SF Tidbits for 2/16/09

By John DeNardo | Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 12:08 am

Interviews & Profiles:
- At the Denver Decider, Cat Rambo interviews Dan Simmons, author of Drood: “Almost every writer that wants a rewarding career, in terms of money and status and number of readers, finally finds a certain genre or certain style that he or she sticks with until reaching a critical mass of readership. And I’ve violated this from the get-go.”
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing podcast-interviews Lou Anders and Joseph Mallozzi.
- Nick Gevers is interviewing the creators and editors of Short Fiction. First up: Jonathan Strahan (Eclipse Two)
Sarah Monette talks about writing and experience: “Our childhood experience informs what we write. It does not have to be our subject matter.”
Over at Book View Cafe, Vonda N. McIntyre talks about writing Star Trek Novels: “…the only drawback was that some of my colleagues took exception to my polluting my precious bodily fluids with evil tie-in novels.”
Liz Williams has a new website.
Karen Burnham picks the Hugos. Note to voters: nominations are due February 28th!
Technology book publisher Tim O’Reilly on Science Fiction: “A truly cultured person appreciates what has really shaped his world view, and uses literature and the arts as a tool to get more out of life.”
Awesome art: “The Ash Tree” by Mike Nash. [via Illustration News Portal]
SF Site lists The Best Reads of the Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Editors’ Choice).

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