Adrian Tchaikovsky plans to scorch epic fantasy’s rolling hills and verdant forests, joining other restless fantasy writers in a revolt against the eternal Middle England of Middle Earth: “In traditional epic fantasy, nothing ever changes. The only person trying to alter the world is the Dark Lord, and […]
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).
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 […]
Sci-fi author Rudy Rucker has been busy, with four books that have come out in the last year or so. I’ve just finished reading his autobiography, Nested Scrolls, and it’s hilarious, insightful, and just about as science-fictional as his novels. You really can’t go wrong with Rucker’s books.
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.
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.
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