SF Tidbits for 5/13/12
- Tor.com (Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado) interviews Raina Telgemeier.
- Odyssey Workshop interviews Barbara Ashford.
- The Coode St. Podcast with Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe.
- Flames Rising interviews James L. Sutter.
- Suvudu interviews Amrita Acharia.
News
- 2012 Parsec Awards Nominations Are Live!
- Meteorite Fragments Searched For In Sierra Nevada Mountains.
- Burial Day Books releases Gothic Blue Book, The Haunted Edition.
- More Doctor Who Series 7 Details. [via Thanks, Eoghann]
- The Avengers breaks $1 Billion worldwide.
- REMINDER: Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology being funded via Kickstarter.
Events
- H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon. [via Lovecraft eZine]
- Larry McMurtry announces “The Last Book Sale”. [via Lou Antonelli]
Articles
- Book Life Now (Marcus Ewert) on Escaping Fight-or-Flight: Three Tricks for Sidestepping Writer’s Block.
- Inkpunks (Erika Holt) on Why do we write?
- Jeff VanderMeer on Entry Points into Fiction: Text Shows You How to Read It.
- The Qwillery (Lisa Renee Jones) on Creating a paranormal hero.
- Tor.com (Liz Bourke) on Sleeps With Monsters: Failure to Communicate (An Ongoing Problem).
- Book View Cafe Blog (Sherwood Smith) on Adults who love Young Adult Literature.
- Helen Lowe on What I’m Reading.
- The Qwillery (A.M. Dellamonica) on Where Inspiration Flows.
- Nancy Kress on SF Ladies Lunch.
- Ian Sales on Looking backwards to the future.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Vacation in the Golden Age, Episode 38: August 1942.
- NY Times (Julie Bosman) on In E-Reader Age of Writer’s Cramp, a Book a Year Is Slacking – .
- Ars Technica on We’re all mutants now. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Universe Today on Engineer Thinks We Could Build a Real Starship Enterprise in 20 Years. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Guardian (Sita Brahmachari) lists on 10 books that take you travelling. [via Lit Lists]
Art
- The Birth Of Black Widow.
- @ItsArtMag: Crucible of Gold Cover by kerembeyit.
More Fun Stuff
- Free Excerpt: Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.
- The Nerdist Channel Presents “Weird S#!t From Japan”: A Noodle Story.
- Princess Leia Hoodie with Integrated Hair Buns.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #112 – “Breakwinder” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #113 – “What’s the Matter with Calves Today?” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- CAT-AT Imperial Walker.
- Dalek Planter.
- TMNT Lunch.
“The Avengers breaks $1 Million worldwide.”
Ummm, that’s Billion, with a capital ‘B’.
Of course — fixed.