SF Tidbits for 2/28/12
- The Agony Column interviews Anne Rice (podcast).
- Angry Robot Podcast interviews David Tallerman.
- Angry Robot interviews Joey HiFi.
- Darren J Guest interviews Robert Jackson Bennett.
- Kindle Fantasy Authors interviews Scott Marlowe.
- Strange Horizons Writing Climate Change: A Round Table Discussion with Julie Bertagna, Tobias Buckell, Maggie Gee, Glenda Larke, Kim Stanley Robinson, Vandana Singh, and Joan Slonczewski.
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews Peter Orullian.
- Weird Fiction Review (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Steve Duffy.
- Wiscon Imaginary Book Club Panel with Ben Rosenbaum, Ellen Klages, Liza Furr, Richard Chwedyk, and Sumana Harihareswara (video).
- I Should Be Writing (Mur Lafferty) interviews Howard Andrew Jones (podcast).
- Democracy Now interviews Walter Mosley (video).
News
- Mark Bourne, 1961-2012.
- 2012 Arthur C Clarke Award Submissions.
- Win a Free ARC of Alan Campbell’s Damnation for Beginners.
- Michael Whelan eBook cover art to appear on print version of A Memory of Light.
- Nonstop Press announces that beginning March 24 all paper books brought thru their website will now include free download of the DRM-free mobi (Kindle) or epub (iPad, Nook) edition where available .
Events
Articles
- The Sunday Guardian (Aishwarya Subramanian) on How to best snack on fantasy, and other vital questions.
- Juliette Wade on Can you “know” a character if you’re not in his/her head?
- Clarion (Brittany Lyons) on Writing What You Know.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts on Writing – Mothering – Balancing.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Cat Rambo’s Developmental Editing Checklist.
- Kristin Nador on How Star Trek Can Teach You About Character Arcs.
- Futurismic (Paul Raven) on The Future Always Wins.
- Lisa L. Hannett (Deborah Biancotti) on Keep Running.
- Susan J. Morris on Rivi… Rive… Revision (Or, How to Love the Red Pen).
- Inkpunks (Christie Yant) On Giving Up.
- Haikasoru (Nick Mamatas) on What is Magic Realism.
- Orbit Books (Elizabeth Moon) on My Fascination with ‘Good’ Characters.
- Gail Carriger on Ending a Series ~ Part 2: Emotions.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) on Star Wars: Red Harvest and Vampires from Outer Space.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) reviews Synthetic Dreams by Kim Knox.
- A Dribble of Ink (Aidan Moher) reviews The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
- The Book Smugglers (Tobias S. Buckell) on Inspirations.
- L.B. Gale on Fantasy Writers: What We’re Up Against — Rowling Edition.
- L.B. Gale on A Hunger Games Tribute List: 10 Fictional Teens that Could Defeat Katniss Everdeen.
- Locus Roundtable (Karen Burnham) asks Why do you enjoy reading science fiction?
Art
More Fun Stuff
Here’s interesting one for tomorrow’s tidbits!
http://upcoming4.me/media-news/book-news/item/8746-new-greg-egan-coming-in-september
Forgot to say, it’s announcement for new Greg Egan, Orthogonal Book 2
http://upcoming4.me/media-news/book-news/item/8746-new-greg-egan-coming-in-september