SF Tidbits for 2/8/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Tor.com (Peter Orullian) interviews Robin Hobb.
- Clarion Blog (Adam Israel) interviews Ted Chiang.
- Dead Robots Society interviews Myke Cole and Van Allen Plexico (podcast).
- Reddit interviews R.A. Salvatore.
- Lightspeed Magazine (Andrew Liptak) interviews Keith Brooke.
- Adrienne Kress interviews Professor Elemental.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Saladin Ahmed.
- The New Yorker (Deborah Treisman) interviews Michael Chabon.
- Gollancz interviews Jacqueline Carey.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Michael Sullivan.
- Functional Nerds Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview Chuck Wendig and Daniel Polansky.
News
- Buy Under the Moons of Mars, Get a Free Issue of Lightspeed.
- New issue of Hyperpulp.
- James Enge’s A Guile of Dragons Coming in August.
- Chicon 7 Announces Second Deadline for Dealers’ Room Applications.
- StoryBundle – a collection of DRM-free eBooks for a low price that you choose. [via GalleyCat]
Events
Articles
- Fantasy Matters (Saladin Ahmed) on Heroic Fantasy and Throne of the Crescent Moon.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Reasons That Writers Are Bug-Fuck Nuts.
- Seanan McGuire on Because people have asked: Where To Buy My New Book.
- Charles Stross (Cat Valente) on #shitsiskosays.
- Torque Control on Lavinia, Part 3: Science Fiction?
- The Intern on tell a dream, lose a reader…but why?
- The Outer Alliance (T. C. Mill) on A Spell of Passion or Fear.
- Underwire (John Joseph Adams) on John Carter Returns to Barsoom in Sci-Fi Short “The Metal Men of Mars”.
- The Qwillery (David Constantine) on Cover Art.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Patty Jansen) on Writer Confidence – Too Much or Too Little?
- Stroppy Author on All hyped out – the push-me-pull-you of book promotion.
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Films: The Invisible Man 1958 – 1960.
- Wil Wheaton on One of my super secret projects isn’t a secret any longer.
- Ben Peek on I think I am beginning to hate Star Wars.
- Asymco on Hollywood by the numbers.
- Innovations on 10 Bright Idea to Get You Through February. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Film School Rejects on 10 Truly Terrifying Horror Movie Jump Scares.
- Adam-Troy Castro on Six Things About Superman That Just Don’t Make Any Sense.
Art
- Concept ships by wangxiaoyu.
- 40 Wonderful Sci-Fi Wallpapers From Out Of World.
- Concept art for HP Lovecraft animation Age of Madness.
- Cthulhu Valentine by Marcelo Gallegos. [via Cthulhu Valentine]
- The Modern Skull Illusion » Design You Trust – Design and Beyond!.
More Fun Stuff
- Infographic: The First 45 Years of ‘Star Trek’ Timeline.
- Star Wars R2-D2 Apron [Pic].
- Doctor Who Logo History.
- Assortment Of Exciting & Scary Movies Posters 2012.
- IRON SKY Gets A Poster.
- 10 geeky and awesome Valentine’s Day gifts.
- Almost 60 New Free Fantasy and Science Fiction EBooks – Part 1.
- The OMG-AR15 Unicorn zombie gun.