Around the Web

November 8, 2013 at 12:05 am | Posted in Books, Conventions, Episode VII, Events, Fantasy, Interview, JJ Abrams, Movies, News, Star Wars, Star Wars News | Leave a comment
Tags: aaron allston, christie golden, Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, james arnold taylor, john jackson miller, kevin hearne, kevin j. anderson, martha wells, michael a. stackpole, r.a. salvatore, robocop, sean williams, shattered, ships of the air, tiny death star, Troy Denning, twinmaker

Here’s this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars news and beyond.

Books

• For Kevin Hearne fans, Shattered will be out June 17, 2014.
• Martha Wells has an old novella “Holy Places” that is now available as an eBook via Lightspeed Magazine.
• Also out from Martha Wells is the audiobook version of Ships of the Air.

Conventions/Events

• Blizzcon is in Anaheim, CA for November 8th and 9th. Star Wars author Christie Golden will be there (click here for her schedule).
• Windycon 40 runs this weekend from November 8-10 in Lombard, IL. Star Wars author John Jackson Miller will be there (you can find his complete schedule here).
• Falkon is this weekend in Lublin, Poland. Star Wars author Kevin J. Anderson will be there.
• Next Sunday Star Wars author Troy Denning will be in Seattle for a Forgotten Realms panel and signing at the Northgate Barnes & Noble at 7:00 PM. Fellow authors R.A. Salvatore, Ed Greenwood and Erin M. Evans will also be there.

Interviews

• Star Wars author Michael A. Stackpole kicks off a new podcast by interviewing fellow Star Wars author Aaron Allston. Click here to listen.
• FANgirl Blog posted a nice interview with Star Wars: The Clone Wars voice actor James Arnold Taylor.
• Multiversity Comics has an interview with Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman that you can listen to here.
• Novels On the Run has an interview with author Sean Williams on his latest book Twinmaker.

Star Wars Episode VII

• J.J. Abrams talks a little bit about Arndt leaving with Deadline Hollywood.
• Club Jade catches an open casting call for US locations. This is on top of the UK casting call reported by Jedi News.
• And of course, there’s the official release date for Star Wars Episode VII via StarWars.com.

Video Games

• Star Wars: Tiny Death Star is out now for mobile devices.

Videos

• Allen Shepherd posted some nice video coverage from Rhode Island Comic Con.

• Ever wonder what a Nintendo version of Star Wars would look like?

• And last but not least, Robocop has a new trailer…and it looks really good.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.