SF Tidbits for 2/23/10

Interviews/Profiles

• The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast interviews Blake Charlton.
• New Statesman interviews Jonathan Lethem. (via Charlie Jane Anders)
• Tech 4 Thought interviews Charles Stross, Ethan Gilsdorf, Priscilla Olson and Vernor Vinge (video).
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Robert McCammon.
• Suvudu on Nebula Awards & Christopher Barzak.
• Strange Horizons profiles Ricardo Pinto.
• PBS talks to Ursula K. LeGuin about the Google Book Settlement.
• Transmissions From Beyond interviews Chris Roberson (video).
• SFX Needs Your Questions For Sir Terry Pratchett!

News

• Book View Café welcomes new member Steven Popkes!
• 2009 PEARL Finalists.
• Lois Tilton reviews short fiction for Locus.
• Jessica Bendinger Kicks of ‘Kid Faves’ at BSCkids!
• Small Beer Press Catalog.
• Read a free sample of Mansfield Park and Mummies.
• Tor is offering Chapter previews from some of our upcoming March releases.
• EVENT: On March 2nd, Tobias Buckell and L.A. Banks will be reading at the New York Review of Science Fiction Readings.

Articles

• Blake Charlton on How Playing Dungeons & Dragons Will Prepare YOU for Medical School.
• The Comics Journal on A Tale of Two Conventions.
• Victoria Strauss on Beware of Fake Awards.
• Jim C. Hines on Author Entitlement.
• The Rumpus on Who is an average reader and what role does a reviewer play. (via Matt Staggs)
• The Guardian on Ten of the Best Monsters in Literature and Ten rules for writing fiction.
• Eric Raab on The Present of Genius.
• Neil Gaiman admits “I’m mostly your fault, Michael Moorcock.”
• John Klima on Internet Review of Science Fiction Closing and Some Short Fiction Thoughts.
• Steven Harper Piziks on Writing Nowadays: The Manuscript.
• Rachelle Gardner on Communicating with Your Agent.
• Juliette Wade on Language Pride/Language Control.
• Janice Hardy on Trust Me, I’m a Reader.
• John Scalzi on One Star Reviews Revisited.
• Andrew Liptak on God Speed, John Glenn.
• io9 lists 15 Upcoming TV Shows That Could Save Small-Screen Scifi.
• Finding Free eBooks on Choosing A Handheld eBook Reader.
• Guardian lists 10 of the best monsters in literature. [via LitLists]
• Guardian on The joys of bookshop browsing.
• Steampunk Costume on How to Make a Steampunk Segway.

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