SF Tidbits for 3/6/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Galactic Chat interviews Claire Corbett (podcast).
- Sense of Wonder interviews Daryl Gregory.
- The Far Edge of Normal interviews Sue Burke.
- iHull interviews Adam Roberts (video).
- A.M. Dellamonica interviews Joshua Palmatier.
- Weird Fiction Review (Adam Mills) interviews Eric Basso.
- Rachel Swirsky interviews Mazarkis Williams.
- Examiner.com (Josh Vogt) interviews Tobias Buckell.
- Far Beyond Reality (Stefan Raets) interviews Tobias Buckell (plus giveaway).
- SFFWRTCHT (Michelle Ristuccia) interviews E. C. Myers.
- AMC Blog interviews Walt Flanagan (Comic Book Men).
- SFX interviews Ken MacLeod.
News
- Winners: he Micro Award for Flash Fiction.
- Gareth L Powell Joins John Jarrold Literary Agency
- BBC America Commissions Two Sci-Fi Series.
- Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Family Fighting To Help Disney Censor John Carter.
Articles
- Juliette Wade on “Superpowers” for non-superhero characters.
- Clarion (Justine Graykin) on Time Travel Rant.
- Richard Parks on Playing Fair.
- Rose Lemberg on Feminist SF/F: on Feminist Characters.
- Cheryl Morgan on Women in SF: Chicken or Egg?
- Stroppy Author on How to speak publisher – D is for double-page spread.
- SpecTechnique on An observer might…
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on The Sexy Space Cowboy Mystery Elf Brigade: Crossing Genres Like a Pro.
- Book View Cafe (Judith Tarr) on Worldbuilding With Horses: Ponies in Space!.
- Book View Cafe (Ursula K. Le Guin) on Google Goggles.
- Mur Lafferty on Strong Female Characters, My Own Definition.
- Ann Aguirre on The Stages of Drafting a Book.
- Elizabeth Bear on Cat-Waxing 101.
- Tobias S. Buckell on The Future is Hot, It’s Getting Hotter.
- C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp on The Funny Thing About Research.
- Melanie Rawn on “Why did you choose to return to high fantasy?”
- Pamela Sargent on Optional Fantasies.
- Squidoo on How To Sell Your Comic Book Collection. [via Consumerist]
- L.B. Gale on Fantasy Writers: What We’re Up Against (George R.R. Martin Edition).
- Tor.com (Jo Walton) on H. Beam Piper’s Omnilingual.
- M. John Harrison on Swords of the Infinite. [via The Lensman’s Children]
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (15): Never Say Never Again, The Day After, Ralph Hammeras.
- Strange Horizons (Robyn Fleming) on Dice and D-Pads: Phones With Friends.
- Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist (David Constantine) on The Pillars of Hercules.
- Bleeding Cool asks Is This Impossibly Rare 1927 Metropolis German 3-Sheet About To Set A New World Record For Movie Posters?
- Slate Magazine on I Love You, Killer Robots – Quadrotor drones are amazing and cute, and they will probably destroy us all. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Alex Bledsoe (Elizabeth Keathley) on The resurrection of Wonder Woman.
- Forbes on Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk.
Art
- Book Art: The Book Surgeon. [via Gwenda Bond]
- Long-Lost Cover Image for Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe. [via The Lensman’s Children]
- @Daily Design Inspiration: “Water creatures” by Francois Baranger.
- @CoolVibe: “Densinmaru” by Atsushi Mishima.
- @CoolVibe: “Iron Man” by Fernando Ferreiro Colmenares.
- @ItsArtMag: “The Curse by Cellesria” by Cellesria
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More Fun Stuff
- Read the First 120 Pages of Robert McCammon’s The Providence Rider.
- Infographic: 120 fake sci-fi events on a real-world timeline.
- How To Name Your First Novel. [via Gwenda Bond]
- If you find yourself ostracized for preferring to sit quietly and read, this TED talk by Susan Cain will speak to you.
- 12 creatively customized homemade Boba Fett helmets.
- Steampunk “Thing”.