SF Tidbits for 6/9/09

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • NextRead interviews author Mark Charan Newton (Nights of Villjamur)
  • Agony Column Podcast interviews Guillermo Del Toro (The Strain).
  • “If you want to learn how to write non-fiction, Orwell is your man.” So sez Guardian in their profile of George Orwell. [via Cynical-C]
  • Marty Halpern posted Part 3 of his profile of George Alec Effinger (A Thousand Deaths)
• Art Links:
  • Today’s Best Artist Hugo nominee sample at Tor.com: this free wallpaper from Donato Giancola. See also: Tor’s corresponding artist spotlight.
  • Meanwhile, John Picacio (another of Hugo nominee this year) shares his illustration for Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot which will be featured in the forthcoming art book Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King. Nice job, John!
  • Dark Worlds has a nice gallery of Robert E. Howard Weird Tales Covers.
  • From good to bad…Stomping on Yeti looks at Bad Urban Fantasy Covers.
• At Magical Words, David B. Coe begins a series of articles on writing and says writers should trust the reader.
• Heather Massey explores the risks we take as readers and asks: “What factors encourage you to take risks in your reading?”
• Somehow cardboard Darth Vader is not as menacing as the one in the film. It is, however, infinitely more menacing than Hayden Christensen. Hiyo!
• Lists:
  • @Topless Robot: The 9 Greatest Fan Films Ever Made and The 10 Most Blatant Terminator Rip-Offs.
  • @Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog: 5 interesting Peter Pan books. [via The World in the Satin Bag]
  • @Writepop: 1,001 Science Fiction Story Ideas.
  • UGO lists 78 Things to Love About Leonard Nimoy.
  • Mike Brotherton lists 10 of the Most Classic Science Fiction Movie Scenes and The Top 10 Science Fiction Movie Actors.
  • Discovery Space lists 5 Sci-Fi Time Travel Methods. Which one let’s me go back and recapture the time lost I spend watching Sunshine?

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