SF Tidbits for 4/23/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Galactic Chat interviews Kate Forsyth (podcast).
- Jonathan Strahan chats with Gary K. Wolfe and Nnedi Okorafor (podcast).
- When Gravity Fails interviews James Lovegrove.
- The Little Red Reviewer interviews Robert Jackson Bennett.
- Chadwick Ginther interviews M.K. Hobson.
- Erin Underwood interviews The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 4 contributors.
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Sean McMullen.
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Michael Blumlein.
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Richard Bowes.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt profiles Grace Bridges.
- Toronto.com on climate change includes responses from Genevieve Valentine, Tobias S. Buckell, Ryan Oakley, Karl Johanson, Robert J. Sawyer, Madeline Ashby, Paolo Bacigalupi, Hayden Trenholm, Teddy Wilson, Jean-Louis Trudel, Julie E. Czerneda, Rob Ziegler, Robert Charles Wilson, Suzanne Church, and Rob Kutner.
News
- Night Shade Books: Have you read our New Voices?
- Linda Nagata is looking for 20 Amazon Reviews. [via The Skiffy and Fanty Show]
- Paralysed woman to tackle marathon on robot legs. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- William Shatner treats his one millionth Twitter Follower to dinner.
Articles
- Book View Cafe (Kelly McClymer) on Writing in the Digital Age: Pajama Marketing – Pitching to Book Review Blogs.
- Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on Writers’ Writers and Writer Storytellers.
- Stroppy Author on Writing like nicotine (or sex).
- Book Life Now (Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter) on Stop, Collaborate & Listen: Five Points about Collaboration.
- Jim C. Hines on Hugo Lessons Thus Far.
- The Qwillery (Rhiannon Held) on Reverses.
- David Brin on The new Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination…plus innovative space concepts.
- Molly Flatt on Fantasy’s moment has come.
- LitReactor (Rajan Khanna) on Off the Beaten Path: Non-Traditional Fantasy Settings.
- Mike Resnick on Ask Bwana #30 (from November 1999).
- The Next Web on The Innovation Needed Before eBooks Replace “pBooks”.
- Eric Orchard on Marrowbones.
- Carrie Cuinn on Book Spine Poetry.
- The Daily Beast on How National Book Critics Circle Chooses Its Awards.
- Curiosity Quills Press on 5 Tips for a Successful Book Event.
- HorrorNews on Top 10 Supernatural Reality Altering Horror Characters.
- Geeky Girls Love Sci-Fi on Five Reasons To Watch Avengers Assemble.
- Cracked.com on 6 Tips for Turning Awful Fan Fiction into a Best Seller. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- WhatCulture on 5 Reasons Why The Avengers Is Greatest Comic Book Movie.
- Writing is Hard Work on 10 Science Fiction Novels Every Writer Should Read.
- Wired.com’s GeekDad on Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids.
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