SF Tidbits for 5/1/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Lisa L. Hannett (and Angela Slatter) interview Kirstyn McDermott.
- Tje Register Guard profiles Kate Wilhelm.
- Publishers Weekly (Lenny Picker) chats with Alastair Reynolds.
- Fantasy Book Critic chat with Bradley P. Beaulieu & Rob Ziegler.
- Underwire (Adam Rogers) interviews Joss Whedon.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Will McIntosh.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) Take Five with Peter David.
- Weird Fiction Review (Larry Nolen) interviews Brian Evenson.
- Prime Books interviews Bradley Denton.
- The Qwillery interviews V.M. Zito (plus giveaway).
- Ray Gun Revival interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt interviews Johne Cook.
- Daniel Abraham interviews James S. A. Corey.
News
- Norma K Hemming Award Shortlist.
- Strange Horizons Welcomes Julia Rios.
- HWA to Host WHC 2013.
- Barnes & Noble Spins Off Nook, With Help From Microsoft. (Reactions from Tobias Buckell and John Scalzi.)
- Sarah Zettel starts new series with a trilogy sale to Hougton Mifflin.
- Kickstarter Project: Send Captain Picard to Space.
Events
Articles
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Mood Killers: Four Book-Throwing Offenses (and How to Avoid Them).
- The World SF Blog (Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Gabriel Trujillo-Muñoz) on Mexican Science Fiction: The Northern Corridor.
- Janice Hardy on Don’t Finish: Ways to be a More Productive Writer, Part 3.
- Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on Cross Gender Writing Revisited.
- Malinda Lo on Writing About Kissing.
- Kotaku on The Game of Thrones Minecraft Project Is Getting More And More Spectacular.
- Juliette Wade on What’s in a “strong female character”?
- Clarion (Justine Graykin) on The Perils of the Writer Group.
- io9 (Cyriaque Lamar and Charlie Jane Anders) on Top 10 Albums Every Self-Respecting Science Fiction Fan Should Own.
- Book Life Now (Erik Scott de Bie) on What You Need to Know about Shared Worlds.
- Richard Parks on Time for Some Name-Calling.
- Seanan McGuire on seanan_mcguire: Why a Supporting Membership to WorldCon is a great idea.
- Martha Wells on on Book Recommendations.
- Bookworm Blues (Robert Jackson Bennett) on Special Needs in Strange Worlds.
- Fred Kiesche on eBooks.
- Functional Nerds (Paul Weimer) reviews Myke Cole’s Shadow Ops: Control Point.
- Barebones e-zine on Batman in the 1970s Part 16: January and February 1972.
- Smart Pop Books (Robert T. Jeschonek) on Fringe Double-Blinded Me with Science.
- CNET Crave (Jeff Bakalar) on The Walking Dead game is not what you think, and that's a good thing.
- Los Angeles Review of Books (Ted Gioia) on Fix-up Artist: The Chaotic SF Of A.E. Van Vogt. (See also: The Chaotic Sci-Fi of A.E. van Vogt: A Centenary Tribute.)
Art
- Bob Eggleton’s ART du Jour: Martians and a Kaiju.
- 20+ Jedi Knights And Sith Lords Concept Art.
- Concept spaceship environments by Daniel Dociu.
- Concept robot art by William T. Pace.
- Wards of Faerie Interior Artwork Finished.
- Real Super Heroes and Villains – Scott Harben.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Shining” by 3ftDeep.
- @CoolVibe: “Griyn Chronalen” by J. Otto Szatmari.
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