SF Tidbits for 5/20/10

Interviews/Profiles

• Jeff

  VanderMeer interviews Jetse

  de Vries. (See also: Interviews with the Shine authors!)

• 20 Questions With Peter

  Tennant of TTA Press’ Black Static.

• Innsmouth Free Press interviews Joseph S. Pulver.
• @GalleyCat: Urban

  Fantasy Writing Advice from Susan Wright (video).

News

• Former

  SFWA president Norman Spinrad will undergo stomach cancer surgery on

  Thursday.

• The Science Fiction Book Club is seeking an editorial assistant.
• Photos and video of the 2010 Nebula Award Weekend.
• Although Heroes has been canceled, there is the possibility of a

  Heroes television movie.

• Barnes

  & Noble to open ‘PubIt!’ self-publishing portal this summer.

• Drew

  Barrymore to Direct Wizard of Oz Sequel. There are so many things

  wrong with that sentence.

• Events:
  • Mike Allen presents

    an evening dedicated to the writing and pop culture influence of H.P.

    Lovecraft. Thursday, May 27, 6:30 p.m. at the Roanoke Main Library in

    Roanoke, Virginia.

  • The

    Beastly Bride reading & signing: Monday, June 07 2010, 7:00pm -

    8:00pm at McNally Jackson Bookstore in New York, NY.

  • David Moody signing at Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179

    Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 17th June 6 – 7pm:

Articles

• Catherynne M. Valente on The Lost World.
• S. D. Perry & Steve Perry on Collaboration.
• Dan Goldman on This all happened so fast.
• Editorial Ass on How much does an agent cost?
• Janice Hardy on Following Directions.
• John Scalzi on Why “Punishing the Publisher” Usually Doesn’t.
• The Intern on How

  Books Work, Part 1.

• The Crotchety Old Fan number

  crunches our latest Mind meld about Science

  Fiction Books That Should Be

  in Every Fan’s Library.

• Brandy Robertson on Tolkein’s

  Lord of the Rings Decoded

• Apex

  Publications-State of the Union.

• Julian Card on Science

  Fiction Throughout the Ages and Into the Future.

• Dynamic Subspace on Reading

  List for PhD Minor Exam on the Works of Philip K. Dick.

• John Scalzi on Space

  Flight in the Real World vs. Armageddon and 2001.

Other Fun Stuff

• Dark Wolf looks at Romanian

  Cover Art.

• Tor.com lists The

  Top 15 Moments in the History of Lost.

• Sci-Fi Fan Letter lists 6

  Awesome Sci-Fi Music Videos.

• Film School Rejects list 10

  Sci-Fi Films That Should Never Be Remade, and 5 That Probably Should Be.

• Fantasy Magazine lists Fantasy’s

  Top Ten Fight Scenes: The Battles.

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