SF Tidbits for 6/29/12

Interviews and Profiles

• The Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Kit Reed.
• Collected Comics Library interviews Pete Crowther (podcast).
• Prime Books (Molly Tanzer) interviews Tim Powers.
• Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Matthew Corradi.
• Chuck Wendig interviews Andrea Phillips.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Paul Tobin.

News

• ‘Rocky Horror’ midnight madness to end in Harvard Square after 28 years. [via Andrew Porter]

Events

• Workshop SF 2012.
• Clarion West Summer Reading Series: George R.R. Martin.
• John Anealio, Live in New Jersey this Saturday, June 30th!

Articles

• Tansy Rayner Roberts on Art, Writing & Literary Awards: In It For The Money.
• Book Life Now (Richard Dansky) on Kill the Goddamn Vulture.
• Book Life Now (Jeff Grubb) On Shared World and Traditional Novels.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Perfection.
• Dean Wesley Smith on The New World of Publishing: Some Real Perspective on Pricing.
• io9 on Novels that Could Help You Prepare for a Future Pandemic.
• Martha Wells on Worldbuilding Tips.
• The Qwillery (Lou Morgan) on Sound & Fury.
• Paizo on Paizo Publishing’s 10th Anniversary Retrospective—Year 5 (2006).
• Smart Pop Books (David DeGraff) on To Boldly Teach What No One Has Taught Before.
• Missions Uknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Red Moon and Black Mountain.
• Kirkus Reviews (Patrick Hester) on ‘The Gunslinger’: A Great Entry Point to Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series.
• Underwire (David Barr Kirtley) on Summer School for Geeks: 11 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books.
• Examiner.com (Josh Vogt) reviews Nightglass by Liane Merciel.
• Night Bazaar (Bradley P. Beaulieu) on I’ll have the 10 oz. writer’s life with a side of self-promotion.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) Take Five with Sarah Zettel.
• Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) on Creating a Fantasy Map.

Art

• Cover Launch: The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks.
• @CoolVibe: “Mastermind” by Andrzej Sykut.
• @CoolVibe: “Ready to Cast Off” by François Baranger.
• @ItsArtMag: “Steam-Powered Factory” by Igor Rashkuev.

More Fun Stuff

• The Chest-burster scene from Alien…Re-enacted by Kids.

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