SF Tidbits for 11/9/11

Interviews and Profiles

• Lightspeed Magazine (Erin Stocks) interviews Maureen F. McHugh.
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews China Mieville.
• Bloomberg interviews Margaret Atwood. 
• Andrienne Kress interviews Mike Perschon.
• Weird Fiction Review interviews Thomas

  Ligotti.

• Fantasy Magazine (T.J. McIntyre) interviews K.M.

  Ferebee.

• Fantasy Magazine (John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley) interview Charlaine

  Harris.

News

• Lost

  writer Brian K. Vaughan To Adapt Stephen King’s Under The Dome

  for Showtime. [via Forces

  of Geek]

• The US

  government has formally denied that it has any knowledge of contact with

  extraterrestrial life. [via Paul Di

  Filippo]

• Jonathan

  Lethem Writes a Takedown of The New Yorker Book Critic. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Events

• Christopher

  Paolini’s Inheritance Tour.

• Brandon

  Sanderson’s The Alloy of Law Tour.

Articles

• Mulholland Books (Thomas Mullen) on My Five Favorite “Hard-Boiled With a Twist” Novels.
• Inkpunks (Andrew Romine) on Conversations.
• Book View Cafe (Deborah J. Ross) on Connections — convention panels, knitting, and Afghanistan.
• The Rejectionist (Ibi Zoboi) on “The Other Bodies in Space”.
• Chuck Wendig on 25 Things You Should Know About Suspense And Tension.
• Amazon Best Books of 2011: Science Fiction & Fantasy.
• Locus Roundtable: Formative Reading Experiences (Part I).
• Cheryl Morgan on Bookstore Arithmetic.
• Discover Magazine on NASA

  primer on YU55.

• HiLobrow on Early ’60s Horror.
• Robyn Fleming on Dice and

  D-Pads: Serious Casual Business.

• Jo Walton on Ursula

  K. Le Guin’s The Other Wind.

• Bibliophile Stalker reviews Naked

  City: Tales of Urban Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow.

• Flavorwire on So

  it Goes: Our 20 Favorite Vonnegut-isms.

• Comic Book Resources on She

  Has No Head! – 8 Great (NEW) Female Positive Ongoings You Should Be Reading.

• Jennifer Fusco lists The

  Top 10 Things Fans Can Do To Keep Authors Writing.

• The Geek Twins list Top

  100 Fictional Space Travelers of All Time: 80-61.

• Waylou lists 11 Daring

  Doctor Who Mashups.

• Read Horror lists 100

  Horror Story Recommendations.

• Amazon.com’s

  Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of

  2011.

Art

• 80

  Frankenstein Busts Designed by 80 Artists.

• 30

  Amazing Batman Illustrations & Digital Paintings.

• Bob

  Eggleton’s ART du Jour: New Drawings…Kong and friends.

• Future

  Fantasy Sci-fi Movie Posters.

• @CoolVibe: “Rhino General” by

  Jose Alves da Silva.

• @ItsArtMag: “Island” by

  Malo.

• @deviantART: “Warhammer

  - Horned Rat” by GenzoMan.

More Fun Stuff

• An

  Illustrated Look At Some Of Literature’s Near Brushes With Death.

• Doctor

  Who Ride-in Dalek.

• Ridable

  Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.

• Evil

  Telephones.

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