SF Tidbits for 2/14/12

Interviews and Profiles

• The Once and Future Podcast interviews Saladin Ahmed.
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Liz Bourke (podcast).
• SFX (Alasdair Stuart) interviews Adam Christopher.
• Reddit Q&A with Howard Andrew Jones.
• WNIJ interviews Cory Doctorow (podcast).
• SFFWorld.com Authors of the Roundtable: Carol Berg, Teresa Edgerton, Michael J.Sullivan, Myke Cole.
• Locus interviews Joe Haldeman.

News

• Ardath Mayhar (1930-2012).
• Dan Abnett signing Know No Fear.
• Emma Swift’s Début series OSIRIS Sells to Nightshade…
• ChiZine Publications Offers Subscriptions to its 2012 Titles.
• Subterranean announces The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi.
• New Development Team Taking on Sci-Fi Actioner Altered Carbon.
• Chicon 7 Announces NASA’s Sy Liebergot as Special Guest.

Events

• Tinkering With Tomorrow: an event on the Make movement, DIY, and innovation, Feb. 29.

Articles

• The Qwillery (Anne Lyle) on Historical Research.
• Chuck Wendig on Is Free A Price We Can Pay?
• Arabic Literature on Science Fiction… Egypt.
• Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Six Steps to a Sizzling Subplot.
• io9 (Lauren Davis) on How to get it on with an Alien: A Beginner’s Guide.
• The Intern on don’t panic: why your publishing disaster matters less than you think.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) on Werewolf! Four infamous Cases of Historical Lycanthropy.
• Inkpunks (Andrew Romine) on Focus and the Distracted Writer.
• The Guardian/Observer on How Scorsese’s Hugo drew inspiration from Brian Selznick’s magical book. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Weird Fiction Review (Matthew Cheney) on Stories in the Key of Strange.
• Andrew Liptak on Lightspeed Magazine: My Year One.

Art

• Concept spaceship designs by Mike Kim.
• 25 Impressive Fantasy Knights Concept Art.
• @Bob Eggleton’s website: “The Smog Monster“.
• @ItsArtMag: “Castle in the Sky” by Alex Tooth.
• @ItsArtMag: “Dragonslayer” by vispetya.
• @CoolVibe: “Magilium” by Christoph Peters Von Sperling.
• @CoolVibe: “There is only one way” by Christoph Peters Von Sperling.
• @CoolVibe: “Marvel Heroes” by Patricio Clarey.
• @CoolVibe: “Red Steam” by Ignacio Bazán Lazcano.

More Fun Stuff

• Excerpt: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.
• VIDEO: Star Wars: Bye Bye Jar Jar.

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