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

• Vote for the Independent Book Blogger Awards! [via GalleyCat]

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.

More Fun Stuff

• Free Preview: The First 11 Chapters of The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi.
• Free Fantasy Audiobook Excerpts from Random House Audio.
• Using Science Fiction to Teach Science. [via David Brin]

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