SF Tidbits for 4/24/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Suicide Girls (Alex Dueben) interviews Caitlin R. Kiernan.
- The Enchanted Inkpot (Ellen Oh) interviews Kimberly Pauley and Stacy Whitman.
- The World SF Blog interviews Roberto Mendes.
- Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Richard Bowes.
- SF Squeecast Episode 11 (podcast).
- Readers’ Realm interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Esther Friesner.
- Prime Books (Gina Guadagnino) interviews K.J. Parker.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show welcomes Myke Cole, Stina Leicht, and Paul Weimer.
- Apex interviews Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt.
- Sci-Fi Talk Podcast interviews Alan Ruck.
News
- LA Times Book Prize Winners Revealed.
- Winners: FAAN Awards.
- World Book Night: Stephen Fry joins million giveaway. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Adam Christopher gets new book deal with Tor.
- Stephenie Meyer and David McKee among most frequently challenged authors, librarians say.
- The New York Review of Science Fiction: April 2012 Table of Contents.
- Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology Kickstarter.
Events
Articles
- Juliette Wade on “Hook the reader with your opening,” they say – but precisely whom are you hooking?
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Things to Consider When Plotting World Domination: Play to your Strengths.
- Weird Fiction Review (Hal Duncan) on Hal Duncan’s Favorite Monster.
- Richard Parks on Don’t Let the Ducks Win.
- Jim C. Hines on Posing Like a Man.
- Jackie Collins explains her decision to self-publish. [via The Cultural Gutter]
- Strange Horizons (Ann Wilkes) on Airships – Not just flying billboards.
- David Brin on Space Resources: Re-igniting a can-do spirit of ambition.
- BestSFBooks lists Ernest Cline's Favorite SF Books.
- Mark Charan Newton on The Line Between the Historical and the Fantastic.
- Law and the Multiverse on Time Travel, Resurrection, and Double Jeopardy.
- Smart Pop Books (Loni Peristere) on Mutant Enemy U.
- Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist (Mark Teppo) on The Mongoliad.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on 10 Tips for Writing Good Action Scenes and Journey Through the SFF Classics: A Beginning.
- A Dribble of Ink (Daniel Abraham) on Concerning Historical Authenticity in Fantasy, or Truth Forgives You Nothing.
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) on The Power of the Blurb.
- Suvudu (Mac Beauvais) on Just What is Cosplay? – Part 4.
- Locus Online Reviews (Paul Di Filippo) reviews on Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders by Samuel R. Delany.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Anna Mundow) reviews Kingdom Come by J.G. Ballard.
- Functional Nerds (Paul Weimer) on And Blue Skies from Pain by Stina Leicht.
- Bibliophile Stalker on Blogging the Hugos 2012: Best Novella.
- io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on 33 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies that Could Rock Your Summer.
- Black Gate on What’s Become of Screwloose? and Other Great Short Fiction by Ron Goulart.
Art
- Concept spaceship environments by Tae won jun.
- Robot scene illustration by Tae won jun.
- @ItsArtMag: “Steel Creed” by arsDraw.
- @ItsArtMag: “Special Guest” by Ksalonen.
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