SF Tidbits for 4/26/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Moirae (the Fates) Book Reviews interviews Alethea Kontis.
• The Enchanted Inkpot (Elizabeth Bunce) interviews Bethany Griffin.
• Prime Books (TJ McIntyre) interviews C.S.E. Cooney.
• Locus ICFA 33, The (Monstrous) Editing Panel.
• AutoStraddle interviews Brit Mandelo.
• Nicola Griffith interviews Brit Mandelo.
• Angry Robot Podcast interviews Matt Forbeck (podcast).
• SciFi Diner Podcast interviews Mark Okrand (Creator of Klingon and Vulcan).
• Prime Books interviews C.S.E. Cooney.
• Geeks of Doom interviews Matt Wilson.
• Revolution SF (Steve Wilson) interviews Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard.

News

• Ditmar Awards Ballot.
• Open Road Media to Publish Ten Ebooks From Award-winning Science Fiction Author Octavia E. Butler. [via File 770]
• Credible science fiction needs arts and sciences collaboration, say Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod, Geoff Ryman, Justina Robson, Simon Ings and Paul McAuley.
• Harmony and alt.human by Keith Brooke available as eBooks.
• Now posted: StarShipSofa No 235 Writers Of The Future XXVIII Special.

Articles

• Book View Cafe (Linda Nagata) on Books By Gender.
• Rachelle Gardner on How to Cut Thousands of Words Without Shedding a Tear.
• Film Critic (John Scalzi) on Prognosticating the Summer Scifi Films.
• Kat Howard on The value in the bad bits.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on An Alternative To A Song Of Ice And Fire.
• Book View Cafe (Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) on Matters of Faith 1: Writing Belief Systems.
• Inkpunks (Mae Empson) on Speculative Poetry 101.
• Book Life Now (Erin Haire) on How to Get Booksellers to Love You (And Sell Your Book).
• io9 (Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders) on Your Summer Beach Reading List for 2012.
• Stina Leicht on Sex and Violence and Teen Girls.
• Deborah J. Ross on Thoughts on The Baggage of Language in Fantasy.
• Black Gate (Michaele Jordan) reviews The Dead of Winter by Chris Priestley.
• Black Gate (Sarah Newton) on Gateway to Adventure: The Classic RPG City is Back! (Part One).
• Biology in Science Fiction on Putting More Science into UK Fiction and Movies.
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) on Fantasy Fatigue.
• The Night Bazaar (Thomas Morrissey) on One Foot in Reality, One in the the Fantastic.
• Read This Book Damnit on Hey HBO, Adapt This!
• The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on The Circus as a Fantastic Device.
• Flickering Myth on Hell Unleashed: The Making of Wrath of the Titans.
• GeekWire on Science fiction writers inspired as asteroid miners make fiction fact.
• Gizmodo (Chalrie Stross) on The Case Against DRM on eBooks.
• Gizmodo (Jesus Diaz) on This Is How Asteroid Mining Will Work.
• L.B. Gale on Ten Unforgettable Deus Ex Machina Moments in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on 7 Things I Learned About Working With Editors From Editing Space Battles.
• Kevin Maher lists on 10 Movies That Promised Sequels That Never Happened.
• Flavorwire lists The 10 Grumpiest Living Writers.

Art

• Fantastic Star Wars Illustrations by Terese Nielsen.
• Avengers Mondo Posters.
• Lovecraft eZine wallpaper.
• Minimal Star Wars Characters – David Duphil.
• @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Wizard of Oz” by Lamech.
• @Minimal Movie Posters: “Spiderman” by Bruce Yan.
• @Flickr: “Dorothy’s nightmare” by Sébastien Lempens.
• @CGHUB: “TooCloseToLight” by SeedSevenArt.
• @CGHUB: “Steampunk by Baktopur” by Laurent Pierlot.
• @CoolVibe: “Movie Art: Star Wars Legacy Tribute” by .
• @CoolVibe: “Venom” by Stjepan Sejic.
• @ItsArtMag: “little alien” by zaliti.

More Fun Stuff

• Excerpt: Railsea by China Mieville.
• Titan Books: Read the first chapter from The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman.
• INFOGRAPHIC: Recent Trends in Digital Reading.
• Amazon Kindle’s Most Highlighted Passages of All Time. [via Blastr]
• Avengers Assemble! (Literally).
• The Liminal States Short Film.
• A literal bookmobile.
• Crunchy, Crunchy Biscuits – Battle Ready.
• LEGO Version Of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• Boba Fett and the Sarlacc, A Love Story.
• Doctor Who MiniFigs.
• Letters of Note: Harlan Ellison’s Response to Fan Mail.