Book News: November 2nd, 2012

Here’s my roundup of book news (and other fun stuff) around the web for the week! Sometimes I add stuff throughout the day on Friday, so be sure you check back over the weekend too!

Interviews and more:

• Publisher’s Weekly tells us why Frankenstein is the best horror novel ever.
• There’s a brand new feature at SF Signal, by brand new contributer Carrie Cuinn , and it’s about comics, so go check it out!
• N.K. Jemison is on SF Signal talking about AFTER: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
• Chris F. Holm, author of the Dead Harvest and The Wrong Goodbye, is interviewed at The Functional Nerds
• Adam Connell is giving away 50 copies of his new sci-fi novel Total Secession at LibraryThing, so head on over!
• New Talent November is underway at Crime Fiction Lover, so be sure to check it out!
• Helen Lowe chats with Adam Christopher at SF Signal
• Publisher’s Weekly just announced their list of Best SF/Fantasy for 2012 (Pssst: The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett is on there)

News:

• Penguin and Random House are indeed joining forces! Here’s the scoop!
• Are you a writer? WANT to be a writer? November is the month: NaNoWriMo is on! Author Stephen Blackmoore has a few NaNoWriMo Tips for you as well.
• It’s time for the 2012 GoodReads Choice Awards, so go vote for your favorite books!
• Head over to Strange Horizons and donate, and while you’re there, check out their look back at authors “way back when”.
• Check out the November 2012 Edition of The Big Thrill for tons of titles that are coming out this month!
• Did you know that Prometheus Books (Pyr) has launched a new Mystery/Suspense imprint, Seventh Street Books?
• Love comics? Love Eric Powell’s “The Goon”? You can help him bring The Goon to the big screen!

Excerpts and such:

• Did you know that RL Stine published a story on Twitter? He did, and you can read the entire thing at GalleyCat!
• You may read an excerpt of RENEGADE by JA Souders at Tor.com
• Read an excerpt of ALTERED by Jennifer Rush

Fun stuff (some book-related, some not):

• Flavorwire has your essential stormy weather reading list
• What does your favorite scary movie say about you? (via Flavorwire)
• Behold the most unforgettable zombie apocalypses in TV history (via Flavorwire)
• Flavorwire’s 50 Essential Horror Films: Part 5-The Final Countdown (see Flavorwire.com or previous Book News posts for parts 1-4)