SF Tidbits for 2/6/10

Interviews & Profiles

• Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews James Knapp (State of Decay).
• Wizards interviews Elaine Cunningham, Ed Greenwood, Erin Evans, Mark Sehestedt, Richard Lee Byers, Christopher Rowe and more.

News

• David S. Goyer steps down as FlashForward showrunner. [via Robert J. Sawyer]
• The Father of Steampunk, K.W. Jeter, signs with Angry Robot.
• New Hubble Images of Pluto! [via Michael A. Burstein]
• Amazon vs. Macmillan updates and related:
  • Authors Guild Launches Amazon Buy Button-Tracking Program: WhoMovedMyBuyButton.com.
  • Third major publisher (Hachette) dumps Amazon $9.99 e-books model. [via Nick Mamatas]
  • HarperCollins and Hachette Join Macmillan.
  • Teleread: Maybe we should be hurting the authors.
  • Tobias Buckell asks Why do people want more expensive backlist books?
  • Michael A. Stackpole on Authors Can Be Stupid: Entitlement? Really?
  • Charlie Stross’ Amazonfail round-up.
  • Finally: Amazon begins re-listing Macmillan books.
• @Fandomania: Vote for The 100 Greatest Books of All Time.
• The 40th annual Locus Poll & Survey is live! The deadline for voting is April 1, 2010. Oh look! There’sa write-in for best fanzine! [Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. ]

Articles

• Louise Marley on Making a story work.
• Rich Horton’s 2009 summary for Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet.
• N.K. Jemisin on Why I Think RaceFail Was The Bestest Thing Evar for SFF
• Psychohistory: Was Hari Seldon pulling our leg?
• The Fan History Project documents the history of science fiction fandom. [via MetaFilter]
• Brenda Clough on Ways to Trash Your Writing Career: Surrender, Dorothy!
• J.M. McDermott on The Collectors’ Narrative.
• Justine Larbalestier on Zombies versus Unicorns Cover.
• MTV asks: : Which Oscar Sci-Fi Snub is the Most Offensive?
• Fanboy on Why George Lucas is More Original Than James Cameron.
• Check out John Anealio’s Interstellar Jukebox!

Fun Stuff

• Art:
  • Cover Pr0n: Todd Lockwood’s shows off his awesome skillz with the cover art for Tom Lloyd’s The Ragged Man.
  • 3 awesome reasons to attend John Picacio’s Guest of Honor Slideshow at Boskone.
  • @Robots & Vamps: A small gallery of Paul Youll covers.
• @Sci-Fi Heaven: Top 10 Sci-Fi Movie Quotes.
• @IGN: Top 10 Sci-Fi Shows That Deserve A Remake. Voyagers? Really?
• @SciFi Wire: 10 insane sci-fi sports that make the Super Bowl look tame.
• @TopFive: The Top 9 Funniest Scenes We’d Like to See in Sci-Fi.
• @BBC: Dr Who Quiz – New Earth. [via Look At This...]
• @SciFi Scanner: Mary Robinette Kowal lists The 10 Best Fantasy Movie Sequels.

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