DKS/MW and Under the Dome
Via the Wertzone: RIP Darrell K. Sweet (and Michael Whelan will be doing the last Wheel of Time cover), and a blistering review of Under the Dome (which might explain the non-review here on the Gutter last year).
Nalo Hopkinson Interviewed at The New Yorker
African-Canadian writer and artist Nalo Hopkinson talks about her fabric designs at The New Yorker’s Book Bench: [B]oth my writing and my designs are fuelled by the same passions and obsessions of mine…. I’ve been on a mission for the past few years to find historical depictions of […]
Thoughts on Gender, Sexism and Game Development
Aspiring game designer Mohini Dutta wonders in a thoughtful post: “Can there be more commercially viable game genres than the ones “aimed at teenage boys”, and can commercial game culture ever truly embrace diversity? Will GameLand ever truly want me?” Game designer Elizabeth Sampat responds.
Two Bookish Items
Sherwood Smith over at Book View Cafe has some interesting stories and opinions about writing groups, while Robert J. Sawyer has posted the opening chapters of his new book, Triggers.
10 Things About Godzilla
At the Criterion Collection blog, Curtis Tsui shares, “10 Things I learned About Godzilla.” My favorite involves sugar wafers. (via Kaijucast)
Looking Back on Shirley Jackson
Kyla Ward looks back on the work of writer and horror icon, as author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson, in an issue of Tabula Rasa from 1995. “To say Shirley Jackson is a psychological novelist, and that the horror in her stories […]
The Cultural Gutter 