This week, the holiday took a lot more out of me than I expected it to, so I didn’t get as much writing done as I’d hoped to. However, I did read a great novel (An Oath of Dogs by Wendy N. Wagner), and after a few days of relative restfulness I’m feeling recharged and ready to make some real progress on some things in the coming week.
I finally got another Gormenghast post out the other night, covering Titus Groan Chapters 22-26, which was less than I’d hoped to get to this week. I’ve already finished reading for the next post in the series, though, which should be out tomorrow, and I’ve begun reading past that with the goal of getting back on track with two or three Gormenghast posts a week. I’ve got two more Gormenghast novels and a biography of Mervyn Peake to get through before I can move on to what is likely to be my next Let’s Read project: Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun. Realistically, I expect Gormenghast to take most of the rest of 2017 to finish, but I’m already slightly excited about what’s next.
ICYMI, I’m giving away a copy of The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis.
Next up on my reading list is Issue 17 of Uncanny Magazine. The first half of the issue content is free online already, but it’s never a bad time to just subscribe to the publication.
After that, I’ll be reading the new issue of FIYAH, built around the theme of “Sundown Towns.” Look at that gorgeous cover by the wonderful Geneva Benton, listen to the awesome Issue Three playlist, and don’t forget to buy the issue (and maybe a poster or mug or beach towel).
There’s change afoot at Fireside Magazine, where Brian J. White is stepping down. It’s still going to be awesome though, and for just $2/month, you can get a convenient monthly ebook of Fireside content.
The 2017 Chesley Award winners were announced.
Tor.com’s fall lineup is going to be amazing.
Also at Tor.com, all the book releases you should be looking for in July:
The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy blog has their own list of the best new releases coming out this month.
Also, also at Tor.com, a nostalgia rewatch of The Craft.
Junot Diaz interviewed Margaret Atwood about The Handmaid’s Tale.
Ava DuVernay is bringing the story of the Central Park Five to Netflix.
I laughed far too hard at “Indiana Jones and the Lobby of Hobby,” but we all, frankly, need every laugh we can get these days.
Wendy N. Wagner wrote about her Favorite Bit of An Oath of Dogs.
And Sarah Kuhn talked about her Favorite Bit of her second book, Heroine Worship.
At the Book Smugglers, Kuhn wrote some more about writing a sequel (with a giveaway).
The Book Smugglers also revealed the cover for the next installment in their Gods & Monsters line of short fiction: “A Question of Faith” by Tonya Liburd.
Sarah Gailey wrote about bread and circuses for B&N.
Fantasy Faction interviewed Auntie Fox (aka Adele Wearing) from Fox Spirit Books.
Of all the weird places to find compelling sci-fi, check out “17776” by Jon Bois at SBNation.
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