SF Tidbits for 8/9/09

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • Fast Forward has brief video interviews with author Pat Cadigan and Locus Magazine‘s Gary Wolfe taken at WorldCon.
  • Suvudu points us to (and summarizes) this audio-interview with George R. R. Martin (A Dance With Dragons).
  • SciFiChick interviews Kevin J. Anderson.
  • John Cramer (Twistor) was quoted in Lisa Grossman’s New Scientist article: Expert panel urges NASA to revive futuristic think tank, which concerns NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts. [via Kathryn Cramer]
  • The Chicago Speculative Fiction interviews Johanna Sinisalo.
• Due to continuity issues being introduced by the Clone Wars series, Karen Traviss says farewell To Star Wars novels. [via TheForce.Net]
• Sarah Zettel gets steampunk.
• For those following the Hugo changes, the Semiprozine Hugo will continue.
• An upcoming Geekerati radio show will ask: Is there an inverse relationship between budget and quality in SciFi movies?
• Lists:
  • You want sensawunda? I got your sensawunda right here, at Webdesigner Depot’s list of 50 Eye-Popping Examples of Concept Art. This is some great stuff.
  • Mark Charan Newton (Nights of Villjamur) lists Some Interesting Things You Might Not Know About Being A Writer. [via Ecstatic Days]
  • A few genre films make Spike TV’s list The Top 10 Movies to Make Any Dude Cry.
  • Bella at A Bibliophile’s Bookshelf is compiling a list of The 101 Best Fantasy Books. Submit your suggestions!

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