SF Tidbits for 3/12/12

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Charles Tan in Tidbits // 1 Comment

Interviews and Profiles

Horror Writers Association interviews Kaaron Warren.
Reddit interviews Jon Sprunk.
Odyssey Workshop interviews Jennifer Jackson.
Jonathan Strahan chats with Gary K. Wolfe and Michael Dirda (podcast).
Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist interviews Bradley P. Beaulieu.
Speculate! interviews Brandon Sanderson (podcast).
The Disney Blog (John Carter Director Andrew Stanton) on Story (video).
Odyssey Workshop interviews Jennifer Jackson.
BBC News interviews John Cusack (Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven).

News

Events

March 15, 2012: Celebrate Empire Day with Sten by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch – Free eBook and giveaways

Articles

Amal El-Mohtar on Responding to What is Written vs. What You Think Is Written: A Case Study.
Locus (Karen Burnham) on Literary Evolution.
The Guardian (Damien Walter) on The quest for weird fiction across the electronic universe.
Inkpunks (Erika Holt) on To Follow the “Rules” or Not: That is the Question.
Genreville (Rose Fox) on Men Read Men and Women Read Everyone, Still.
Cheryl Morgan on Women in SF: Chicken or Egg?
Suvudu (Jennifer Pelland) on Mechanical Immortality.
Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on Rereading Frankenstein.
io9 (Annalee Newitz) on Throne of the Crescent Moon is the best fantasy swashbuckler of the year so far.
John Picacio remembers Jean Giraud / Moebius.
The Night Bazaar (David Malki) on From Airships to Jetpacks–The Best Flying Machines.
Damien G. Walter on 5 indispensable guides for fiction writers.
Neal Asher on Zero Point.
A. Lee Martinez on John Carter (Imaginedited).
Mike Brotherton on John Carter of Fantasy Mars.
Brad Torgersen on Not Quitting.
Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Table Of Contents: Wandering Weeds-Tales Of Rabid Vegetation (Anthology).
Book Chick City (Grete) reviews The Spiral Path by Lisa Paitz Spindler.
Auxiliary Memory (James Wallace Harris) on What If I Only Bought Books Just Before I Read Them?
Telegraph on Edgar Allan Poe's stranglehold on popular culture.
NYTimes on Flynn Michael Trains New Jedis in the Ways of the Force. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Flavorwire on Celebrating the Many Talents of Douglas Adams.
Wired.com on Supernatural Horror Film Thale Taps Norse Myth (video).
10 Movies That Totally Changed the Plot of a Book. [via Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine]
L.B. Gale on Five Ways that Star Wars Counts as High Art.

Art

The Posters of the Mondo Gallery Opening. (Also here.)
Sci-Fi Film Alphabet, Poster That Quizzes Your Sci-Fi Movie Knowledge.
L.B. Gale on Fantasy Cover Art of the Week.
@GeeksAreSexy: “Little Rebels” by James Hance.
@Shadowness: “Warhammer 40K Astropath” by Henning.
@ItsArtMag: “Distant Worlds Cover” by kerembeyit.

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lauren francesca // March 15, 2012 at 10:29 pm //

Hello,

My name is Lauren Francesca, I shoot comedy videos online. I have been in many viral videos. Barelypolitical started a web series with me as the lead character and if it does well they will shoot more of them. Would really appreciate it if you took the time to watch it, and potentially share it if you feel that it is in your demographic.

I love Sci fi projects and hope to work on a lot more of them.

Link to the show;

http://youtu.be/pgapQkMkWNU