SF Tidbits for 5/11/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Treasured Tales for Young Adults interviews Alethea Kontis.
- Sense of Wonder interviews Verbena C.W.
- [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat with Writer/Con Expert/Toastmaster Susan E. Satterfield.
- Suvudu (Fictional Frontiers) interviews Scott Snyder (podcast).
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews John Joseph Adams.
- Prime Bookos (Molly Tanzer) interviews Paul Park.
- Tor.com (Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado) interview Piers Anthony.
- Book Banter interviews Michelle Browser.
- Rob’s Blog o’ Stuff interviews Jack Campbell.
- Galactic Suburbia Episode 59 (podcast).
- Fantasy Hrvatska interviews Cheryl Morgan (video).
- Publishers Weekly (Michael Levy) interviews Garth Nix.
- Anna Kashina interviews Ellen Datlow.
- AMC interviews Kevin Smith.
News
- Harry Potter Series Will Be Free in Amazon’s Kindle Lending Library.
- After 2012, SFX says goodbye to the annual Weekender.
- Fox Renews Touch For A Second Season; Drops Alcatraz.
Events
Articles
- Justine Larbalestier on You don’t have to read my books.
- The Intern on Publishers Weekly: The Deals You Don’t See.
- Chuck Wendig On The General Weirdness Of Having “Fans”.
- Time (Lev Grossman) on Confessions of (Another) Book Reviewer.
- The Functional Nerds (Samuel Montgomery-Blinn) on Rediscover (or discover for the first time) the works of Diana Wynne Jones — in audio.
- The Guardian (Alison Flood) on Can a fictional character take you over?
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Book: Mythago Wood.
- Strange Chemistry on New YA Releases for May 2012.
- Weird Fiction Review (Stephen Graham Jones) on Flow Chart of the Damned.
- Seanan McGuire on Why can’t I buy ebook X outside of the US? Revisiting the territory question.
- Jim C. Hines on Criticizing our Fandoms.
- Bookworm Blues (Stina Leicht) on Special Needs in Strange Worlds – Nobody’s Perfect.
- Mike Brotherton on Science Deniers and Repliers.
- Joseph Mallozzi’s Thoughts on T.V.
- Tor.com (Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer) on Spock to the Future: Barbara Hambly’s Ishmael.
- Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on A Dark Shadows Crash Course.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter reviews Faust.
- Orbit Books on Cover Story: 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- The Globe and Mail on Are you more Jedi than Jar Jar? Find out at this Montreal museum. [via Andrew Porter]
- Yahoo Movies on Secret Avengers cameo: Lou Ferrigno helped voice the Hulk.
- Sci Fi Bloggers list Top 5 Worst Science Fiction Films Ever Made.
Art
- 35+ Mindblowing Examples of Sci-fi Digital Art Characters.
- Sci-Fi Concept Art by Fabio Barretta Zungrone.
- Sci-Fi concept spaceship environments by Patrick Faulwetter.
- Comic Book Artist Gallery: Bruce Timm.
- Adventures in Science Fiction Cover Art: Domed Cities of the Future Part 1 and Part II.
- Superhero Travel Posters.
- Download Free Michael Whelan Wallpaper: A Memory of Light.
- @deviantART: “Illusionist” by Xeeming.
- @What an ART: “Avengers-SpongeBob SquarePants Mashup” by Alex Ryan.
- @ItsArtMag: “Black Slime” by zaliti.
- @CG Society: “The Albino Warrior” by Ali Zafati.
- @CGHUB: “Rune Magic” by Alexey Yakovlev.
- @CGHUB: “Mer-Man” by David Rapoza. [via Daily Inspirations]
More Fun Stuff
Belated thanks for mentioning the Wynne Jones post — thanks Charles!