SF Tidbits for 4/11/12
Interviews and Profiles
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Mary Robinette Kowal.
- Lightspeed (Theodore Quester) interviews Caitlín R. Kiernan.
- Lightspeed (John Joseph Adams) interviews Karin Lowachee.
- The Functional Nerds interviews John Joseph Adams and Karin Lowachee (podcast).
- Bookslut (Geoffrey H. Goodwin) interviews Genevieve Valentine.
- Not an Editor interviews Lucienne Diver.
- Discordia 19 quotes Neil Gaiman interviewing Stephen King.
- The Guardian (Alison Flood) profiles Christopher Priest.
- Horror Writers Association Blog (Ron Breznay) interviews Gregory Frost.
- Helen Lowe interviews Ian Irvine.
- SmarterTravel (Josh Roberts) interviews George R.R. Martin. [via Pat's Fantasy Hotlist]
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt interviews Simon C. Larter.
- Cult Pop interviews Todd Brunswick.
- ActuSF interviews Paolo Bacigalupi (video).
- ActuSF interviews Stephen Baxter (video).
- ActuSF interviews Glen Cook (and another).
- ActuSF interviews James Morrow (video).
- ActuSF interviews Lucius Shepard (video).
- ActuSF interviews Peter Watts.
News
- Finalists for French Genre Awards, Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire.
- Frank Herbert’s new High-Opp now out in print and eBook.
- Big Six Publishers Decline To Renew Contract With Amazon Over Unfavorable Terms.
- Libraries announce boycott of Random House ebooks.
- Second Walking Dead Novel Announced.
- Ender’s Game Release Pushed Back.
- Joss Whedon Promises Another Death in Dr. Horrible 2.
- HBO renews Game of Thrones.
- James Webb Space Telescope to “TiVo” Universe’s Birth.
Events
Articles
- Nathan Bransford on Ten Commandments for Editing Someone’s Work.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Reasons I Hate Your Main Character.
- Kate Elliott on The narrative of women in fear and pain.
- Grasping for the Wind (Jacob Topp-Mugglestone) on Magic Systems: Twilight.
- Grasping for the Wind (Gerry Bartlett) on Why I’m Fascinated by the Paranormal.
- Tor.com (Mari Ness) on The Atlantic’s List of Greatest Girl Characters in Literature: Really?
- Weird Fiction Review (Matthew Pridham) on Razors to the Heart: William Shakespeare and Horror Fiction.
- Deborah J. Ross on When Writing Friends Aren’t: Sabotage and Self-Image.
- Sarah Hoyt on Bring Back That Wonder Feeling. [via John C. Wright]
- Martha Wells on Book Recommendations.
- David Brin on From The Brick Moon to Telstar.
- The Way the Future Blogs (Jack Robins) on Remembering Robert W. Lowndes and the Futurians.
- A. Lee Martinez on Endgame.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (17): Ghostbusters, The Last Starfighter.
- Eclectic Authors (Stuart Clark) on My Guilty Pleasure – Babylon 5, “The Gathering”.
- The Night Bazaar (Thomas Morrissey) on All For One, One For All…?.
- The Night Bazaar (Emma Swift) on Writers Anonymous.
- Apex (Gary A. Braunbeck) on Get Off My Lawn.
- Jacqueline Lichtenberg on Believing In Happily Ever After Part 6 – The Writer's Lifestyle and Happily Ever After.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Analog’s “special women’s issue”.
- The Qwillery (Jeff Salyards) on Open 24/7.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) on A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham.
- Bibliophile Stalker reviews After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress.
- Bibliophile Stalker on Essay: The Massive The Hunger Games Post.
- Bibliophile Stalker on Blogging the Hugos 2012: Best Fancast.
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Film: Trollhunter (2010).
- Salon on Hunger Games banned: Hunger Games trilogy becomes a most-challenged book. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- TechCrunch (Devin Coldewey) on Science Fiction.
- Squidoo on The Top 15 Scientifically Accurate Science Fiction Movies.
- Biology in Science Fiction (Peggy Kolm) on Science and SF Tidbits.
Art
- Fantasy Art by Anne Stokes.
- Absolutely Outstanding Sci-fi Inspiration.
- Absolutely Epic Digital Art From The Udon Crew.
- Futuristic Vector Art.
- Pixel Art by Yuriy Gusev.
- Bashir Sultani – Speed Art – Bane.
- concept robots: Robot model by Jorge Barros.
- concept ships: Ice Racers by Remko Troost.
- Creative Mondays 20 – The Fifth Element Poster.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Jason Kauzlarich.
- @AndroidBlues: “One Last Time” by Steven Stahlberg.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Sith Inquisitor Head” by Shaun Absher.
- @CoolVibe: “Twisted” by Zach Bush.
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