SF Tidbits for 2/10/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Chuck Wendig interviews Martha Wells.
- Book Banter interviews Justin Golenbock.
- Far Beyond Reality interviews Bradley Beaulieu and Stephen Gaskell.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Matt Ruff.
- [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author & Editor David Lee Summers.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Adrian Bejan.
- Suvudu (Fictional Frontiers) interviews Joe Schreiber (podcast).
- Far Beyond Reality interviews Bradley Beaulieu and Stephen Gaskell.
- If You’re Just Joining Us (Jon Armstrong) interviews Paul Goat Allen (podcast).
News
- Strange Chemistry signs Jonathan L. Howard.
- Coming in 2013 from Orbit: The Shambling Guide to NYC by Mur Lafferty.
- The Magicians show, based on Lev Grossman’s book, was not greenlit.
- ChiZine signs distribution deal with HarperCollinsCanada.
- Author Kevin J. Anderson to write novelization of Rush’s upcoming Clockwork Angels album.
- Space: 1999 to time-travel 100 years: ITV Studios America, HDFilms developing 2099 reboot.
- NASA Unveils Future Aircraft Designs: Stunning Models (PHOTOS).
- For every 10 new followers @NightShadeBooks gets in the next 18 hrs, they’ll donate a book to a Bay Area public library.
Events
Articles
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Writers, Venture Capitalists, & Barnum. Oh, My.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts on Fabulous Graphic Novels For People Who Hate Superheroes.
- Jay Lake on Rewriting to editorial response.
- The Night Bazaar (Stina Leicht) on Another World, Another Time, In the Age of Wonder.
- Futurismic (Brenda Cooper) on New Economies.
- Paizo Blog (Erik Mona) on Paizo Publishing’s 10th Anniversary Retrospective—Year 1 (2002).
- Salon.com America’s forgotten Buddhist superhero.
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Book: The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde, 2011.
- Walyou lists 10 Comics Villains We Love To Hate.
- SKX lists on 10 Classic Haunted House Movies.
- Space.com on NASA’s 10 Greatest Science Missions.
Art
- Three playful Star Wars posters to help elevate your midichlorians.
- The Movie Comedy Poster Art of Frank Frazetta. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
- 25 Amazing Spiderman Fanart And Concept Art.
- @CoolVibe: “The Last Knight Standing” by Christoph Peters Von Sperling.
- @CoolVibe: “Witch Hunter” by Alex Stratulat.
More Fun Stuff
Pretty solid comics villains list, although it skews a bit Marvel. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I skew Marvel myself.