SF Tidbits for 3/12/10

Interviews/Profiles

• Teenage Reader interviews Lisa Mantchev.
• T.J. McIntyre interviews Lisa Hannett.
• StarShipSofa interviews Norman Spinrad (2008 podcast).
• Fangoria interviews Brian Keene.
• Nethspace interviews Blake Charlton.
• Mark Charan Newton interviews Julie Crisp.
• Wizads of the Coast Community profiles Erin M. Evans.
• Matt Staggs interviews Lev Grossman.
• BSC Review interviews Walter Greatshell.
• Grinding to Valhalla interviews Janice Hardy.
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Skyler White.
• Cover to Cover interviews F. Paul Wilson (podcast).
• The Agony Column interviews Lou Anders (podcast). [Thanks for the shout-out, Lou!]

News

• The Little Death of Crossed Genres: Under New Management.
• Rick Novy announces a new near-future science fiction invitational anthology: 2020 Visions. [via M-Brane]
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies #38 is out. (via Paul Jessup)
• Book View Cafe Welcomes Chaz Brenchley.
• Harlem Casting for New Reality Show (book editor). (via Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
• Tor Books is giving away 200 free copies of Cory Doctorow’s For The Win, for young reviewers.
• Universal launches Battlestar Galactica Online.
• Vote and Help Make A Science Fiction Magazine Showcasing Underrepresented Cultures.

Articles

• N.K. Jemisin on What especially pisses me off about Spinrad’s article…
• Rose Fox on A Whiff of Colonialism.
• Clint Harris on The Infamous Spinrad Article.
• Larry Nolen on Norman Spinrad and the latest kerfluffle about international SF, with positive remedies.
• Juliette Wade on The Myth of the Native Speaker.
• Charles Tan on The Failure of Spinrad’s “Third World Worlds” from a Technical Perspective.
• The World SF News Blog on The Dilemma of the Term “World SF” Redux.
• Largehearted Boy on Book Notes – Various Authors (“Phantom”).
• Nancy Jane Moore on Brave New (Writing) World: The End of the Throwaway Book?
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Risks (Part One).
• Nishi Shawl on Avatar.
• John Scalzi @ AMC: So Why Did The Hurt Locker Beat Out Avatar for Best Picture?
• Hal Duncan On Sublime.
• Jim C. Hines on Strong Women Characters.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on To Be Continued.
• Ben Peek on Notes on Time.
• Heather Tomlinson on Lutins and Tengu and Were-Bears. Oh, my.
• Alaya Johnson on “What My Dad Said”.
• Nicola Morgan on Outline and Synopsis and Pointy Things About Punctuation.
• Nathan Bransford on Choose Your Own E-book Adventure.
• Alan Rinzler on How self publishing can lead to a real book deal.
• /Film asks Who Would Be Cast in The Coen Brothers’ Star Wars?
• Jeff VanderMeer on An Overview of International Science Fiction/Fantasy in 2009.

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1. SF Tidbits for 5/26/08
2. SF Tidbits for 8/21/09
3. SF Tidbits for 3/11/10
4. SF Tidbits for 12/23/09
5. SF Tidbits for 3/1/10

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