SF Tidbits for 9/29/10

Interviews/Profiles

• Bart

  Carroll interviews Brom.

• The

  Dragon Page interviews Harry

  Harrison (podcast).

• Lev Grossman interviews Paolo

  Bacigalupi.

• Angela Slatter interviews Cat

  Sparks.

• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Sam

  Sykes.

• Erin Stocks interviews John

  Scalzi.

• CNet interviews Jeff

  Bridges

• Lightspeed Magazine profiles Robert

  Silverberg.

• John Joseph Adams interviews Paula

  R. Stiles.

• From Bar to Bar interviews Gwyneth

  Jones.

• Paris Review has posted online its interviews with: Margaret

  Atwood, William

  S. Burroughs, Stephen

  King, Jonathan

  Lethem, Ray

  Bradbury, Aldous

  Huxley, Anthony

  Burgess, and J.G.Ballard.

News

• RIP: Ralph

  M. Vicinanza, 1950-2010.

• Steam-Powered:

  Lesbian Steampunk Stories TOC.

• Giveaway:

  Clockwork Phoenix 3.

• Australian

  Speculative Fiction Blog Carnival.

• 2010

  Sunburst Awards Winners.

• Trent

  Reznor making a sci-fi series Year Zero for HBO.

• Amazon

  Debuts “Kindle for the Web”.

Events

• Mutants,

  Androids, and Cyborgs: The Science of Pop Culture Films: October 20, 2010 at

  Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

Articles

• Frederik Pohl on The

  Gateway Story.

• Mindy Klasky

  on How to

  Support Authors You Like.

• Nader Elhefnawy on Of

  Alternate Nineteenth Centuries: The Enduring Appeal of Steampunk.

• Jeremy

  L.C. Jones on Breaking

  Work Habits & Trying Something New.

• Madeleine E. Robins

  on Banned

  Books Week: Gatekeeping.

• Aliette de Bodard on Bones,

  flesh and clothes: research and the research-heavy story.

• Janice

  Hardy on A

  Rose By Any Other Name is Still Too Flowery. And Purple.

• An editorial discussion at BabelCash: Lou Anders on The

  Nature of Rivals and the Rising Tide; Ginjer Buchanan on http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2010/09/28/lou-anders-ginjer-buchanan-and-jeremy-lassen/good-points-lou-i-certainly-hold-with-the-rising-tide-lifts-all-boats-notion-of-each-and-every-imprint-enhancing-the-genre-in-an-over-all-way-by-providing-readers-with-the-best-___________fill/; and Jeremy Lassen

  on Lifting

  Boats Into the Future.

• Matthew R. Bradley on Richard

  Matheson–Storyteller: We Are Legend. (Intro.)

• Comic Vine on Combining

  Comic Book Genres (video).

• Karen Burnham on Geeking

  Out: 100 Short Stories.

• io9 on Margaret

  Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin debate science fiction vs. “realism”.

• Discover Magazine on The

  Fundamental Problems of Minority Report-style Biometrics.

• Lawrence Person on A Short,

  Incomplete, and Somewhat Random List of People Who Have Had Their Heads Impailed

  on a Spike on London Bridge.

• Blastr on The lyrics to

  Star Trek:TOS‘s opening theme.

• Blastr lists 8 things you

  should know about the 2nd season of Stargate Universe.

• Geeks of Doom on Official

  Zombie Rules Of The Walking Dead TV Show.

• Stephen Totilo offers The Kotaku

  Guide To Fall Video Games.

• Heard Mentality lists 5

  Video Game Series That Need a Reboot. [via Look

  At This]

• Real Science: Space.com lists 6

  Hard Facts About NASA’s Next Mars Rover.

• 10

  Essential Works of Transhumanist Fiction. [via Bill

  Crider's Pop Culture Magazine]

More Fun Stuff

• A

  Pile Of New Concept Art From Tron: Legacy.

• Fantastic

  Flashbacks: 1976 Logan’s Run article.

• Cool art at CoolVibe: “Rusty Ship Fire” by Jeremiah

  Humphries.

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