SF Tidbits for 3/7/12
Interviews and Profiles
- The Functional Nerds interviews Lou Anders and E.C. Meyers.
- Tor.com (Joe Hill) interviews Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola.
- Geeks are Sexy (J David Osborne) interviews Andrew Stanton.
- Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Brian Evenson.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: James Renner.
- Fantasy Matters (Megan Kurashige) interviews William Alexander.
- A.M. Dellamonica interviews Joshua Palmatier.
- John Joseph Adams interviews Joe R. Lansdale. [via Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine]
- Lightspeed Magazine (Gina Guadagnino) interviews Kali Wallace.
- Lightspeed Magazine (Theodore Quester) interviews S.L. Gilbow.
- SFX interviews Gareth Roberts.
- Mad Hatter interviews Martha Wells.
News
- Help get WITCHES on the air!
- Borderlands books in San Francisco now has a cafe.
- The Neil Gaiman/Jonathan Ross/Mark Millar/Tony Lee Charity Doctor Who Book.
- Signed Limited Edition of Jack Vance’s omnibus The Jack Vance Reader, now more than half off the regular price.
- Fox Cancels Terra Nova.
- DoTheFuture – a new web venture curated by futurist Glen Hiemstra to inspire innovation and foster active contribution to the future. [via Brenda Cooper]
- Amazon MP3 Downloads: John Carter Soundtrack by Michael Giacchino – $3.99.
Events
- Dragons in Space with Myke Cole, Hillary Jordan, and Naomi Novik — Bookstore Cafe
- in New York City.
- Derby City Council presents Damien G. Walter: Visit the Science-Fiction Book Doctor. Saturday 10 March.
Articles
- Lisa L. Hannett (Cat Sparks) on Zone and Rhythm.
- Juliette Wade on The illusion of “natural” electronics interfaces, and the book.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Things You Should Know About Word Choice.
- Ellen Datlow on Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears e-book & electronic rights/backlist etc.
- Broad Universe (Sue Burke) on Castles in Spain: fantasy writers and publishers have high hopes.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Write Tip: Transitions & Seeding – Essentials For Plausibility.
- Spec Technique on Explaining Without Really Explaining.
- Tor.com (Stubby the Rocket) on Shot Through the Heart! Our 10 Favorite Fictional Archers.
- Juliette Wade on TTYU Retro: Transitions – linking forward through the story.
- Gail Z. Martin on Heroes Who Inspired Me.
- Madeleine E. Robins on on Regency Romance.
- Helen Lowe On Writing.
- The Galaxy Express (Heather Massey) on Books Vs. Films in Science Fiction Romance.
- Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations (Joachim Boaz) on Adventures in Science Fiction Cover Art: Through the View Screen, Through the Window.
- Tammar Stein on The idea behind Kindred.
- Apex Magazine (Julia Rios) on Reaching into the QUILTBAG: the Evolving World of Queer Speculative Fiction.
- Wag The Fox (Maurice Broaddus) on Putting the Urban in Urban Fantasy.
- A. Lee Martinez on Inside Novelology.
- io9 (Meredith Woerner) on John Carter, As Imagined by 12-Year-Old Andrew Stanton and teenage Michael Chabon.
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Films: Fantastic Voyage (1966)a>.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) on Fleas, Flies and Friars: Children's Poetry from the Middle Ages by Nicholas Orme.
- Fantasy Faction (Jacob Topp-Mugglestone) on Return of the Novella: Ebooks and the Awkwardly Sized Novel.
- NPR on The Unlikely Best-Seller: A Wrinkle In Time Turns 50.
- Guardian (Victoria Sussens-Messerer) on Five hundred new fairy tales discovered in Germany. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Publishers Weekly (Karen Springen) asks Are Teens Embracing E-books? [via Alan Baxter]
- NYTimes on Kindle Singles, Genre Between Magazine Articles and Books.
- Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on Ebooks and Libraries: Is it Worth the Effort?
- Letters of Note on 1984 v. Brave New World.
More Fun Stuff
Superb roundup and thanks for the linkage!