SF Tidbits for 5/21/12
Interviews and Profiles
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Michelle Sagara.
- The Coode St. Podcast with Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe.
- The Outer Alliance interviews Joan Slonczewski (podcast).
- Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 (video).
- Marianne de Pierres interviews Helen Lowe.
- PlainsFM on Helen Lowe (podcast).
- The Qwillery interviews Jeff Salyards.
- John Scalzi interviews Jonathan Coulton.
- Axiom's Edge profiles Bill Mumy.
- Oakland Local interviews Dave Nee. [via Andrew Porter]
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Joseph Goodman.
- Del Howison interviews Joe Lansdale (video from World Horror Convention 2012).
News
- Ellen Datlow’s KGB May 16, 2012 photos.
- Announcing the Spectrum 19 Award Winners.
- Interzone and Black Static in Amazon Kindle and other E Book Editions.
- Harlan Ellison to Republish His Juvenile Delinquent Fiction. [via Andrew Porter]
- Jeff Strand will be emcee and Toastmaster at 2013 Bram Stoker Awards Banquet. (Here’s his excellent speech from 2012.)
Events
Articles
- Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on History, Fiction, and Time.
- Janice Hardy on The Best Advice on Plotting I’ve Ever Heard: Two Tips That Will Make Plotting Easier.
- Inkpunks (Andrew Romine) on Capturing the Essence: Gesture Drawing for Writers.
- io9 on Frank Frazetta’s Lord of the Rings images.
- Omnivoracious (Brian Francis Slattery) on Three Reasons Why I Didn’t Complete the Assignment.
- Kevin J. Anderson on A Zombie (Detective) Apocalypse.
- James Wallace Harris on Questions about The Avengers from a Science Fiction Fan.
- Locus Roundtable on Divided by a Common Genre.
- Joan Slonczewski on Addiction in Science Fiction.
- Carrie Cuinn on Looking for the Colonized/Decolonized in Speculative Fiction.
- Guardian on Before Watchmen: DC Comics publisher defends prequels. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Paul Di Filippo reviews Gustave Le Rouge & Gustave Guitton.
- Bruce Sterling on The Future Is Japanese, from Haikasoru.
- Rich Horton on K. J. Parker’s Engineer Trilogy.
- Listverse lists 10 Recent Space Discoveries.
Art
- Awesome Illustrations of Mike Lim.
- Zombie Portraits by Andre De Freitas.
- Superhero Mash-Ups.
- Superhero Silhouettes.
- 14 Back to the Future Posters.
More Fun Stuff
- Wil Wheaton play Ticket to Ride with Colin Ferguson.
- What astronauts ate: Apollo 10 space meal, 1969.
- Fantastic Superhero Cosplay.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #119 – “The Cake Plague” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #120 – “Frankenstein’s Warm-Up” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- The Batman Suits Timeline.