SF Tidbits for 4/14/12

Interviews & Profiles

• Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) interviews Anne Lyle.
• Adventures Fantastic (Keith West) interviews Martha Wells.
• @Scalzi’s The Big Idea: A.M. Dellamonica.
• Pop My Culture interviews Jane Espenson (podcast). [via Whedonesque]
• Chadwick Ginther interviews M.K. Hobson.
• Suvudu interviews Scott Sigler.
• Elitist Book Reviews (Nick Sharps) interviews James Lovegrove.
• SFX interviews Joe Gilgun (Lockout).
• Retro interview at AboutSF: John Tibbetts interviews Poul Anderson (from 1993)
• Bibliophile Stalker interviews Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt (Sword & Laser).

News

• SF Site News » Rhysling Nominees.
• Kickstarter project by M.K. Hobson: The Warlock’s Curse, book #3 in the Veneficas Americana series.
• Angry Robot is launches crime fiction imprint: Exhibit A.
• Deborah J. Ross: The next Darkover novel The Children of Kings, is scheduled for a March 2013 release from DAW Books.
• New: Mai più senza Torino, a book by Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Grim Oak Press Announces fantasy anthology Unfettered edited by Shawn Speakman. [via A Dribble of Ink]
• Significant Science Fiction Collection comes to the University of Iowa Libraries.
• New Man of Steel Logo Released.
• io9 launches TV Show on Revision 3.
• Auroras on Uranus Photographed by Hubble Telescope.
• Nine planet solar system found.

Events

• Jim C. Hines – Fundraising for Rape Crisis Centers. (See also: The Book of Bear and Lynch.
• Spectrum Fantastic Art Live Presents :: Andrew Jones.
• Chuck Wendig’s Blackbirds Launch Party, Mysterious Galaxy, Los Angeles, April 24th.

Articles

• The World in the Satin Bag (Alyx Dellamonica) on The Magic of the Pacific Northwest.
• Nancy Kress on My Backlist.
• Jim C. Hines (Tansy Rayner Roberts) on First Book Friday.
• A. Lee Martinez on Something Something Joseph Campbell.
• Guardian (Damien Walter) on The Quest for e-Weird concludes.
• Ian Sales on Advantage Amazon.
• Suvudu (Elio García, Jr.) on Talking Game of Thrones: What’s in a Name?
• The Night Bazaar (Jeff Salyards) on Howling at the Moon.
• Smart Pop Books (Robert Weinberg) on The Unauthorized X-Men: Cable’s Grandfather.
• Graham Edwards on The Croning by Laird Barron.
• Michael Swanwick on Paperbacks vs. Hardcovers.
• Best Science Fiction Stories (Rusty) on Realism in Science Fiction: How to Make Your Story Believable.
• Designer Blog (Alex Bigman) on The Evolution of the Sci Fi Movie Poster.
• Geeks of Doom on Con Preparation: The Proper Way To Cosplay.
• Fluffrick on What about funny science fiction films?
• Topless Robot on The 7 Best Western-Themed Sci-Fi TV Episodes.

Art

• Alex Kim’s concept spaceships.
• Illustrations by Pete Revonkorpi.
• Concept Art by Filip Acovic.
• Art Deco Superheroes – Grégoire Guillemin.
• Superheroes are Just Like Us.
• Barry Smith’s covers for the The Conan Saga.
• @CoolVibe: “The Second Coming” by Zach Bush.
• @CoolVibe: “Dexter and Lumen” by .
• @CGHub: “Jungle Minion” by Kekai Kotaki.
• @CGHub: “Cowboys and Aliens” by Ian Joyner.
• @Gorilla Artfare: “MarineBaneling” by Randall Whiteis.
• @Gorilla Artfare: “Robo-monster” by Björn Hurri.

More Fun Stuff

• 50 Page Fridays: Kevin Hearne.
• The Book of the Future. [via The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log]
• The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator. (Thanks, Aravindh!)
• A Compendium of Cool Comics Cosplay.
• How Old Books Get That Distinctive Smell (video).
• Brewster Rockit.
• Queen Vader: Freddie Mercury Riding Darth Vader.
• Star Wars Cupcakes.
• Storm Kong.
• R2-D2 Turntable.
• Simpsons vs. Boba Fett.