SF Tidbits for 11/5/09

Interviews/Profiles

• San Antonio Current interviews Jeff VanderMeer. (via Locus Online)
• A Writer Goes on a Journey interviews Alan Baxter. (via Aurealis Xpess)
• The Agony Column interviews Eric Simons (podcast).
• Odyssey Workshop has a recording of Patricia Bray’s lecture.
• Tor.Com interviews Professor Kelly Joyce (Part 1).
• Dead Robots Society interviews Philippa Ballantine and Dan Sawyer (podcast).

News

• Barnes and Noble Review reviews Finch.
• Warren Ellis releases Shivering Sands. (via David J. Schwartz)
• Borders offers free shipping on out-of-stock items. (via Booksquare)
• Barnes & Noble Sued Over Nook Design. (via Booksquare)
• Amazon.com’s Twitter Program Generates Controversy.
• Book Trailer: Imager’s Challenge by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
• New SF&F Translation Awards Launched
• From now until December 31st: Golden Grypon’s 2-for1 sale!

Articles & Lists

• Will Hindmarch on Eldritch Visions of Cthalloween.
• Mark C Newton on Thoughts on the Dying Earth genre.
• Caren Gussoff on The next big punking.
• Guy Hasson on Making His Feature Film Debut (part two).
• Cory Doctorow on Radical Presentism. (via Locus Online)
• GeekDad on 2009 Holiday Gift Guide #1: Books. (via Locus Online)
• Jason Denzel on The Duel, part 1: Help Me Defeat Brandon Sanderson.
• Lou Anders on The First Lady of Fantasy.
• Margaret Ronald on The Book as an Object.
• Mike Brotherton on Smarts, Sponteniety, Science, and Science Fiction.
• Book Marketing Maven on Why Authors Need an Editor. (via Marty Halpern)
• Editor Unleashed offers The

  Savvy Author’s Guide to Podcasting. (via Alan Baxter)

• The Mad Hatter’s Bookshelf lists 10 Facts About John Scalzi.

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