SF Tidbits for 3/29/12
Interviews and Profiles
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Elizabeth Bear.
- The Enchanted Inkpot (Caroline Hooton) interviews Janet Foxley.
- Sense of Wonder interviews Lavie Tidhar.
- SFFWRTCHT interviews John C. Wright.
- Black Gate (Patty Templeton) interviews Delia Sherman.
- Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Lauren Groff.
- Machine Readable interviews Rob Ziegler and Jason Heller (podcasts).
- Suvudu readers interviews Naomi Novik.
- Kirkus Book Reviews interviews Ryan Inzana.
News
- Christine Brooke-Rose (1923-2012).
- Peter Phillips (1920-2012).
- Adrienne Rich (1929-2012).
- Carnegie and Greenaway Finalists.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith win The Willamette Writers Lifetime Achievement Award.
- FoxAcre Press announces publication of Frontiers Of Space, Time And Thought: Stories and Essays on The Big Questions, a new collection by Edward M. Lerner.
- BuzzyMag.com Ezine Launch.
- Real Sceince: Super-Earths ‘in the billions’. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Articles
- Locus Roundtable on John Clute’s Giraffe.
- SpecTechnique on Heroes vs Characters.
- The Speculative Scotsman (Amanda Rutter) on Becoming A New Type of Reader.
- The Guardian (Damien Walter) on Should science fiction and fantasy do more than entertain?
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Stumbling through the Arena: Thoughts on the Hunger Games Movie.
- Rachelle Gardner on Making a Living as a Writer: Challenges.
- Juliette Wade on Maps: Why to use them, and how to create them in Excel.
- Chuck Wendig on Mass Effect: The Story Is The Game.
- Richard Parks on Following the Wrong Gods Home.
- CNN (Gene Seymour) on Why ‘Hunger’ soared; ‘Carter’ bombed.
- The Washington Post (Michael Dirda) on Hunger Games vs. John Carter: Are critics wrong?
- Film Critic (John Scalzi) on 5 Lessons from the Hit Hunger Games and the Flop John Carter.
- Lev Grossman on Public Speaking — the Lev Grossman Way!
- Christopher Priest on The Clarke Award shortlist.
- Ian Sales on Relevance? What’s that then?
- J.J. Cohén on The Monstrous Fantastic.
- Ben Peek on The Journey in Fantasy.
- Robert J. Sawyer on Two million words of science fiction.
- Jeffrey Ford on ICFA Readings.
- Tor.com on Let’s Talk Science Fiction Summer Movies.
- Guardian (Cory Doctorow) on Protecting your Facebook privacy at work isn't just about passwords.
- L.B. Gale on Sorting Fictional Characters into the Hogwarts Houses of Harry Potter.
- Genevieve Valentine on 8 Things You Should Know About The Hunger Games.
Art
- Soviet Space propoganda.
- @CoolVibe: “City’s Heart” by Fabio Barretta Zungrone.
- @CoolVibe: “Elric of Melniboné” by Josh Burns.
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