SF Tidbits for 6/9/09
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at
12:08 am
- 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?
Related posts:
- SF Tidbits for 4/7/07
- SF Tidbits for 4/4/07
- More Free Hugo Nominees Online
- SF Tidbits for 8/7/08
- SF Tidbits for 8/17/08
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Thanks for the linky, DeNardo-san!
No problemo.