SF Tidbits for 12/16/09

Interviews/Profiles

• Realms of Fantasy interviews Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• FBi 94.5 interviews Margo Lanagan and Keith Stevenson (podcast).
• Darkstar Fantasy News interviews Joshua Palmatier.
• Electric Playground interviews Jeremy Lassen (video).
• Odyssey Workshop interviews Michael Arnzen.
• Tynga’s Urban Fantasy Reviews interviews Rachel Caine.
• The Interstitial Arts Foundation interviews Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak.
• Suvudu has a video of their Q&A with Terry Brooks.
• BookBanter interviews Jeff VanderMeer.
• John Scalzi interviews James Swallow.
• Bibliophile Stalker interviews Danel Olson.

News

• Authors Guild Statement on Random House’s Rights Grab.
• One Week, Two Big Pieces of Ebook News.
• 2009 Dwarf Stars Nominations.
• One-Third of American book buyers are cutting purchases.
• Lord of the Rings (Theatrical Versions) hit Blu-ray April 6, 2010.

Articles

• Douglas Cohen on Rome Most Certainly Was Not Built in a Day.
• Jim C. Hines on Girly Books.
• Paul Di Filippo on The Best Speculative Fiction of 2009.
• Guy Gavriel Kay on Book Reviews. (via Cheryl Morgan)
• Paul Witcover on e-books and backlists — the past and future collide.
• LIFE on Fantasy & Sci-Fi Magazine Art.
• Post-Weird Thoughts on Translators Without Borders – for World SF?
• Lawrence Schimel on World SF.
• Ellen Datlow on A Cthulhu Christmas, some gift suggestions–part two.
• Jo Walton on Foolproof Holiday Gift Books.
• Booksquare on The Unicorn Will Not Save Publishing.
• Rachel Aaron on It doesn’t get easier, but would we like it if it did?
• Marty Halpern on Charles Stross: On Her Majesty’s Occult Service.
• Jonathan Strahan on Top 10 Genre Short Story Collections of the Decade.
• Barbarienne on eBooks are not significantly cheaper to produce than paper books. (via Antick Musings)
• Janice Hardy on Don’t Like it? Tough!
• Eugie Foster on Creative Procrastination: Kanji, Word Families, and TXT SP3EAK.
• Jim C. Hines on Book-Buying: Telling Readers Where To Go.
• Bill Ward on Ramp Up Your Reading: Do It Better.
• Small Beer Press on Ebook Rights.
• Will Hindmarch on Worrying Out of Order.
• At Angry Robot: Twelve Days of Christmas, Day 3: Mike Shevdon.
• Joseph Mallozzi on The Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evans.
• Jason Sizemore’s Ten great books of the naughties.
• Jason Sanford on Professional rates don’t mean you’re a professional…and a further response to John Scalzi.

Related posts:

1. SF Tidbits for 12/3/09
2. SF Tidbits for 2/15/08
3. SF Tidbits for 7/13/06
4. SF Tidbits for 5/27/06
5. SF Tidbits for 11/12/09

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