SF Tidbits for 5/9/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Tor.com (Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado) interview Vera Brosgol.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Alethea Kontis.
- Prime Books (Erin Stocks) interviews Naomi Novik.
- The Functional Nerds interviews Stina Leicht and Chris Holm (podcast).
- Sword and Laser interviews Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, E.D deBirmingham, Cooper Moo, Neal Stephenson, and Mark Teppo (video).
- Speculate! discusses Rob Ziegler (podcast).
- Fantasy Literature (Marion Deeds) interviews Robert Jackson Bennett.
- Black Gate (Patty Templeton) interviews Myke Cole.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt interviews Jaleta Clegg.
- Weird Fiction Review (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Yinka Tutuola.
- Genreville interviews Alastair Reynolds (Excerpt).
News
- Maurice Sendak (1928-2012).
- Tor Books looking to hire a Senior Publicist. [via SFScope]
- Marie Brennan sells stories to Apex Magazine and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- Mike Resnick sells collaboration with Sabina Marinova and Gio Clairval to Daily Science Fiction and The Spirit of St. Louis. anthology, respectively.
Events
- Brian Francis Slattery Book Events in Connecticut and NYC in May.
- Chris F. Holm Reading and Signing in Albany NY, June 10th.
- Chicon 7 (Worldcon) Opening Night at the Adler Planetarium.
Articles
- Lisa L. Hannett (Jack Dann) on A Few Keys to the Kingdom.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Things Writers Should Know About Creating Mystery.
- Sean Wallace on Spreadsheet: Online Semipro, Spreadsheets: Professional Online Genre Magazine.
- Cat Valente on Too Smart for Kids: A Promise to the Readers of Fairyland.
- The Rejectionist on Some Things To Do Instead of Working On Your Book: A Helpful Task List.
- Book Life Now (Jaym Gates) on It Never Rains But It Pours: Boosting Your Signal In A Saturated Market.
- Malinda Lo on The books I come from.
- io9 (Charlie Jane Anders and Kaila Hale-Stern) on Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Can’t Afford to Miss in May. (See also: Last week’s Kirkus Reviews Blog [John DeNardo] on 11 Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Books for May.)
- Cheryl Morgan on Africa in Science Fiction – The Exhibition.
- Aliette de Bodard on SFF as metaphor: aliens, vampires, foreigners and immigrants.
- Orbit Book (Karen Traveiss) on Writing the Alien: It’s life, Jim . . . but it has to be as we know it.
- Bookworm Blues (Daniel Goodman) on Special Needs in Strange Worlds.
- Locus Roundtable (Mike Allen) on An introduction to speculative poetry.
- Frederik Pohl on Algis Budrys: The Iron Thorn.
- Damien G. Walter asks Who is the wisest Sci-Fi & Fantasy author?
- Suvudu (Davis Wellington) on Last Waltz With a Vampire: How I Ended a Labor of Bloody Love.
- Arcfinity (Simon Ings) on Nick Harkaway is taking Arc on a wild ride.
- Tor.com (Thom Dunn) on Superman: Stuffy Boy Scout, or Charming Folk Hero?
- Tor.com (Walter Mosley) on The Case for Genre.
- GalleyCat on What If Alfred Hitchcock Led the James Bond Franchise? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Slate Magazine on Will paper books exist in the future? Yes, but they’ll look different. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- The Space Review on The Triway into Space Declaration. [via Gravity Lens]
- Discover Magazine on "Dead" Galaxies Live On. [via Gravity Lens]
- Discover Magazine on Physicists Carve a Niche in Time.
- Lovecraft eZine on Mike’s recommended Lovecraftian books.
- Institue for Ethics an Emerging Technologies list The Top Ten Best Science Fiction Movies.
Art
- Concept robots by Levente Peterffy.
- Sci-fi concept art by Levente Peterffy.
- Digital Art by Julia Lichty.
- Pop Culture Icons in Rainbow.
- CGHUB@: “Gatling Gears” by SLiD3.
- @CGHUB: “Batgirl” by Ben Hickling.
- @CoolVibe: “Tyrannosaurus T-90” by Kirill Reznichenko.
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