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Female Characters:  Mad Max vs Game of Thrones

Smart Phone Apps Are Tracking You

Tolerance & Totalitarianism

Campus Rape Study:  Situation Worse than Originally Thought

ENTERTAINMENT

Tony C Smith Gives You Five Reasons To Read The Martian

RHPS 40th Anniversary  (I’m too old to do the Time Warp Agaaaaaaaain!  [It’s just a jump to the left!  Don’t fall to the right! Put your hands on your hips! Can’t bring my knees in tight But it’s the pelvic thrust that will really break your bones Please don’t make me do the Time Warp Again])

What Life On Mars Would Be Like

Ellison:  Still angry after all these years ooooo still angry after all these years (apologies to Paul Simon)

Con Man:  Tudyk, Fillon.

Scalzi offers ultimate Star Wars Faceoff on Sundance

SF Predictions, Pravda Style

Bill Nye Now on Netflix

INDUSTRY

Did GoT Feature One Rape Too Many?

A DUFF Sighting

Are We Living In the Wonder Woman Age?

SCIENCE

Quadruple Quasar Quandry

Diamandis Is Not Afraid of the Singularity

Solar Sail Test Launch

Ceres Base Lights Left On?

There’s More Life In the Sea Than You Can See, See?

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In This Issue:From the Desk of Clay and Susan Griffith | Spring Anime Preview | Del Rey on Spotify | 50 Page Fridays Recap
The Shadow Revolution

From the Desk of Clay and Susan GriffithDear Readers,

Do you prefer Captain America or the Avengers? Do you crave Batman or the Justice League? Okay, those aren’t really either/or questions. You can like both. We do. We’re Clay and Susan Griffith. We write fantasy-adventure novels with solo heroes as well as books with ensemble casts. They are both exciting, but we find writing an ensemble book presents unique challenges and special opportunities.

In an ensemble, all members of the group must contribute to the conclusion. This can be the hardest thing for a writer because it’s natural to like some characters more than others. You want your favorite characters to drive the story because you find them more interesting. When writing ensembles, however, you must fight that urge because that’s the way to end up with a book about Hero and friends rather than Team of Great Characters…

Read the rest of Clay and Susan’s letter >>

Spring Anime Preview

Looking for new shows to fall in love with? Interested in checking out some new anime, but unsure of where to start? Logan is here to help with her comprehensive spring preview of anime shows. Stylish battles, adorable romances, exiled princes, fabulous vampires, and body-swapping harems-Spring has it all!

Get the full rundown of spring anime shows >>

Join Del Rey on Spotify

We are often asked about what life at the Del Rey office is like, including the type of music we listen to while working on books. So, the Del Rey team decided to join Spotify and curate playlists for you based on what we’re jamming to that week.

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50 Page Fridays Recap
Each week we’re giving away the first 50 pages of an awesome Del Rey or Spectra book – for FREE!  Check out the titles we’ve premiered in the last month:
The Skull Throne
The Shadow Revolution
by Clay and Susan Griffith
Clash of Eagles
Heroes Die
by Matthew Woodring Stover
Altered Carbon
Uprooted
by Naomi Novik
SUVUDU Universe
Suvudu Universe

Are you a writer looking for more exposure for your blog or website? Or trying to find a platform to amplify your voice on all things SFF? Join the Suvudu Universe. You can hook up your existing site’s RSS feed, create a new blog just for us, or contribute straight through our dashboard.
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