SF Tidbits for 9/27/11

Interviews and Profiles

• Fantasy Magazine (Leigh Butler) interviews Brandon Sanderson. 
• Fantasy Magazine (T.J. McIntyre) interviews James Alan Gardner.
• Strata Summit 2011: Cory Doctorow, “Designing for Human Sensors, Not Human Barcodes” (video).
• Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) interviews Paul S. Kemp.
• Suvudu video of Blake Charlton.
• Jon Armstrong interviews Chris Moriarty (podcast).
• Geekly Pleasures interviews Patrick Hester.

News

• Paula Guran will no longer edit Pocket Juno.
• Mitchell Leaves Del Rey.
• First Twelve Planet volume is available by ebook.
• Writers Call for Short Story Submissions: Kingdoms of Desire: Erotic Tales of Fantasy – an anthology edited by Mitzi Szereto. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Articles

• The Night Bazaar (Courtney Schafer) on Glimmers of Hope.
• SF Novelists (Simon Haynes) on About writing for kids.
• Juliette Wade on Does your character have to be as smart as your reader?
• Clarion Blog (Karen A. Romanko) on The Clarion Writer’s Craft #39 – What makes a poem SF/Fantasy?
• Chuck Wendig on 25 Things Writers Should Know About Theme.
• Inkpunks (Erika Holt) on On Readings, or Oh My God I Made a Fan.
• Black Gate (Matthew David Surridge) on Romanticism and Fantasy: The Neoclassical Background.
• Smashwords on How Ebook Buyers Discover Books.
• Blaine Hoak on SF and Fantasy for Kids 10 and Under.
• Tor.com on The Planet Artists: Chesley Bonestell, Lucien Rudaux, and Ludek Pesek.
• Lev AC Rosen on Shakespeare and All Men of Genius.
• Brian Malow on Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Movies.
• A. Lee Martinez on Creativity vs. Copyright.
• Heather Massey on Comic Sci-Fi Romance Books: A Compilation.
• Rhys Jones on Young Adult fiction.
• Slate asks Will robots steal your job? If you’re highly educated, you should still be afraid. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• GadgetReview lists 22 of the Geekiest Star Wars LEGO Sets.

Art

• Surreal Evangelion Inspired Sci-fi Art Featuring bonggo.

More Fun Stuff

• Martha Wells The Sea Serpent excerpt and “The Almost Last Voyage of the Wind-Ship Escarpment” short story.
• Huffington Post Infographic Top Ten Banned Or Challenged Books Of 2010.
• Muppet Troopers.

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