Shout-out & A Couple of (Not So) Lazy Links

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Recently, two new great blogs dedicated to the genres of fantasy and science fiction have come to see the light of day. They are called Blood of the Muse (link) and Speculative Fiction Junkie (link). I visit these two blogs regularly and both have a few quality reviews to offer and some other great content as well. Check them out!
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I've been a bit busy lately (still trying to put together something worth of the name diploma), so the content has been a little slow lately, but no worries, we've got a few reviews coming up shortly. I believe Blindman is posting a review of "Return of the Crimson Guard" by Ian C. Esslemont this weekend, which will be followed shortly by Trin's take on Catherynne M. Valente's "The Orphan's Tales" duology and my review of "The Last Realm: Dragonscarpe, Book One" by McNamara, Turner and Dutkiewitcz. In the last couple of days we've also recieved a review copy of Erikson's "Toll the Hounds" and Peter V. Brett's debut effort "The Painted Man", so these books will hopefully be reviewed shortly after that.

For now I'm giving you the taste of what's been going on otherwere:

• The Vandermeer couple are the editors of the forthcoming...wait for it...pirate-themed anthology "Fast Ships, Black Sails". Yeah, you heard that right. Check out the cover art, it's really great. Thanks to Larry.

• Check out this week's MIND MELD on SF Signal - some great authors were tackling worldbuilding.

• I'm really glad that there is someone who didn't like "The Ten Thousand" by Paul Kearny (my review), and it's none other than Aidan from A Dribble of Ink. Great review.

• Are all SFF Awards useless? Check out what Neth has to say about the Locus debacle...

• Were you aware of Fighting Fantasy books? I weren't. Check out what Thea and James have to say on the topic.

• The Dark Wolf reviewed Carlos Ruiz Zafon's "Shadow of the Wind".

• The review is a bit old, but check Temple Library Review's take on one of my favorite's - "The Left Hand of Darkness".

• Great review of Jim C. Hines' "Goblin Quest" can be found here.

• A true bitch-slap contest was going on between reputable John Scalzi and a fellow blogger, Johnatan McCalmont. Great entertainment and a valuable insight into the launcing of a brand new TOR site.

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That's all for now, have a great weekend!