SF Tidbits for 3/13/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Weird Fiction Review (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Caitlin R. Kiernan.
- Open Book Society interviews Christopher Golden.
- I Should Be Writing interviews Dan Wells (podcast).
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews David J. Kowalski.
- Forces of Geek interviews David Kowalski.
- The Agony Column interviews Whitley Strieber (podcast).
- The Qwillery interviews Adrian Phoenix.
- AMC Blog interviews Ming Chen (Comic Book Men).
News
- Tor Books Announces Next Book in Halo Series.
- Steve Carell Buys Magic Kingdom for Sale – SOLD!, a comedy based on the book by Terry Brooks..
Articles
- Damien Walter on 5 indispensable guides for fiction writers.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Write Tip: 8 Key Elements For Capturing The Star Wars Feel In Your Story.
- Janice Hardy on Do or Do Not. There is No Try: Clarifying What Your Characters Do.
- Kate Elliott on World-building: To start, I ask myself: Who is visible?
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Making Magic Work (in Books).
- A map of the United States, drawn in the style of Lord of the Rings.
- Clarion (Lynda Williams) on Risking Girl Cooties by Writing for Women.
- Lisa L. Hannett (Allyson Bird) on Writing Out Loud.
- Seanan McGuire on Seanan loves her some fanfic, yes she does: on transformative works.
- World SF Blog (Sarah Lotz, Nick Wood and Tanya Barben) on 2011 – A Year South African Speculative Fiction Gathers Momentum.
- Nancy Kress on Jane Austen and Gregor Mendel.
- Kindle Post (Margaret Atwood) on her Kindle Single, I’m Starved for You.
- Carrie Cuinn on Karen Joy Fowler’s What I Didn’t See and Other Stories.
- Tor.com (Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer) on Spock Must Die! by James Blish [via The Lensman’s Children]
- Cinerati on The SF Library: Mandatory Anthology #1 Adventures in Time and Space.
- Smart Pop Books (Lou Anders) on Superman vs. Batman: A Tale of Two Orphans. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Locus Online Reviews (Howard Waldrop and Lawrence Person) reviews John Carter.
- Giant Freakin Robot on 5 Reasons Disney’s John Carter Failed At The Box Office.
- SFX (Dave Golder) on Why John Carter’s Disappointing Box Office Is A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
- Fantasy Book Critic (Lincoln Crisler and Tim Marquitz) on Corrupted Absolutely: Thoughts.
- Stella Matutina on Non-American YA.
- Blastr on 12 geektastically hilarious sci-fi moments from NBC's Community.
- Complex on The 10 Worst Dressed Sci-Fi Film Characters. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- SciFi Now on Top 10 Best Batman Graphic Novels.
Art
- Ship concepts from Carpe Chaos.
- @Daily Inspiration: “King of Thorns” and “Waterfall” by Jason Chan.
More Fun Stuff
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