SF Tidbits for 8/29/11

Interviews and Profiles

• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Daniel Polansky (podcast).
• Omnivoracious (Juliet Disparte) interviews Lev Grossman.
• Jonathan Strahan chats with Gary K. Wolfe (podcast).

News

• Caitlin Sweetand Peter Watts get Married.

Events

• Happy 95th Birthday to Jack

  Vance!

Articles

• Creatures (John Langan) on “Everything Down Here Floats:” An Appreciation of Stephen King’s IT.
• Book View Cafe (Laura Anne Gilman) on Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 34.
• Cyriaque Lamar on David

  Bowie’s “Space Oddity” transformed into the saddest children’s book ever.

• Dagan Books on 6 Mistakes People Make In Their Cover Letters (FISH anthology edition).
• Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on Titles.
• Juliette Wade on Should I meet writers, or write (or blog)? The writer’s dual identity.
• Inkpunks (Jaym Gates) on I Love You, Hon, Will You Critique This For Me?
• The Galaxy Express (Heather Massey) on Sci-Fi

  Romance: A Great Source For Cosplay Inspiration.

• Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) on Shared Worlds: Next Gen SF/F Writers Working Hard For Their Dream.
• Mail & Guardian (Gwen Ansell) on Cities real and imagined.
• Jamie Todd Rubin on Heinlein on my

  mind.

• Jo Walton on Hugo Nominees:

  1998.

• Kim Harrison on Star

  Wars.

Art

• concept

  spaceship art by Scott Robertson.

• @ItsArtMag: “Factory

  of endless dreams” by bono35.

More Fun Stuff

• Ewok Dogs

  [Pic].

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