{"id":6942,"date":"2010-03-21T03:07:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T02:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=6942"},"modified":"2012-11-11T02:33:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T02:33:57","slug":"weekend-links-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2010\/03\/21\/weekend-links-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend links #7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/bibliopoesy\/kosher.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/kosher.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/bibliopoesy\/kosher.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals<\/a> by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (and sporting my design inside and out) is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffvandermeer.com\/2010\/03\/17\/the-kosher-guide-to-imaginary-animals-its-here\/\" target=\"_blank\">in print.<\/a> The grotesque creatures on the jacket and inside are from a celebrated set of prints by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spamula.net\/blog\/2007\/05\/arent_van_bolten.html\" target=\"_blank\">Arent van Bolten<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 More VanderMeeria: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/bibliopoesy\/finch.html\" target=\"_blank\">my cover<\/a> for Jeff&#8217;s novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.underlandpress.com\/book_detail.cfm?RecordID=1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Finch<\/em><\/a> continues to garner attention. Artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpicacio.com\/blog.html\" target=\"_blank\">John Picacio<\/a> selected it as part of his contribution to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2010\/03\/mind-meld-recent-sffh-book-covers-that-blow-us-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">this discussion<\/a> of genre cover designs (thanks John) and <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5498125\/book-artists-and-designers-pick-their-favorite-recent-covers\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\">io9 followed up<\/a> by choosing it from SF Signal&#8217;s selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Graphic design: the <a href=\"http:\/\/bibliodyssey.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/ballets-russes.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ballets Russes<\/a> at BibliOdyssey; Julian Montague&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/wildlife-incursions-into-modern-cover.html\" target=\"_blank\">books from an invented intellectual history<\/a>&#8221; at A Journey Round My Skull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensnakesandstalkers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Women, Snakes and Stalkers<\/a>, book covers from the PK (Indo-Iranian languages and literatures) section of the University of Chicago&#8217;s Regenstein library (also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/quinnanya\/sets\/72157622500568106\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>); I want this book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designtaxi.com\/article.php?article_id=100368\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Arabesque \u2013 Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Photography: Richard Davies&#8217; documenting of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richarddavies.co.uk\/woodenchurches\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia&#8217;s wooden churches<\/a>; Dave Walsh&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davewalshphoto.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/fata-morgana.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>fata morgana<\/em> mirages<\/a> in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Illustration: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sci-fi-o-rama.com\/2010\/03\/18\/jacob-escobedo-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Escobedo<\/a> at Sci-Fi-O-Rama; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahlonblaine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mahlon Blaine<\/a> reprinted.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The gays: Oliver Frey (aka Zack) has originals of his <a href=\"http:\/\/zack-art.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">erotic art<\/a> for sale; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themaleform.net\/100.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>100<\/em><\/a> is the third book of erotic portraits from photographer Dylan Rosser.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silent-porn-star.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Silent Porn Star<\/a> is back. Related: Susie Bright <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2010\/mar\/17\/sexual-expression-freedom-literature\" target=\"_blank\">praises sexual expression<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Libel Reform Campaign is trying to reform England&#8217;s egregious libel laws. Sign their petition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libelreform.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 RIP: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/theguardian\/2010\/mar\/16\/victor-arwas-obituary\" target=\"_blank\">Victor Arwas<\/a>, art collector, writer and scholar; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2010\/mar\/18\/alex-chilton-obituary\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Chilton<\/a>, musician and record producer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/a_record_sleeve_that_transforms_into_a_record_player__16204.asp\" target=\"_blank\">record sleeve that&#8217;s also the record player<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Song of the week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MnqW7hgm_Jw&amp;NR=1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Guess I Was Dreaming<\/em><\/a> by The Fairytale (1967).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (and sporting my design inside and out) is now in print. The grotesque creatures on the jacket and inside are from a celebrated set of prints by Arent van Bolten. \u2022 More VanderMeeria: my cover for Jeff&#8217;s novel Finch continues to garner attention. Artist &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2010\/03\/21\/weekend-links-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekend links #7&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,42,4,21,5,48,3,12,14,17,20,23],"tags":[1041,1111,949,1113,1100,1042,1103,1107,1104,142,1112,1101,1106,518,1102,1105,1108,1333,1109,1110,1643],"class_list":["post-6942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-books","category-design","category-fantasy","category-gay","category-illustrators","category-music","category-photography","category-politics","category-psychedelia","category-science-fiction","category-work","tag-a-journey-round-my-skull","tag-alex-chilton","tag-ann-vandermeer","tag-arent-van-bolten","tag-ballets-russes","tag-bibliodyssey","tag-dave-walsh","tag-dylan-rosser","tag-jacob-escobedo","tag-jeff-vandermeer","tag-john-picacio","tag-julian-montague","tag-mahlon-blaine","tag-oliver-frey","tag-richard-davies","tag-sci-fi-o-rama","tag-silent-porn-star","tag-stalker","tag-susie-bright","tag-victor-arwas","tag-zack"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pq7rV-1NY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}