SF Tidbits for 3/12/12

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

• RIP: Jean Giraud “Moebius,” 1938-2012.
• Steampunk Readers Choice Awards – voting now open.
• PS Publishing Sale: 13 Books for 13 Pounds for 13 Days.
• Lazy Fascist Press Acquires Novel by Ross E. Lockhart.
• Marvel offering free digital downloads with physical comic purchases.

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.

More Fun Stuff

• Rube Goldberg Monster Trap [Video].
• Video of Darth Vader Playing Bagpipes and Riding Unicycle.
• What do Burt Reynolds, George Costanza and Skeletor have in common?
• Batman Running Away From Stuff.

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