SF Tidbits for 12/2/09

Interviews/Profiles

• Clarkesworld interviews Nnedi Okorafor.
• CultPop.com interviews Brom. (via EosBooks)
• TVO interviews Cory Doctorow (video).
• Bibliophile Stalker interviews Steve Berman & Craig Gidney.
• Comic Book Outsiders Episode podcast-interview Paul Cornell.

News

• Jabberwocky 5 is Now Open for Submissions.
• Subterranean Press Special 50% Off Preorder Sale.
• You Select Stephen King’s Next Book?
• Pat Rothfuss’ Worldbuilders 2009.
• Words Without Borders December 2009: Out of This World: International Science Fiction. (via Haikasoru)
• DailyLit Goes Free.
• Harlan Ellison wants J.J. Abrams to hire him for Trek 2.
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Will Be TV Mini-Series.
• Concept art and website launch for PA time travel thriller Timeless.
• Believe it or not, The Greatest American Hero flies into Hulu.
• Now posted: Ansible 269, December 2009.

Articles

• Barnes & Noble Book Club on Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? (And Read Paranormal Fantasy….)
• Strange Horizons on The Emancipation of Bat Durston, or: “I’m from Iowa, I Only Work in Outer Space”.
• Rich Horton’s Summary: Chiaroscuro, 2009.
• Paul G. Tremblay on Literary Horror: Dude you made that up.
• Twelfth Planet Press on A closer look at review copies.
• Jesse Bullington on The Sweet Filth of History.
• J.C. Hutchins on Why the best sci-fi TV and movies don’t *feel* like sci-fi.
• Stephen H. Segal on An Introduction to H.P. Lovecraft.
• Deborah J. Ross on Meeting Marion.
• Justine Larbalestier on The Problem with Gone with the Wind.
• Rachelle Gardner on The Power of Words.
• John Scalzi on In the Spirit of the Pulps, and Paying Even Less.
• Marie Brennan on The Literary Line.
• 23 of Google’s greatest sci-fi (ish) logos.
• December Belongs to Cthulhu on Tor.com…start with this intro to H.P. Lovecraft.
• The Four Authors of the Apocalypse: James Lovegrove.
• Fandomania has A Beginner’s Guide to Fan Fiction.
• Cory Doctorow on the Future of Bookselling. [via Bill Crider]

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