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

• Eaton Collection curator emeritus George Slusser will discuss the work of scifi pioneer J.H. Rosny aîné on Feb. 23 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Special Collections & Archives on the fourth of the Rivera Library at UCR.

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

• The Scale of the Universe (Spoiler: Planck Length!)
• Extract from Ari Marmell’s Thief’s Covenant.
• Luke/Vader Lightsaber Tattoos.
• 8 Biopics Recast With Jar Jar Binks.
• Captain America: The First Avenger Motorcycle Suit.