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”.