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

• Spectrum Fantastic Art – Live! May 18 – 20 in Kansas City.

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

• Free Excerpt: The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie.
• Free Excerpt: The Moon Moth by Jack Vance,Humayoun Ibrahim.
• Free Excerpt: The King’s Blood by Daniel Abraham.
• VIDEO: “First Contact” by Owen Dennis.

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