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

• Blog Tour Schedule for Helen Lowe’s The Gathering of the Lost.

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.