SF Tidbits for 5/29/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Furious Fiction interviews Jeff VanderMeer (video).
• The Coode St. Podcast with Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe (podcast).
• GeekDad (John Booth) interviews John Scalzi.
• Strange Horizons (Dustin Monk) interviews Karin Tidbeck.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews China Mieville.
• Prime Books interviews Margo Lanagan.

News

• Weird Tales Reopens to Submissions. [via Black Gate]
• Doctor Who Update: Honors and Schedules.

Articles

• Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on One Title to Rule Them All: Naming Your Book.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Stepping Outside The Box –Thoughts on Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality In Worldbuilding.
• Janice Hardy on Leave Yourself Notes: Ways to be a More Productive Writer, Part 5.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on Pratchett’s Women VIII: Has Scythe, Will Teach School.
• The Guardian (Alison Flood) on Do literary spoilers matter?
• Smart Pop Books (Tee Morris) on Identity Crisis.
• The Qwillery (Michael R. Underwood) on Geekomancy’s Official Unofficial Soundtrack.
• The Night Bazaar (Paul Tobin) on Child Wonder vs. Adult Realization: FIST FIGHT!
• Wired.com on The New Yorker science fiction issue.
• Wired.com on Design Fiction: Jakob Nielsen complaining that sci-fi-movie user interfaces aren't usable.
• Bookworm Blues (Jacob Topp-Mugglestone) on Special Needs in Strange Worlds.
• Grasping for the Wind (John G. Nelson) on Writing the Modern Dystopia.
• A Dribble of Ink (Robert Jackson Bennett) on Characters – Something Never Comes from Nothing.
• Jamie Todd Rubin on Remembering science fiction writers who serve(d).
• Graham Edwards on The many lives of a writer – 2.
• Barebones on Batman in the 1970s Part 20: September and October 1972.
• Gizmodo on The Future of Book Cover Design in the Digital Age. [via 40kBooks]
• Geeks are Sexy on How Douglas Adams Predicted the Advent of E-books in 1993 [Video].

Art

• Tom French’s Skull Obsession.
• @CoolVibe: “Sci-Fi: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen” by Josh Nizzi.
• @CoolVibe: “Tamiyo: the Moon Sage” by Eric Deschamps.
• @Behance: “ARISE” by Vigan Tafili and Josh Thomas.
• @Daily Design Inspiration: “Four Horsemen” by Admira Wijaya.
• @DeviatArt: “Shadow of the Colossus” by *ChasingArtwork.
• @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Avengers” by D3rtymunky.
• @Minimal Movie Posters:”2001: A Space Odyssey” by 3ftDeep.

More Fun Stuff

• Video of the Day: Robots dance to “Thriller”.

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