Beloved author Tanith Lee has passed away:

• Obituary at The Telegraph
• Remembrances at io9 and at The Mary Sue
• A brief retrospective at Tor.com

Books:

John Scalzi signs $3.4 million book deal; far-right rival Vox Day crushed under 442 tons of sour grapes

ASOIAF has a rape problem

Maybe lengthy novels are required for the type of huge-scale worldbuilding that is currently popular?

Or not. Short novels can still contain vast universes.

A summer reading list for people who want to read diversely

If you care about diversity, this round table discussion is a great one to read for some perspective on what diversity even means

If you watch Game of Thrones, we also lost Maester Aemon this week: