The weekly web ramble (8/22)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

The 2014 Hugo Award winners

– An oldie but goodie: Foz Meadows explains why your default narrative settings are not apolitical

<– AUTHOR TALK

Kameron Hurley on how women have always fought

Kendare Blake shares three of the biggest overreactions in Greek mythology

Brandon Sanderson takes the ice bucket challenge

Corinne Duyvis on the insidious comfort of invisibility

WEB READS –>

Firefight

– Read the first twenty pages of Firefight by Brandon Sanderson

The Glass Sentence

– Check out the first twenty pages of The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove

Salt Storm

– Read an excerpt of Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper

The Doubt Factory

– Check out an excerpt from The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi