I have recently ordered Alaya Johnson’s new book Moonshine, and there is a new book trailer circulating which is very cute and fun. Is it too soon to be excited that between this, and Libba Bray’s upcoming series, and the Speakeasy anthology coming out from TPP next year, we might have a different spec fic/historical movement on our hands? More 1920′s fantasy goodness please!

Grant Watson, aka  angriest has joined the podcast revolution! His Bad Film Diaries podcast has its first episode up. I always enjoy hearing Grant talk about films – his Bad Film Diaries column was my favourite thing about Borderlands, and I look forward to seeing how this podcast develops.

Also, you’ve all see the periodic table of women in SF literature, right? I saw the pdf printout and went ‘oh, cool’ but only just realised there’s also a great YouTube vid up which gives a little bit more context to those names, with book covers and a snappy beat, plus some funny commentary (James Tiptree Jr was a spy – not a guy!). Can I say how much I love that Diana Comet herself (heh well, Sandra McDonald cos apparently Diana Comet is a fictional character) does not present this as a periodic table of women in SF lit, but as “75 years of great writers” or “117 writers”? Yes, I would never have clicked on the link if someone hadn’t told me it was all about women, but I do kind of like that the gender aspect is not emphasised in the title. There’s also a meme going around – how many of the periodic table have you read?

Tags: bad fim diaries, book trailers, grant watson, linkage, podcasts, women in SF