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

• 25 Cool Doctor Who Wallpaper Collection.
• Star Wars Fashion.