Summer conventions are in full swing, and there is plenty of news being thrown around. I managed to wrangle in a few of the more interesting articles for your consumption. In the coming weeks, if you find something interesting you think everyone should read, drop me a line via the contact form and let me know, or just post it below. Let’s get started:

1) Jim Butcher Interviews Patrick Rothfuss: Is this some sick joke Suvudu is playing on me? Get out of my head. My fanboy level nearly reached critical mass when I spotted this.

fantasy book reviews science fiction book reviews2) Lev Grossman Interview at the Onion AV Club: Lev gives good interview. A very intelligent guy, and always a pleasure to hear from.

3) 10 Places to Buy SFF Art: Io9 put together a handy list of places you can buy genre art.

4) The Cruelest Hoax: There are instances when I would support reimplementing medieval justice. This is one of them.

5) World War Z Set Photos: A little sneak peak at the set of World War Z.

6) Vonnegut Library Gets Around Stupid School that Banned Slaughterhouse 5: This makes me proud to live in Indiana where the fairly new Vonnegut Library is located.

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  • Justin Blazier

    JUSTIN BLAZIER (on FanLit's staff since September 2009) is a Cyber-Security Analyst/Network Engineer located in Northern Kentucky. Like many fantasy enthusiasts, Justin cut his teeth on authors like Tolkien, Anthony, and Lewis. Due to lack of space, his small public library would often give him their donated SFF books. When he is not reading books he is likely playing board games or Tabletop RPGs. Justin lives in a quiet neighborhood with his wife, their daughter, and Norman the dog.