SF Tidbits for 3/30/12
Interviews and Profiles
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Helen Lowe.
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies (Kate Marshall) interviews Yoon Ha Lee.
- [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author Saladin Ahmed.
- Hero Complex interviews Patrick Rothfuss.
- SFFWRTCHT 3/28/12 With Author Mary Robinette Kowal.
- Suvudu (Fictional Frontiers) interviews James Berardinelli (podcast).
- Agony Column Podcast features a conversation between Terry Bisson and Karen Joy Fowler.
- Tor Books UK (Louise Buckley) interviews Col Buchanan.
- Mediabistro interviews Amanda Hocking.
- The Geek Side of Life interviews John Anealio.
News
- Orbit to publish three more Expanse books from James S.A. Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). [via A Dribble of Ink]
- Titan Books to Publish Genre-Bending Debut Novel Ecko: Rising by Danie Ware.
- Tu Books announces publication of Diverse Energies, a YA anthology of dystopian stories edited by author Tobias S. Buckell, with storiues by Ursula K. Le Guin, Paolo Bacigalupi, Malinda Lo, Cindy Pon, and Greg van Eekhout.
- Back in Print as Kindle eBook: Cortez On Jupiter by Ernest Hogan. [via More Red Ink]
- Oldest Alien Planets Found—Born at Dawn of Universe. [via Gravity Lens]
- CBS (and possibly J.J. Abrams) have put a stop to that long-lost Star Trek episode. [via Lawrence Person]
Events
Articles
- Reactions to yesterday’s tidbit about Christopher Priest’s Clarke Award Assessment:
- Catherynne M. Valente on The Tears of Christopher Priest.
- Cheryl Morgan on Award Short List Announced – No One Dead.
- Damien G. Walter on Understanding Christopher Priest.
- Jeff VanderMeer on Evil Monkey, Christopher Priest, and the Arthur C. Clarke Awards.
- John Scalzi on Christopher Priest Shouts at Clouds.
- Matthew Cheney on Formalist?
- Bibliophile Stalker on Christopher on Clarke: Critical or Crazy?
- Book View Cafe (Nancy Jane Moore) on Cultivating Creativity.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Pay No Attention To That Man Behind The Curtain.
- Janice Hardy on Baby Got Backstory: Dealing With Backstory in Your Novel.
- The New York Times on The Power of Young Adult Fiction.
- N.K. Jemisin on There’s no such thing as a good stereotype.
- Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) on London Peculiar: Essential Nonfiction from the Iconic Michael Moorcock.
- Inkpunks (Tracie Welser) On the First Sale, and Believing the Impossible.
- The Solaris blog (David Moore) on Sunrise on Mars.
- Trentonomicon (Helen Lowe) on Romance vs Reality: War & Conflict in Epic Fantasy and The Gathering of the Lost.
- Titan Books (David Kowalski) on Alternate timelines and you.
- Paizo on Paizo Publishing’s 10th Anniversary Retrospective—Year 2 (2003).
- Slate Magazine on The restless life of Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- L.B. Gale on Disability Theory.
- Functional Nerds (Paul Weimer) reviews Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence.
- A. Lee Martinez on Talking with Imaginary Friends.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter reviews Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers.
- Examiner (Josh Vogt) reviews Songs of the Earth, by Elspeth Cooper.
- io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on 10 Books Every Fantasy Author Should Read.
- Ranker on The 12 Most Uncomfortable Game of Thrones Moments.
- The Ranting Dragon on Twenty Must Read Retold Tales – An Introduction to the Genre.
More Fun Stuff
- Beware the Hairy Mango #99 – “The Grafter” by Matthew Sanbonrn Smith.
- Comic: Jules Verne and H.G. Wells on the hard vs soft SF debate.
- Adventures of the League of STEAM – “Tall Tails”.
- A Smugglerific Cover: Blackwood by Gwenda Bond (& ARC Giveaway).
- Gallery: NASA's space shuttles get taken apart.
- Batman Money Clip.
- Yummy Star Wars: Yoda Cake.
- Bookshelf Heaven.
- Birth of a Book.
- The Little League. [via Neatorama]
- Read: Wil Wheaton & Simon Pegg’s Nerdiest Trek Chat Ever.