Our weekly trundle through the blogosphere
<–BLOG SMART
– One teacher’s story of fighting book censorship and how it ruined her career
– The ACLU reads science fiction to prepare for the legal battles of tomorrow
– A smidgen of controversy surrounding Neil Gaiman – Debbie Reese called out Neil on something he said during a 2008 interview, Neil responds on his blog.
AUTHOR TALK –>
– Ilona Andrews‘ take on a school banning Richelle Mead’s books before she’s even written them
– Guillermo del Torro on the culture significance of monsters, the vampire trend, and more
– Cherie Priest explains how pornography and war helped birth her steampunk world
– Scott Westerfeld on his Istanbul clankers
– Maria V. Snyder talks about the weather
<–WEB READS
– Chapter three of A Glimpse of Darkness by Lucy A. Snyder is up
– River of Souls by Beth Bernobich – a short short at Tor.com, introducing a new author
– The Cage by A.M. Dellamonica – another short story at Tor.com introducing another new author
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