SF Tidbits for 6/15/12
By Charles Tan |
Friday, June 15th, 2012 at
12:05 am
Interviews and Profiles
- Hour of the Wolf interviews Ray Bradbury (podcast).
- Star Ship Sofa interviews Ray Bradbury (podcast).
- Omnivoracious interviews M.T. Anderson (video).
- Book Life Now (Morgan Dempsey) interviews Henry Lopez.
- [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author Linda Poitevin.
- Mae Empson interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
News
- Bruce Harris Helps Launch Big Sci-Fi Graphic Novel at BEA 2012.
- Wiscon Chronicles 7 Guidelines.
- Brent Spiner Joins Warehouse 13 For Recurring Role.
- Earn Free Ebooks at Planet Baen.
Events
Articles
- Library Journal on First Look at New Books, June 15, 2012.
- NPR (Genevieve Valentine) on ‘Redshirts:’ A Love Letter To Sci-Fi Fans.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Hurry Up. Wait.
- Janet Reid on Want me to buy your book?
- Stroppy Author on Parents are not dinosaurs.
- Janice Hardy on Never Give Up, Never Surrender: A Never Surrender Blogfest.
- Wag the Fox (David Nickle) on Nostalgic for the Cold War.
- Mark Evanier on The Ray Bradbury-Julius Schwartz-Al Feldstein Story – Part 3.
- Graham Edwards on The many lives of a writer – 4.
- BBC Future on Will we ever… live on the Moon?
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Linda Rodriguez) on Writing Suspense in Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- Fil.com (Jordan Hoffman) on 10 Must-See Sci-Fi Films You’ve Probably Never Heard Of.
- Slash Film (Angie Han) on So What Went Wrong With ‘World War Z’?
- Cracked.com (Robert Brockway) on 5 Sci-Fi Dystopias We’ve Actually Created (For Animals).
- Tor.com (Jo Walton) on Time Travel and the Black Death: Connie Willis’s Doomsday Book.
- Bare Bones on Robert Bloch on TV Part Seventeen-The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Off Season.
- What Culture! (Robert Beames) on 10 Reasons We Don’t Want Batman Reboot After The Dark Knight Rises.
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Book: Stealing SoulsS by Ian Doyle, 2011.
- Comic Book Resources on Alternate Reality Character Designs.
- Jim C. Hines on Hugo Novellas, Part 1.
- The Guardian (M. John Harrison) on 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Los Angeles Review of Books (Gerry Canavan) on 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Fantasy Faction on Mythology in Urban Fantasy.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Movie Review: Black Death.
- Comic Book Movie on 25 Fun Facts About The Amazing Spider-Man.
Art
- Retro Futuristic Illustrations by Giampaolo Miraglia.
- concept ships: Feng Zhu ships.
- Uglies Manga 2, Cover reveal.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “King of Beasts” by Daryl Mandryk.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Return of Tarzan” by Daryl Mandryk.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Recognizer fight” by Daryl Mandryk.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “The wipe” by Daryl Mandryk.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Lunch” by Daryl Mandryk.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Turok Play cover” by Daryl Mandryk.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Thundercharge” by Daryl Mandryk.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Unstoppable” by Daryl Mandryk.
- @CoolVibe: “Soar” by Kekai Kotaki.
- @CoolVibe: Futuristic Sci-Fi Art by Max Shevchenko.
More Fun Stuff
- An Excerpt From The Final Rapturous Installment Of Cory Doctorow And Charles Stross’ Rapture of The Nerds.
- “Forecast of New York in 2012?, 1962. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- SciFAnime – 1,000-Pound Transformer-Style Wine Rack Made from…. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- SciFAnime – 1,000-Pound Transformer-Style Wine Rack Made from….
- Infographic: The Science Behind Star Trek Technology.
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