SF Tidbits for 4/9/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Flames Rising interviews Laura Anne Gilman.
• I Should Be Writing interviews Vylar Kaftan (podcast).
• Locus ICFA 33 Opening Panel: Monstrous Significations (podcast).
• Locus interviews Brom.
• Geek Speak profiles John Picacio.
• NYTimes (Christopher Kelly) profiles Joe R. Lansdale. [via Bill Crider]

Events

• June 6th: Felice Picano will be reading from his collection Twelve O’Clock Tales at Books Inc. on Market Street in San Francisco. Additional readings in late May in New York, Philly, and L.A.

Articles

• The Rejectionist on Happy International Raistlin Majere Day.
• Black Gate (Sean Stiennon) on Zero Fantasy.
• io9 (Lauren Davis) on How Las Vegas missed out on a life-sized Starship Enterprise.
• Book View Cafe Blog (Sherwood Smith) on Literary authority up close and personal.
• WSJ (James W. Hall) on Beware Literary Snobbery: Why We Should Read Bestsellers.
• Slate interviews Astronomer Geoff Marcy. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• John H. Stevens on A Big Cheer And A Few Reflections on the Hugos.
• The World in the Satin Bag (Shaun Duke) on 2012 Hugo Awards Nominations: Preliminary Thoughts.
• MovieMorlocks on Remaking Metropolis.
• The Passive Voice on The Ten Bestselling Fiction Authors of All Time.

Art

• Fantasy Artwork by Grzegorz Rutkowski.
• Simpsonized Superheroes.

More Fun Stuff

• The literary map of San Francisco.
• Bat Vader. [via Mike Brotherton]
• Darth Vader and Son.
• Batman/Ghostbusters ‘Venkman’ Shirt.
• Nerdy Superhero and Star Wars Basketball Jerseys.
• Superman Cape Cufflinks.

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