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.

Art

• Tron-ized Superheroes.
• Superheroes in Silhouette.

More Fun Stuff

• Unusual Custom Draco Guitar by Emerald Guitars.
• Brewster Rockit.

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