SF Tidbits for 9/2/10

Interviews/Profiles

• Redstone

  Science Fiction interviews Mary

  Robinette Kowal.

• Angela Slatter interviews Kyla

  Ward, Jonathan

  Strahan, and Brendan

  Fredericks.

• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Laura

  Resnick.

• Tor/Forge interviews Lena

  Meydan.

News

• Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear have published the first chapter of The

  Mongoliad.

• Clarkesworld Magazine – Online

  Science Fiction and Fantasy : Issue 48.

• New issue of Ideomancer.
• Atomic Fez Publishing Starts the

  September Sale-A-Bration!

• Science

  Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival – Call for entries now open.

• The producers of Browncoats: Redemption announce Ustream’s official

  sponsorship of the film’s September 4 premiere at 7PM EDT at UStream and Facebook.

• Neil

  Gaiman’s Sandman being developed for TV, minus Neil Gaiman.

Articles

• Darin

  Bradley on Salvage,

  the Switch to Digital, and Book PR.

• Howard Andrew Jones on After

  the Book Deal.

• Janice Hardy on Re-Write

  Wednesday Golden Oldie: Get Over Overstating.

• Eric

  Rosenfield on The

  Ebook Reader Landscape Changes Again, Translation Dictionaries Are

  Buried Lede.

• N.K. Jemisin on How

  to — possibly — torpedo one’s own career in epic fantasy.

• Kaaron

  Warren on The

  Genesis of Slights.

• Pimp

  My Novel on The

  Blockbuster Phenomenon.

• Matt Cheney on The

  Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction.

• Christopher Conlon on What

  Is An Editor, Anyway?

• Derek Johnson on the

  Cultural Impact of Kubrick’s Science Fiction Masterpiece.

• Andrew Liptak on Opposing

  Viewpoints.

• Analee Newitz on A

  syllabus and book list for novice students of science fiction literature.

• Triplanetary on Nekojin

  roundup.

• Mary Weilage on Superhero sci-fi tales

  for mere mortals.

• SciFiNow lists Five famous

  sci-fi spats.

• Phil Plait lists 5

  big-budget sci-fi films that actually got their science right.

• Cyriaque Lamar lists 10

  awesome science fiction stories for gamers.

More Fun

Stuff

• The

  Jedi Comback, An Evaluation of Character Triumph in Star Wars.

• “Ann VanderMeer

  Presents…” Art Galleries.

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