SF Tidbits for 4/9/09

• Interviews and Profiles
  • At Tor.com, John Joseph profiles Andrew Swann, author of Prophets.
  • Omnivoracious interviews David Moody, author of Hater.
  • Tor.com interviews Robert J. Sawyer, author of WWW: Wake.
  • @Whatever: Kaza Kingsley, author of Erec Rex.
  • The New York Times profiles Margaret Atwood.
  • Pop Matters profiles Samuel R. Delany.
  • Artist Maurizio Manzieri interviews Stephan Martiniere.
• The World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) has announced a contest for a design for an official logo for the Hugo Awards.
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
  • @FeedBooks: “Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates (1940). Nice notification, Google Reader!
  • @Kat and Mouse: “Easy Money – Part Fourteen” by Abner Senires.
  • @DriveThruRPG: Little Girl Lost by Lee F. Szczepanik, Jr (free registration required).
  • The latest issue of AntipodeanSF is up with fiction by S. A. Harris, Steve Duffy, Alan Baxter, Jamie Richter, Shaun A. Saunders, Mark Farrugia, Felicity Dowker, Alan Richard, David Such, and Brendan D. Carson. [via Beam Me Up]
  • Aphelion has its latest issue of free SF and Fantasy out with fiction by Patrick Welch, Jeani Rector, Coffee Anderson, Jaimie L. Elliott, Richard Tornello, Gary W. Feather, E. W. Bonadio, Lee Gimenez, Tony Coles, Matt Spencer, Dale Carothers, McCamy Taylor and Larissa March.
  • Audio Fiction @StarShipSofa: “Standing Room Only” by Karen Joy Fowler.
  • @Lone Star Stories:
    • “People, Unnoticed” by Patricia Russo.
    • “Off the Path” by Nicole Kornher-Stace.
    • “Gone Daddy Gone” by Josh Rountree.
  • @Dargonzine:
    • “Are There Dragons?” by Rena Deutsch and Jim Owens.
    • “News of Import” by Claudia Ryan.
• Free Non-Fiction: ManyBooks.net offers Out of This World Convention by Forrest James Ackerman, from 1957.
• Event: Forbidden Planet welcomes China Miéville to their London store on Thursday 30th April.
• Author Stephen Gaskell now has a website.
• Andrew Wheeler lists the Eisner Award Nominees.
• Meanwhile, File 770 lists 2009 Constellation Award Nominees
• VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) has released their (PDF) list of the best sci fi, fantasy and horror for teens in 2008. [via Kids Lit]

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