SF Tidbits for 1/11/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Spellmaking interviews Cate Gardner.
- Lightspeed (Andrew Liptak) interviews Paul McAuley.
- Marjorie M. Liu interviews Joseph Mallozzi.
- Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast interviews Brian Selznick and Ian McDonald.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Marissa Meyer.
- ABC Book Show interviews Glen Duncan (podcast).
- Suvudu (Eric Geller) interviews James Luceno.
- Lightspeed Magazine(J.T. Glover) interviews Alexey Zaryuta.
- Functional Nerds Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview John Hlinko.
News
- Gene Wolfe Wins Fuller Award.
- Spectrum Fantasy Art Nomination Deadline Approaching + A New Art Director Award Announced!
- WSFA Small Press Award Committee now ccepting nominations for it’s 2012 Award for stories published in 2011.
- World Fantasy Awards 2012 Judges Named.
- First Second Winter 2012 Catalog.
- New Shannara Novella coming from Terry Brooks.
- VIZ Media Simulcasts New Sci-Fi Anime Lagrange – The Flower Of Rin-ne.
- Amazon ups co-op and discount pressure on publishers to “astronomical” levels.
- 2011 Asimov’s Reader Award Ballots – Vote for your favorites during the month of January!
Articles
- Book View Cafe (Deborah J. Ross) On Reviewing Books: A Gift For Your Favorite Author.
- Rachelle Gardner on Dealing With Deadlines.
- Mary Victoria (Angela Slatter) on Place as person: Location, Location, Location!
- Fantasy Matters (Kat Howard) on The Decision to be Fantastic.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Things Writers Should Know About Finding Their Voice.
- Kat Howard on No really. Tell me what’s wrong with my story.
- Shelf Awareness (Rod Rees) on Pity the Poor SF Writer.
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Moving Across Mediums: Assessing the Adaptations of Hugo and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
- CultureLab asks Can science fiction still predict the future?
- The B&N Review (Paul Di Filippo) reviews Blueprints of the Afterlife by Ryan Boudinot.
- The B&N Review (Amy Benfer) reviews The Pledge by Kimberly Derting.
- Eclectic Authors (Stuart Clark) on The Recollection by Gareth L. Powell.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) on The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe.
- Bibliophile Stalker (Charles Tan) on Queen of Kings by Maria Dahvana Headley. [Added by Editor]
- John C. Wright on Isaac Asimov and Relative Insanity.
- Giant Freakin Robot on The 20 Best Sci-Fi TV Series Opening Credits Of All Time.
- James Patrick Kelly on Websites R.I.P. (SF Signal is part of James Patrick Kelly’s daily routine 🙂 )
Art
- Concept ships by Nathan Dollarhite.
- Concept robot by Nathan Dollarhite.
- @ItsArtMag: “Invasion” by U2644.
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