SF Tidbits for 1/20/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Laurie Sheck.
• Westword interviews Theodora Goss.
• Galactic Suburbia Podcast episode 51.
• Kaaron Warren Sparks: Dan Abnett.
• Reddit interviews Paul S. Kemp.
• Transcript: SFFWRTCHT With Author Teresa Frohock.
• [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author Gail Carriger.
• I Just Want to Sit Here and Read interviews Theodora Goss.
• HWA Blog (Ron Breznay) interviews Christopher Golden.
• Gollancz interviews Stephen Deas.
• Amazon interviews Gregory Maguire (video).
• Weird Fiction Review (Larry Nolen) profiles Augusto Monterroso.

News

• Book View Cafe releases Guardians of Balance.
• N.K. Jemisin and Livia Llewellyn to read at KGB Feb 15.
• Shimmer Seeks Spectacular Slushers.
• Story and Novel VanderMeer Critique Service: Now With Gift Wrap!
• DC Comics Officially Gets A New Logo (Again).
• Twin Gravity Probes to Start Mapping Moon’s Pull.
• Poe fans call an end to ‘Toaster’ tradition. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Original Biopunk stories wanted. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s Ubiquitous Vampire Makes His eBook Debut. Also: 25th novel in the cycle, Commedia della Morte, coming in March.
• Kindle has discounted Jeff Carlson’s short story collection Long Eyes to $0.99.

Events

• Upcoming SFF Events in February.
• Science Online: how to deal with science going digital: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET) New York, NY.

Articles

• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Bestseller Lists and Other Thoughts.
• Nayad Monroe on Preparing for Convention Panels.
• Neil Gaiman on An open letter to Washington from Artists and Creators.
• Aqueduct (Timmi Duchamp) on The magic of writing longhand.
• Fan-made Sandman poster.
• Ecstatic Days (Jeff VanderMeer) on Writers and Their Literary Estates: Story Reprints.
• The Night Bazaar (Stina Leicht) on One of These Things is Not Like the Others.
• TechRepublic (Jay Garmon) on The 11 Star Trek movies ranked worst to first.
• Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky State of the World 2012.
• Black Gate (Theo) on The Return of the Epic.
• Paul McAuley on Writing In The Mouth Of The Whale.
• [Added by Editor] Bibliophile Stalker (Charles Tan) on Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter.

Art

• Concept spaceships by David Demaret.
• Timelapse Video: Post-Apocalyptic Illustration.
• @CoolVibe: “The King of Volcano” by Kuang Hong.

More Fun Stuff

• Lost In Space meets Robin: Fantastic classic photo of the Boy Wonder on the set of Lost in Space..
• Watch The Time-Lapse Construction Of A Six-Foot Lego Dalek.
• Zombie Family Car Stickers.
• Paul McAuley shares the first 12 chapters of his book In The Mouth Of The Whale.

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