SF Tidbits for 6/21/12
By Charles Tan |
Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at
12:05 am
Interviews and Profiles
- Helen Lowe interviews Kristin Cashore.
- Gwen Perkins interviews Simon Williams.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Anne E. Johnson.
- Book Life Now (Bear Weiter) interviews James Gunn.
- The Enchanted Inkpot (Anne Nesbet) interviews Jacqueline West.
- Outer Alliance Podcast #21: The “Heteronormativity in YA Dystopians” panel from WisCon 36.
- Omnivoracious (Seira Wilson) interviews Leigh Bardugo.
- Prime Books interviews Rachel Swirsky.
- Tor UK interviews Gary Gibson.
- SFFWRTCHT interviews Daniel Abraham.
- SFFWRTCHT interviews Author K. B. Hoyle.
- Flickering Myth interviews Richard Chew.
- Bibliomancy interviews Brendan Connell.
- Arcfinity interviews China Miéville (video).
News
- RIP: Richard Lynch.
- Gollancz Acquires The Death House.
- Libraries See Budgets Drop.
- Crossed Genres close to becoming a PROzine.
- VIZ Media Debuts New Shojo Manga Series Jiu Jiu .
- Punktown RPG Announced.
- Microscopic Snowflakes Fall on Mars.
- William Shatner sorry for Ilfracombe prostitution joke.
- One Week Left for $2.99 First in YA.
Events
- #TorChat June 2012 Sweepstakes.
- June 23 in Los Angeles, CA: Robot Chicken art show/fundraiser.
- As part of the Fantastic Fiction free reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Ysabeau Wilce (Flora’s Fury) & Leah Bobet (Above) Wednesday July 18th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC.
Articles
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Surprise! Plausibility and Its Relationship to Tension and Plot Twists.
- Underwire (Paolo Bacigalupi) on How Cyberpunk Saved Sci-Fi.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (21): The Terminator, Dune.
- Science Fiction Fantasy Books (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on What Makes a Story Epic?
- Mike Brotherton on Science of Prometheus Starlinks.
- Chuck Wendig On The Subject Of Being Offensive.
- Inkpunks (Jack Graham) on A novel is an engineering project.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) Take Five with Ruth White.
- Forbes on Why Amazon's Rumored Retail Bookstore Will Be Huge.
- The Qwillery (Benedict Jacka) on Surprising Characters.
- Guardian (Adam Roberts) on The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Lines in the Sand.
- 49 Writers (David Marusek) on Tootin' Your Own Horn.
- Brian Ruckley on Brian Ruckley · Further Gold-Digging in the Kindle Store.
- Lou Anders on Winter Witch by Elaine Cunningham.
- Strange Chemistry (Laura Lam) on All About the Books Meme.
- Marie Brennan on The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time.
Art
- Artist Spotlight – Bob Peak. [via LCS]
- Rare & Wonderful 1950s Space Art.
- @CoolVibe: “Goblin Lord” by Armandeo.
- @CoolVibe: “Hell's Angels” by Johnson Ting.
- @ItsArtMag: “Blessed Curse” by Ramses422.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Shinning – Simpsons Treehouse of Horror V” by 3ftDeep.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Logan’s Run” by Matt Dupuis.
- @deviantART: “Starcraft Terran Nuke Rider Poster” by ProlificPen. [via Super Punch]
- @Artist’s website: “” by Sam Weber. [via Super Punch]
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt :Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer.
- Cover Unveiled for Earth Thirst by Mark Teppo.
- Cover for Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother.
- Star Wars reimagined as a cyberpunk saga with hacked toys.
- Download Free Wallpaper from the The Path of Daggers Ebook.
- Meet Emily – the robot lifeguard. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- The Iron “Game of Thrones” Throne.
- A Tron Camaro.
- Robot Night Light Sculptures.
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