SF Tidbits for 4/16/09

• Michael Chabon is working on the screenplay for John Carter of Mars. [via Chris Roberson and Geeks of Doom]
• RIP: Sad News…Derek Weiler, editor of the Quill & Quire, passed away on April 12th at age 40. Weiler was active in the Canadian science fiction community. [via SciFi Watch]
• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @The Nebula Awards website: Gregory Benford.
  • @SF Scope: James Enge.
  • PYR’s Lou Anders on the Agony Column podcast. [via Enter the Octopus]
  • Omnivoracious profiles Philip K. Dick Award winner, David Walton.
  • John Kessel interviews James Patrick Kelly(Part Two).
• AWARDS: Nominees for The Shirley Jackson Awards. [via Forbidden Planet International and Jeff VanderMmeer]
• Justina Robson tells us what fantasy is about.
• Nancy Kress fights piracy.
• Alastair Reynolds’ upcoming book, Terminal World, is described as a “snarling, drooling, crazy-eyed mongrel of a book: equal parts steampunk, western, planetary romance and far-future SF.”
• Self-Publishing in a nutshell: Self-Publishing Not Necessarily a Bowl of Cherries.
• Where authors get their ideas.
• Jay Lake visits the offices of Chinese sf magazine Science Fiction World .
• Free Fiction: The latest StarShipSofa podcast features fiction from James Lovegrove.
• For your listening enjoyment, John Anealio of Sci Fi Songs offers “Summer Glau: The Remix (Part 3)“
• Wooden Sci-Fi Sculptures Make Great Geek Art [via One Plus Infinity which also offers Fighting Monkey Robots].
• Lists:
  • @Topless Robot: The 8 Reasons Everyone Should Be Glad Doctor Who Isn’t an American
  • io9 lists The Mad Mentalists of Pre-Golden-Age SF and 10 Science Fiction Stories About The Titanic.
  • @Mania.com: The Top 20 Greatest Fantasy Writers of All-Time. [via Eos Tweet]

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