June 17, 2010 Links and Plugs

No home Internet due to renovations.

Interviews

• Kelly Link interviews N.K. Jemisin.
  
• BookBanter interviews Cory Doctorow (podcast).
  
• Angela Slatter interviews Deborah Biancotti.
  

Advice/Articles

• Matt Staggs on Is Sword & Sorcery Ready for a Comeback?
• Shawn Speakman on My Top 5 Nostalgic Books.
• The Onion on 'Minotaurs The New Vampires' Says Publishing Executive Desperate To Find New Vampires. (via Paula Guran)
• Rachelle Gardner on Write from Your Heart? or Follow Trends?
  
• Marie Brennaon on The Monstrous Feminine.
• Janice Hardy on Simple Things Can Do A Lot.
• John Scalzi on Which Eighties Sci-fi Flicks Deserve the Karate Kid Treatment? A Year-by-Year Breakdown.
  

News

• Paul di Filippo reviews Hack the Planet.
• RIP Al Williamson, 1931-2010.

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