Links from the web jungle
WEB OF INTEREST –>
– School Library Journal on the Harper Collins vs. libraries e-book kerfuffle
– Peter Jackson shares tantalizing video from the set of The Hobbit
– In honor of National Poetry Month, MediaBistro unearthed a reading of Roald Dahl‘s Cinderella (from Revolting Rhymes):
<– AUTHOR TALK
– Gail Carriger shares her favorite sources for Victorian London and steampunk research
– Holly Black on her curse workers series and diversity
– Richelle Mead reveals some details about her upcoming Vampire Academy spin-off series, Bloodlines
– Aimee Carter, author of The Goddess Test, explains why Hades wasn’t so bad
– Deanna Raybourn‘s take on the new Wonder Woman
– Plus some of her favorite sources for Victoriana and poisons research
– Catherynne M. Valente on Russian Myth and Folklore
WEB READS –>
– Read an excerpt from Divergent, Veronica Roth‘s upcoming (and much buzzed) dystopian YA
– Ilona Andrews gives us a snippet from her upcoming book, Fate’s Edge (The Edge #3)
– Check out an excerpt from Blood Magic, a paranormal YA from Tessa Gratton
– Tor.com has Kim Stanley Robinson’s dystopian SF short, The Lunatics, up for our reading pleasure
– A short by Cory Doctorow,Chicken Little, is also up on Tor.com – this story was originally printed in Gateways, an anthology of original stories inspired by science fiction great Frederik Pohl
– A peek at The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross
– Read the first two chapters of Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society #2) by Ally Carter (you just have to scroll down a bit)
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