I'm back from WorldCon and here is our weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with WorldCon 75, the Hugo Awards, dystopian fiction, urban fantasy, Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury as well as the usual mix of awards news, writing advice, interviews, reviews, awards news, con reports, crowdfunding campaigns, science articles and free online fiction.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Jeff Somers shares ten SFF works inspired by classic literature.
- Victor Milan shares five genre novels in danger of being forgotten.
- Steve J. Wright shares five different genre novels in danger of being forgotten.
- Lish McBride shares her favourite whimsical SFF novels.
- James Davis Nicoll shares twenty works of young adult speculative fiction every true fan should have read.
- Katherine D.M. Clover talks about inflation in the world of Harry Potter.
- Camestros Felapton offers a handy primer about which materials designate fantasy, science fiction and their various subgenres.
- Sam Reader shares his favourite freaky fungi in SFF.
- Nancy Kress discusses the science in science fiction.
- A.E. Ash talks about science fiction romance.
- Doris V. Sutherland discusses Blood Price by Tanya Huff and how it created the urban fantasy genre as we know it.
- K.M. Carroll shares fourteen things she learned from urban fantasy.
- John Scalzi explains why the current political situation makes it hard to write science fiction.
- Yvonne Shiau takes a look at the history of dystopian fiction.
- Kristopher Jasma reports about an unfinished novel by Octavia E. Butler found among her papers.
- Anna Sheffer takes a look at the epilogue of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
- Margaret Atwood shares her appreciation for Ray Bradbury.
- Colin Marshall reveals the true meaning of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 according to the man himself.
- Benjamin Lee calls Marjorie Prime a poignant and melancholy science fiction film.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts about the science fiction TV series Killjoys.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2017 Hugo Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2017 Tähtifantasia Award has been announced.
- The winner of the 2017 Diana Jones Award has been announced.
- Nicholas Whyte discusses his work as the 2017 Hugo Awards administrator.
- Joel Cunningham points out that women dominated the 2017 Hugo Awards.
- Torsten Adair discusses the 2017 Hugo Awards with a particular focus on the graphic story category.
- Steve J. Wright shares his analysis of the 2017 Hugo Awards.
- Camestros Felapton analyses the 2017 Hugo statistics in a three part post and also tracks the impact of the new EPH nomination system.
- Camestros Felapton also shares some ideas for fixing the Dragon Awards.
Reports about WorldCon 75:
- Plenty of recordings of panels, the Hugo ceremony, the Masquerade and other events at WorldCon 75 in Helsinki, Finland, are available at the official WorldCon 75 YouTube channel, including two recorded panels involving yours truly.
- Kyuu Eturautti, who was the head of the IT department at WorldCon 75, discusses his experiences.
- Daniel Dern shares his photos of WorldCon 75.
- Mike Glyer shares plenty of tweets and photos of day 2 of WorldCon 75.
- Mike Glyer shares plenty of tweets and photos of day 3 of WorldCon 75.
- Mike Glyer shares photos of the Masquerade at WorldCon 75 as well as a list of the winners.
- Mike Glyer reports about the closing ceremony of WorldCon 75 and that it was the second biggest WorldCon ever.
- Mike Glyer shares some photos of the Rotsler Award exhibit at WorldCon 75.
- Milla Peltonen shares a video of her experiences at WorldCon 75.
- Cora Buhlert shares a video of her experiences at WorldCon 75.
- Ralf Holm shares a video slide show assembled from his photos of WorldCon 75.
- Hampus Eckerman shares a video of his Halloween Exhibit that was displayed at WorldCon 75.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- A.E. Ash talks about her inspirations and influences.
- Sandy Peckinpah implores people to stop avoiding their creative destiny.
- Kelley Armstrong talks about discovering your writing tribe.
- Cat Rambo talks about the history of the SFWA and its relationship to independent writers.
- Johnny B. Truant shares five ways a book cover could hurt sales and how to fix it.
Interviews:
- Lisa Spangenberg interviews Melinda Snodgrass.
- Joel Cunningham interviews N.K. Jemisin.
- John Valeri interviews Kelley Armstrong.
- Michele Tracy Berger interviews Tonya Liburd.
- Alasdair Shaw interviews Benjamin Douglas.
- Ceridwen Christensen interviews David Williams.
- Jeffrey Bardwell interviews Andy Peloquin.
- Andrea Johnson interviews Allison Mills.
- Kim Renfro interviews Conleth Hill, the actor who plays Varys in Game of Thrones.
Reviews:
- Ceridwen Christensen reviews The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin.
- Rob Bedford reviews At the Table of Wolves by Kay Kenyon.
- Alex Brown reviews The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy.
- Shana DuBois reviews Starfire: A Red Peace by Spencer Ellsworth.
- Liz Bourke reviews Vanguard by Jack Campbell.
- Kelly Anderson reviews Blackthorne by Stina Leicht.
- Nicole Hill reviews An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington.
- Brit Mandelo reviews In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan.
- Keeper of Pages reviews Lost Boy by Christina Henry.
- Russell Letson reviews Mormama by Kit Reed.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Bone White by Ronald Malfi.
- Tim Scheidler reviews Wearing the Cape by Marion C. Harmon.
Other con reports:
- John Hertz reports about Westercon 70 in Tempe, Arizona, and shares some photos.
- SpecPo reports about the poetry thunderdome at Armadillocon in Austin, Texas.
- Clara Mae reports about the ID10T music and comics festival in Mountain View, California.
- Mark L. Blackman reports about the latest edition of the Fantastic Fiction Readings Series in New York City, featuring Gregory Frost and Rajan Khanna.
- Ruben Alcaraz shares a video of St. Louis Comic Con in St. Louis, Missouri.
Crowdfunding:
- The Planetary Society is looking for funding for its LightSail project.
- Scholar Kenneth James is looking for funding to edit and publish Autumnal City: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany.
- Buy a book of Paul Weimer's photos and donate to the Down Under Fan Fund.
Science and technology:
- Genetically modified pigs may help to combat the scarcity of donor organs.
- Is there a giant planet lurking behind Pluto?
Free online fiction:
- "A Citizen in Childhood's Country" by Seanan McGuire in Lightspeed.
- "Skinny Charlie's Orbiting Teepee" by Pamela Rentz in Apex Magazine.
- "I Built This City For You" by Cassandra Khaw in Uncanny.
- "Uncanny Valley" by Greg Egan at Tor.com.
- "An Inflexible Truth" by Christopher East in Lightspeed.
Odds and ends:
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