SF Tidbits for 4/12/12
Interviews and Profiles
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Lynne M. Thomas.
- The Bat Segundo Show interviews Steve Erickson (podcast).
- Galactic Suburbia Episode 57 (podcast).
- Civilian Reader interviews Gini Koch.
- Book Life (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Liz Gorinsky.
- Flickering Myth interviews Alan Burnett.
- The Enchanted Inkpot (Elizabeth Bunce) interviews Rebecca Barnhouse.
- Geek’s Dream Girl interviews Richard Dansky.
- Fantasy Hrvatska interviews Carrie Vaughn (video).
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews Daniel Abraham.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Eric Nylund.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Carol Wolf.
- The Qwillery interviews Suzanne Johnson.
- Slice of SciFi interviews Russell Hornsby (Grimm) (podcast).
- Neil Gaiman interviews on Stephen King.
News
- DOJ sues Apple over price-fixing scheme.
- Sword & Laser Podcast on Geek & Sundry YouTube Channel.
- BSFA Awards Ceremony: An Apology.
- Jamie Todd Rubin: the newest interviewer/book reviewer for InterGalactic Medicine Show.
- 50% Off Sale at Night Shade Books.
- Booklifenow.com–The Relaunch!.
- Fantasy Mistressworks – how you can help.
- William Boyd takes James Bond back to 1960s in new 007 novel.
- Kickstarter Encouragement: Guy Gavriel Kay.
- AMC Announces Robert Kirkman's Thief of Thieves as Project In Development.
- Lucas empire strikes back in Calif. studio battle. (Thanks
- ‘Doomsday shelter’ being built below Kansas prairie where millionaires will be able to sit out the Apocalypse in style. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Macmillan CEO on the Justice Department Suit Against Macmillan, Apple, et al.
Events
Articles
- Book Life (Jaym Gates) On Rebranding a Known Property.
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Railing against Consensus Taste: Why We Complain about Literary Awards.
- Book View Cafe (Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) on Dueling with words: Action and Dialogue Part Two.
- Rachelle Gardner on 6 Reasons Authors Self-Publish.
- Chuck Wendig on A Long Look At “Show, Don’t Tell”.
- Publisher’s Weekly (Brigid Alverson) on Best Job Ever: My Six Months As An Eisner Judge.
- Garlic and Sapphires in the Mud on Dear Western SFF: stop it with ‘exotic’ already.
- Intergalactic Academy (Phoebe North) on Defining Genre: The Problem with “Dystopian Romance”.
- Boing Boing (Cory Doctorow) reviews Glamour in Glass.
- io9 (Esther Inglis-Arkell) on Why you’ll never go to space prison.
- Publisher’s Weekly (Andrew Richard Albanese and Rachel Deahl ) on The Broad Strokes of the Hachette, HarperCollins and S&S Price-Fixing Settlement.
- Inkpunks (John Klima) on Research, or, Why You Should Start at the Library.
- Fantasy Cafe (Stina Leicht) on Vanishing the Elephant.
- BlogHer (Sarah Moon) on Stop Telling Me What to Read!
- Tor.com (Brit Mandelo) on Reading Joanna Russ: The Hidden Side of the Moon (1988).
- Kate Elliott on The narrative of women in fear and pain. [via Martha Wells]
- Stacked (Kelly J) on Cover Trends & The Female Body.
- Indies Unlimited (Shevi Arnold) on Book Cover Basics Part II.
- The Awl on Nine Writers And Publicists Tell All About Readings And Book Tours.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) reviews A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham.
- Scott Edelman on 45 years ago, Terry Southern predicted 2012. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Orbit on on Which Daniel Abraham book is best for you.
- Mail Online on Apocalypse: 'Doomsday shelter' being built below Kansas prairie.
- CNet (Nathan Bransford) on Why e-books cost so much.
- Coding Horror (Jeff Atwood) on Books: Bits vs. Atoms.
- Conceptual Fiction (Ted Gioia) on So It Goes: The Unconventional Sci-Fi of Kurt Vonnegut.
- Filmcritic (John Scalzi) on 5 Scifi Films to Help Us Avoid Alien Annihilation.
- Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations (Joachim Boaz) on My Top 11 Science Fiction Novels from the 1960s.
Art
- John Carter Of Mars concept spaceship art by Ryan Church.
- Futuristic City Concepts by David Lee.
- 40 Fantasy story telling Surrealistic Paintings.
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