October 2011
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Morning Link Roundup: The Halloween-ish Edition
Sound of Young America interviews Riverhead author Jeanne Darst about fiction ruining her family
Tor.com has a free short horror story by Cherie Priest called Wishbones
WBUR’s On Point talks about the revival of horror radio, only this time it’s podcasts who are broadcasting
Author Mona Simpson eulogizes her brother, Steve Jobs
NPR picks Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book for...
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“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after...”
– Neil Gaiman (via martinaboone)
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Morning Link Roundup
Slate’s Browbeat explores the enduring appeal of Dazed and Confused
The Mary Sue recommends 30 spooky tales for Halloween
Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham’s Quarterly, discusses utopias and dystopias with ABC Radio National’s Book Show. The journal’s latest issue is about The Future
The Rumpus interviews Steve Almond for his new short story collection
Bookrageous talks...
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“Am I going to give up following the NFL? Am I going to give up listening to...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, journalist David Carr talks about how social media has changed his productivity. (via nprfreshair)
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Morning Link Roundup
KCRW’s The Treatment talks to J.C. Chandler about his new movie, Margin Call, a film that depicts the early days of the 2008 financial crisis
The Contextual Life asks, “What is Dark Fantasy?”, and lists some book suggestions for Halloween
Lifehacker has some tips on how you can return anything without a receipt
Roz Chast talks to Brian Lehrer about her new book of comics,...
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Morning Link Roundup
NPR’s Talk of the Nation speaks with Guillermo del Toro about his obsession with monsters
Over at Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing, author KV Johansen tells writers of epic fantasy 5 things they should never do in their stories
SF Signal asks a panel of experts which mainstream authors they’d like to see write genre fiction
The New York Times asks their panel of experts if Amazon...
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WatchMourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side) by Spike Jonze
Designer Olympia Le-Tan’s embroidered clutch-bags spring to life in director Spike Jonze’s tragicomic stop-motion animation Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side). On a shelf in famed Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, the star-crossed love story of a klutzy skeleton and his flame-haired amour plays out amidst Le-Tan’s...
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WatchWhy Fantasy Matters
Acclaimed authors Kelly Link, Felix Gilman, Naomi Novik, and Lev Grossman take a look at why fantasy matters in our lives and imaginations. This panel, moderated by Laura Miller, will dive into the genre and go beyond the subject of elves and wizards.
via Center for Fiction
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Audio for Terry’s interview with...
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Morning Link Roundup
Tor.com lists their Top Ten Geek Girl site
The AV Club interviews electronic music extraordinaire DJ Shadow
The Arts Desk speaks with Claire Tomalin about Charles Dickens
Slate’s Double X Gabfest discusses twentysomethings and the recession, the Jill Abramson profile in The New Yorker, and GOP wives
Swiss Miss makes sure all art-junkies know about these Pantone Christmas ornaments
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Morning Link Roundup
How Zombies and Superheroes Conquered Highbrow Fiction via The Atlantic
Adam Thorpe’s top 10 English translations via The Guardian
Lovecraft, Asimov, GRRM, Heinlein & More: Painting SFF Writers via Tor.com
Biophilia: Bjork Visualizes Music via NPR’s All Songs Considered
Comic Book Resources interviews Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston about being embodied in Batman: Year One
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