SF Tidbits for 1/15/10

Interviews/Profiles

• Books Are My Only Friends interviews Laird Barron.
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Alan DeNiro.
• The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Paolo

  Bacigalupi.

• ArtOrder has a round table interview with Karin Powell, Amy Belledin, and Lou Anders.

News

• New Gormenghast novel found in attic. 
• SF author Andy Remic made a short film called Chemical Man.

Articles

• Justine Larbalestier on Why Interview?
• CJ Darlington on The Comparison Trap.
• Naomi Novik on Ninjas on Unicorns.
• Jim C. Hines on Attributor’s Flawed Piracy Study.
• Douglas Cohen on Another New One (or, “Uh oh. Slusher Sense is Tingling!”).
• Jo Walton on Neglected Books and Authors.
• The Book Publicity Blog on Why authors shouldn’t contact journalists directly.
• Janice Hardy on Re-Write Wednesday: Clarifying Thoughts and Form Fitting.
• Pimp My Novel on Terms to Know: Embargoed Title.
• Charles Tan on The Long Wait to Publication.
• Frederik Pohl on Perils at Sea.
• Suite101: Fantasy Favorites Worth Reading Again.
• Ian Sales on Authors Who Don’t Appeal.
• Joe Abercrombie writes Sword and Sorcery.
• @ABC News: Did Avatar Borrow from Soviet Sci-Fi Novels?
• Do you really know Peter Pan?
• Natasha Chart says You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, More Progressive Science Fiction.
• At SciFi Wire: James Cameron seeded Avatar with sequel hints.
• Richard Hyde asks: What happened to Science Fiction in Oz?

Lists

• YouTheDesigner lists 31 Incredible Comic Book Cover Art Samples.
• Geek Sugar lists 30 Must-See Geeky Movies.
• TechLand lists The Five Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces.

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2. SF Tidbits Part XVII
3. SF Tidbits for 8/10/08
4. SF Tidbits for 9/19/06
5. SF Tidbits for 10/3/07

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