SF Tidbits for for 10/5/11
Interviews and Profiles
- Angela Slatter interviews Holly Black.
- Ed Gorman interviews Erik Mona.
- Lightspeed Magazine (Robyn Lupo) interviews Adam-Troy Castro.
- Black Gate (Emily Mah) interviews S.M. Stirling.
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews David Anthony Durham.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Lee Arthur Chane.
- Apex Magazine (Stephanie Jacob) interviews R.A. Salvatore.
- Functional Nerds Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview Andrew P. Mayer.
News
- New Owner Sought for Science Fiction Awards Watch.
- The Moment of Change: An Anthology of Feminist Speculative Poetry TOC.
- Genreville rounds up Calls for Submissions. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Articles
- The Clarion Foundation (Ben Bova) on Tell It Like It Is.
- FableCroft (Margo Lanagan) On Indie Press.
- FableCroft on Spec Fic for School Libraries.
- Publishers Weekly (Sue Corbett) on YA Comes of Age.
- Tor.com (Ekaterina Sedia) on Challenges of Writing Alternate History Set in Other Cultures.
- Rachelle Gardner on Book Marketing Disappointment.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Things You Should Know About NaNoWriMo.
- Jim Hines on One Year of Self Publishing.
- Tiffany Trent on And lo, it is awesome.
- Donna Maree Hanson (Cat Sparx) On Editing.
- Inkpunks (Andrew Romine) on eReaders & You.
- Lightspeed Magazine (Lauren Davis) on The Care and Feeding of Your Disembodied Lungs.
- CNN (Christian Sager) on Superhero metaphysics.
- Science Fiction lists Top 10 Comic Book Villains.
- Justin Landon on Fantasy: Why I left and why I came back.
- Bibliophile Stalker (Charles A. Tan) on Publishing Favors the West. [Added by Editor]
- Bibliophile Stalker (Charles A. Tan) reviews The Urban Fantasy Anthology edited by Peter S. Beagle & Joe R. Lansdale. [Added by Editor]
- Jessica Strider reviews Matched by Ally Condie.
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Film: Kong Island (1968).
- Cracked.com lists 5 Sci-Fi Ad Techniques That Are About to Make Life Creepier. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
- Inspirational Digital Art From Shadowness.
- Fantasy Inspiration: Execeptional Starcraft Fan Artwork.
- @CoolVibe: “The Great Constructor” by Jaroslaw Handrysik.
- @CoolVibe: “Zero” by Marcos Nicacio.
- @ItsArtMag: “Do Not Cross” by MrBook.
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