SF Tidbits for 5/10/12
Interviews and Profiles
- The Enchanted Inkpot (Leah Cypess) interviews Alethea Kontis.
- Lightspeed (Robyn Lupo) interviews Nicola Griffith.
- Lightspeed (Erin Stocks) interviews Catherynne M. Valente.
- Civilian Reader interviews Stina Leicht.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt profiles Jaleta Clegg.
- Far Beyond Reality interviews Lev Grossman.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Mark Teppo.
- Weird Fiction Review (Gio Clairval) profiles Georg Heym.
- Jim C. Hines interviews Stina Leicht.
- The Qwillery interviews Abigail Barnette / Jennifer Armintrout.
- Prime Books interviews Priya Sharma.
- The Future And You interviews Les Johnson (podcast).
- Edge Magazine interviews Iain M. Banks.
News
- StarShipSofa Online Narrators Workshop.
- Hodder & Stoughton looking for Assistant Editor.
- Gollancz Acquires The Hunger Games Parody.
- Signed and numbered copies of Million Writers Award anthologies, along with free chapbook and new Plague Birds story!.
- The cover for The Immersion Book of SteamPunk has been accepted for inclusion in this year’s Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Book no.19.
- AMC Renews Comic Book Men and Talking Dead.
- Doctor Who Series 7 To Premiere At Edinburgh TV Festival In August.
- Fast-traveling sand dunes indicate the Red Planet’s surface is more active than previously thought.
- Light From a ‘SuperEarth’ Detected for the First Time.
Events
Articles
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on eBooks and the Death and Ongoing Life of Genre.
- Rachelle Gardner on 9 Ways to Outwit Writer’s Block.
- Storytellers Unplugged (Brian Hodge) on 5 Undying Myths About Published Writers And Their Eerie Powers.
- Juliette Wade on High Culture versus Low Culture (Daily Practices): A worldbuilding hangout report.
- Chuck Wendig on Thinking About Stories.
- Inkpunks (Evan Jensen) on Workspace.
- Book Life Now (Larry D. Sweazy) on Buying Books That Are Finished.
- Justine Larbalestier on You don’t have to read my books.
- The Guardian (Damien G. Walter) on Fandom matters: writers must respect their followers or pay with their careers.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) on What’s Weird, Jeff VanderMeer?
- Guardian (Damien G. Walter) on Fandom matters: writers must respect their followers or pay with their careers. [via Andrew Porter]
- RevolutionSF on HP Lovecraft and Racism.
- Brian Ruckley on Me and My New Word.
- Allan Cole on Return To Alva Sector.
- Mike Brotherton on A Modest Proposal: An Internet Reality “Show” for Science Fiction Writers.
- A. Lee Martinez on Apples and Lampshades.
- The Wertzone on Peter F. Hamilton update.
- Fantasy Faction on Literary Devices: Motif.
- Students For Liberty on Some Suggestions for Your Libertarian Summer Reading List.
- Buzzy Mag lists Sci-Fi Moms, List of Top 10 Science Fiction Mothers.
- Writing is Hard Work (Roger Colby) on Tolkien’s 10 Tips for Creating Epic Heroes.
Art
- Amazing Futuristic Digital Art.
- @CoolVibe: “Hell Brawl” by Marc Sasso.
- @CoolVibe: “The Joker ” by Daniele Angelozzi.
- @CoolVibe: “Inherited Hell” by Vitaly Alexius.
- @ItsArtMag: “Where is the Yum Yum” by Ken Barthelmey.
More Fun Stuff
- Film Crit Hulk Reviews Mark Ruffalo's Performance as Hulk. [via Derek Johnson]
- Read a sample from Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells.
- A gallery of every Batman movie and TV poster ever.
- Sci-Fi Songs Free Download: “Let Your Geek Flag Fly: by John Anealio.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #109 – “Stevery Deprivation” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #110 – “The Icee Planet” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- Frakkin’ Berry Cereal.
- Steampunk Hulk Action Figure.