February 24, 2009 Links and Plugs

No relation at all to speculative fiction but have you seen these Chinese McGyver commercials?

• Richard Dansky interviews Paul S. Kemp.
• John Joseph Adams is soliciting recommendations of Sherlock Holmes stories in his upcoming anthology The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Editorial Anonymous has a series of blog entries entitled Definitions for the Perplexed that tackles publishing terms.
• Judith Berman on Homeless Cinderella, Murdered Toad Kids, and Other Non-Western Non-Archetypes.
• Jonathan Strahan On the Hugos...
• Gary Westfahl on Why Science Fiction So Often Fails to Predict the Future.
• Brian Knight on writing Just for Fun.
• Ruth Nestvold on “Male” Technology, Feminist Dystopias and the Promise of Cyberspace by Ruth Nestvold.
• Jessica Faust on Networking Through Submissions.
• All Book Marketing on Authors Exemplify Good Blogger Relations.
• The Book Publicity Blog on When to schedule bookstore events (and when not to).
• Speech given by Jason Epstein at the 2009 O'Reilly Tools Of Change for Publishing Conference.
• Booksquare on Ebook Pricing: Who Chooses?
• The Indie Store Finder is now updated.
• Janet Reid counters Edward Champion's challenge on industry practices.
• ‘Slumdog’ no hit with Rushdie.

And from Norilana:

A Cold Day in Hell by Ken Rand