SF Tidbits for 7/30/09

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @The Teeming Brain: Nick Mamatas (You Might Sleep).
  • @Suvudu: a video interview with Patrick Rothfuss (Wise Man’s Fear).
  • @The Nebula Awards website: Gwyneth Jones (Spirit).
  • Edward Willett interviews Robert J. Sawyer.
  • @Ghost in the Machine: Janny Wurts.
  • @Clarkesworld Magazine: An Mind Meld with Editors Lou Anders, Philip Athans, Victoria Blake, Paula Guran, Gabrielle Harbowy, James Lowder, John Jarrold, Susan J. Morris, Darren Nash, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Chris Schluep, Simon Spanton, Deb Taber, and Jacob Weisman.
• The Guradian responds to Adam Roberts’ Hugo rant: When democracy fails: the Hugo SF awards.
• At Omnivoracious, guest Mark Chadbourn (author of the Age of Misrule series) blogs about Real-World Roots of Fantasy.
• Clarkesworld’s Neil Clarke talks about Saving the Semiprozine Hugo.
• Torie Atkinson talks about Reader’s Block
• Del Rey Books will publish Pride and Prejudice And Zombies: The Graphic Novel, based on the New York Times bestselling book by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.
• Angry Robot signs two new authors: Guy Adams (The World House; Restoration) and Gav Thorpe (The Crown of the Blood). [NOTE: Guy and Gav have been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog.]
• Speaking of Angry Robot, their publicist Lee Harris talks about The Year Of The eBook over at the SFX blog.
• Dork Tower vs. the new SyFy Channel.
• Two words: Stormtrooper zombie.
• Entertainment Weekly lists 23 Sci-Fi Characters You Want on Your Buddy List.

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