Shifty Quick

Rachel Vincent has the cover for Shift posted on her forum. I did have it posted here, but after seeing that it was posted on the forum, I didn’t really read anything else and just grabbed the image. So you’ll have to wait for a bit more before I can share it unless you’re a forum member. This is the fifth book in the Werecat series and I can’t wait for it to come out next year.

Gotta love my husband.  He found this article, Mathematical Model for Surviving a Zombie Attack, for me via Slashdot.  Granted, their solution to fending off a zombie is the obvious “hit hard and hit often”, but anyone reading UF/Horror would already know that.

Have you been waiting for the next Chloe Neill novel, Friday Night Bites?  Well, you won’t have much longer to wait since it’ll be out October 6th. Chloe Neill has also revealed the titles for the next two Chicagoland Vampire novels – Twice Bitten and Hard Bitten.  Twice Bitten will be released July 2010 and Hard Bitten will be out later in the fall of 2010.  However, before both of those, we have Chloe’s first YA novel, Firespell, out January 5, 2010.

Interviews:

• Jeaniene Frost, author of Destined for an Early Grave, by Pop Syndicate about Myth, Magic and Media
• Laura Anne Gilman, author of Flesh and Fire, by John Ottinger from Grasping for the Wind.

SciFiGuy has another great Weekend Report, with lots of information.  I don’t want to repeat a lot of it since I know everyone reads him as well.  So if you don’t, get over there.

I’m not sure how accurate this is, but I’ve been seeing it all over the place.  It appears that Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to play Anne Rice’s Lestat.  There’s only one article everyone is talking about, the news was posted first on Bloody Disgusting, so I’m not sure how accurate it is. However, the buzz is that Bloody Disgusting is generally pretty spot on.  I’m a fan of Robert Downey Jr. (did anyone else see him play Charlie Chaplin???), so I’m hoping this rings true.  However, I haven’t heard which Rice novel is getting adapted to the film.  One thing, don’t get your hopes up too high.  If it’s true, the movie isn’t going to be made anytime before 2012.  Downey has 6 different movies in either the announced, pre-production or post-production stage.  He’s a busy man right now.

Shiloh Walker is looking for some help.  She’s wondering if there’s a character from her Hunter series that hasn’t had a book yet and you really want there to be one.  If there is, head over and let her know.

Bitten by Books has reviewer spots open.  If you’ve ever wanted to start reviewing books for a great site, you should check out BBB.

Karen Marie Moning has posted an excerpt for Dreamfever.  Fair warning, it’s an audio excerpt.

Contests:

• Graeme’s Fantasy reviews is giving away a copy of the anthology Strange Brew.  Contest ends August 23rd.
• Darque Reviews is giving away two copies of The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker. Contest ends August 25th.
• Alexandra Ivy is giving away an ARC for Darkness Unleashed. Contest ends tomorrow, August 18th.
• Amberkatze Reviews has posted about her August giveaway.  Contest ends on August 31st and the prize is by voting only.
• Jocelynn Drake is giving away a copy of Prey by Rachel Vincent.  Contest ends August 23rd.
• SciFiGuy has a few other contests over at his Weekend Report.