SF Tidbits for 5/4/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Broadly Speaking interviews Andrea Hairston, Shira Lipkin, and Cat Rambo (podcast).
• Keith Brooke interviews TC McCarthy.
• Prime Books (Jennifer Konieczny) interviews Marissa Lingen.
• Jim C. Hines interviews E. Lily Yu.
• Solo Sound interviews Michael Stackpole (podcast).
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt interviews Selene O’Rourke.
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Paolo Bacigalupi.
• Sense of Wonder interviews Marty Halpern.
• [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With ConQuest Planners John Platt, Victoria L’Ecuyer and KacSFFS President Diana J. Bailey.
• I Should Be Writing interviews Peter V. Brett (podcast).
• Guardian Books podcast interviews Jane Rogers.
• David B. Coe interviews Alethea Kontis.

News

• Stanley Schmidt Wins 2012 Robert A. Heinlein Award.
• Apex Publishing seeks blog editor.
• 2012 Seiun nominees announced.
• Download Black Static #19 – You set the price.
• Night Shade BooksWinter Schedule.
• Reminder: Locus Kickstarter Ends May 7th.
• David Moody announces Trust eBook.
• Own a Piece of John Picacio ‘Elric’ Art & Help A Great Cause.

Events

• Saturday, May 19th: SF in SF with with Ysabeau Wilce, Marie Brennan & Erin Hoffman.
• VIDEO: Cara Hoffman & Elizabeth Hand at St Marks Bookshop.[via Paul Di Filippo]

Articles

• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Royalty Statement Update 2012.
• Ranker on 25 Animals Wearing Star Wars Costumes.
• Book View Cafe (Lois H. Gresh) on Best Bond Gadgets.
• Locus (Cory Doctorow) on A Prose By Any Other Name.
• The Book Smugglers (N. K. Jemisin) on on The Unexotic Exotic.
• Only The Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Janny Wurts) on The Wars of Light and Shadow.
• Deborah J. Ross (Rayne Hall) on Music For Writing Fight Scenes.
• Functional Nerds (Carrie Cuinn) on Safeguarding Your Privacy Online, Even When You Need An Online Presence.
• Jamie Todd Rubin on Asimov’s Annotations and Science literacy.
• John Scalzi on Amanda Palmer, Kickstarter, and Everything.
• Smart Pop Books (Marguerite Krause) on The Meaning of Buffy.
• Guardian on Christopher Priest rumpus ensured a vintage year for Arthur C Clarke award.
• Barebones e-zine on Robert Bloch on TV Part Fourteen-The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Water's Edge".
• Lawrence Person on Steve Jackson’s Kickstarter Project.
• Topless Robot on 10 Sci-Fi and Horror Greats Turned Into Not-So-Great Musicals.
• Blastr on 20 of the most intriguing sci-fi TV opening credits ever broadcast.

Art

• Stunning Digital Paintings.
• Spaceships by Fabio Barretta Zungrone.
• Illustrator – Fernando Forero.
• 12 Golden Era magazine covers starring comics' brightest stars.
• The Wertzone: Tor unveil the final cover art for A Memory of Light.
• Illustrations Inspired by Movies.
• The Avengers Mondo Poster.
• @CoolVibe: “New World” by Ken Barthelmey.
• @CoolVibe: “Ravine – Together we stand invincible” by Stjepan Sejic.
• @CoolVibe: “All Terrain Tactical Mech” by Daniel Iulian Vijoi.

More Fun Stuff

• Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 1930 essay on “The Purpose of Entertainment Fiction”.
• HG Wells's "Tono-Bungay," a memoir about quack remedies, as a free audiobook.
• Seventh Excerpt from The Hammer and the Blade by Paul S. Kemp.
• Exceprt: The Worker Prince by Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Chapter Ten (part one).
• The Hover Scooter That Could Have Been. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Photos From The Arthur C Clarke Award.
• Beware the Hairy Mango Episode 103 – “The Sexy Duckling” by Matthew Sanborn Smith (podcast).
• Infographic: Aliens vs. Predator.

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