SF Tidbits for 6/19/12
By Charles Tan |
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 at
12:05 am
Interviews and Profiles
- The Roanoke Times (Mike Allen) interviews Angie Smibert.
- BBC World Service (Lauren Beukes) interviews Neill Blomkamp, Wanuri Kahiu, Jonathan Dotse, Nnedi Okorafor (podcast).
- Weird Fiction Review (Edward Gauvin) on Marcel Brion: Invitation to the Voyage.
- Black Gate (Emily Mah) interviews Saladin Ahmed.
- New Zealand Listener interviews Kim Stanley Robinson.
- io9 (Annaleen Newitz and Esther Inglis-Arkell) interviews Daniel H. Wilson (video).
- Diabolical Plots (Carl Slaughter) interviews Mike Resnick.
- World SF Blog interviews Rodolfo Martinez.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Rhiannon Held (podcast).
- Prime Books (Andrew Liptak) interviews Yoon Ha Lee.
- Nerdist interviews Jorge Garcia (podcast).
- Gillian Polack interviews Mike Shevdon.
- John Joseph Adams interviews William Alexander, Pat Cadigan, John R. Fultz, David Barr Kirtley, Yoon Ha Lee, Paul McAuley, Simon McCaffery, Seanan McGuire, Paul Melko, Tim Pratt, Mercurio D. Rivera, Vandana Singh, E. Catherine Tobler, Carrie Vaughn, Christie Yant.
News
- 2012 Chesley Award Finalist!
- Congratulations to the 2012 SFRA Award Winners.
- 2013 Gemmell Awards To Be Presented At World Fantasy Convention In Brighton. [via Andrew Porter]
- New comic series shows what happened next with Star Trek: TNG.
- BBC News – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to open in West End. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Joe Mantegna Producing Ray Bradbury Tribute Documentary called Live Forever.
Events
- Thursday, June 21st, 2012: SF in SF Presents: Robert J. Sawyer & Rachel Swirsky.
- Launching Tom Pollock’s ‘The City’s Son’.
Articles
- Kirkus Book Reviews Blog (Leila Roy) on Serial Killers in YA Land.
- A Dribble of Ink (D.B. Jackson) on What do Authors of Historical Fiction Owe To History?.
- Bibliophile Stalker (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on Culture in World-Building.
- Strange Horizons (Robyn Fleming) on Dice and D-Pads: Funding Fun.
- Coilhouse on Brief, Fulminating Ruminations on Jack Parsons. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Barebones eZine on Batman in the 1970s Part 23: January & February 1973.
- Mental Floss on Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional.
- Wired.com on Video: Politically Charged Sci-Fi Short Floats UFOs Over Israel.
- John H. Stevens reveiws A Song-and-Dance as Old as the World: Robert Jackson Bennett’s The Troupe.
- SFX lists 50 Worst Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies That Had No Excuse.
- Lytherus (Lev Grossman) lists 20 Things Characters Should Do More Often. [via Blastr]
Art
- Paintings by David Palumbo.
- Sci-Fi Film Favorites Get Pulp Cover Make-Overs. [via Wil Wheaton]
- Adventures in Science Fiction Cover Art: My Top 15 Science Fiction Covers.
- Retroish Star Wars Posters – Zharif Safian.
- Typography Superheroes – Aurelié Scour.
- Concept robots by Galan Pang.
- Concept ships by Galan Pang.
- @deviantART: “The Valley Of Gaia” by Shue13.
- @deviantART: “Telikos Protocol – City-012 Primary Hub” by Phoenix-06.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Blade Runner” by Matt Ferguson.
More Fun Stuff
- Iconic Planet of the Apes Scene Recreated in Lego.
- In 1958, 'Space People' Looked Almost Exactly Like Humans. [via Paul Di Filippo]
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