under 40” — that is, 20 accomplished writers under the age of 40. Many of the names are familiar: Joshua Ferris, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nell Freudenberger, Rivka Galchen, Nicole Krauss, Gary Shteyngart, ZZ Packer, Wells Tower."
Comment: When a good book is just a good book…
NextRead
"In an ideal world every book you pick up would by the end be a book you think, ‘well that as a 5+ hrs well spent’. But reality isn’t like that. Not every book you pick up is going to leave you with a sense of hungry euphoria but most now a days should at least get you travelling with them until the end."
An Interview with Anthony Huso
Risingshadow.net
"Risingshadow.net is proud to present an interview with a gifted new fantasy author, Anthony Huso.
Anthony Huso's debut novel, The Last Page, will be published in August 2010 by Tor Books."
Fantasy Films vs. Fantasy Books: Why so Serious?
Voyager Blog
"This time out a particular topic was suggested to me that I might like to write about: that being, why are fantasy films taken more seriously than fantasy books. I’ve pondered on this over the course of a week, and conclude finally that I both agree and disagree with the sentiment."
Free Reading
Free Readin’ | 50 Pages of ‘The Way of Kings’ by Brandon Sanderson
A Dribble of Ink
"The Way of Kings needs no introduction. It’s August, 2010 release promises to be one of the biggest of the year, and Sanderson looks poised to pick up the torch left by Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind, names synonymous with ludicrously long Epic Fantasies."
Free Readin’ | Shadow’s Son by Jon Sprunk
A Dribble of Ink
"Shadow’s Son by newcomer Jon Sprunk, recently released by Pyr Books and Gollancz first caught my eye because of the Michael Komarck cover. Ironic, given my reputation for showing utter dismay every time a hood is present on a cover. Still, the book itself sounds fun (and I liked what Sprunk had to say on this podcast), so it’s been on my radar ever since."
Free Fiction: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Grasping for the Wind
"Twilight powerhouse author Stephenie Meyer is offering fans a free online read of her latest novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, from today noon through July 5th."
Giveaways
Giveaway! 'Day of the Damned' (David Gunn)
Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
"I reviewed this book back in June last year. I even ran a competition for copies not long afterwards. 'Day of the Damned' is out in mass market paperback though and because it's such a fun read I thought I'd give it away all over again..."
Contest for Brent Weeks / Greg Bear flip Chapbook
The Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review
"I have a two copies of the Brent Weeks and Greg Bear mini-flip book that Orbit was giving out at Book Expo this year. I grabbed two not realizing it was a flip so that's more for my fine readers. The Weeks half is the first three chapters of The Black Prism and the Greg Bear portion is the first four chapters of Hull Zero Three. This is a very nice chapbook style production with a sturdy cover and the text printed on nice gloss so it should make a good collectible for the Weeks and Bear fans out there."
Win an Advance Reading Copy of Terry Brooks' Bearers of the Black Staff
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
"Since I won't have time to give this novel a shot prior to its release, I'm giving away my ARC of Terry Brooks' Bearers of the Black Staff to one lucky winner!"
Win a full set of Daniel Abraham's The Long Price Quartet
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
"The news that Tor Books elected not to publish a mass market paperback edition for Daniel Abraham's The Price of Spring created a bit of a stir among the online SFF community last week. Understandably, no matter how unjust it appears to be, folks need to remember that it's a business decision on Tor Books' part, just as splitting A Memory of Light into three volumes was a business decision. Still, it must have felt like a kick in the balls for the author."
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