SF Tidbits for 6/4/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Locus interviews Genevieve Valentine.
- Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Paul Krugman (podcast).
- Black Gate (Emliy Mah) interviews C.A. Suleiman.
- Kathryn Linge interviews Ben Peek, John Birmingham, Alan Baxter, Patty Jansen, Nicole Murphy, Karen Brooks.
- David McDonald interviews Alexandra Pierce, Sean Williams, Richard Harland, Thoraiya Dyer, Michael Pryor, Kaaron Warren, Lee Battersby, Nick Tchan, Natalie Costa Bir.
- Helen Merrick interviews Damien Broderick, Lucy Sussex, Lara Morgan, Dirk Flinthart, Sue Isle.
- Ian Mond interviews Jason Nahrung, Bruce Gillespie, Pete Kempshall, Kate Forsyth.
- Jason Nahrung profiles Sara Douglass, interviews Pete Docker, Scott Westerfeld, Traci Harding, Paul Garrety, MK Hume, Ian Irvine, Sophie Masson, Robert Hoge, Stephen M Irwin.
- Alex Pierce interviews Tansy Rayner Roberts, Penni Russon, Sean the Bookonaut.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts interviews Kathleen Jennings, Narrelle M Harris, Deborah Biancotti, Rhonda Roberts, Ian Mond.
- Tehani Wessely profiles Paul Haines, interviews Dave Luckett, Margo Lanagan, Lian Tanner, David McDonald, Joanne Anderton, Simon Haynes.
- Sean the Bookonaut interviews Rowena Cory Daniells, Chuck McKenzie, Cat Sparx, Jason Fischer.
- Alisa Krasnostein interviews Laura E Goodin, Guy Salvidge.
- Scott Edelman recording of Nebula Awards Ceremony (video).
- Goldfish Grimm’s Spicy Fiction Sushi interviews D. Thomas Minton and Ken Liu.
- The Denver Post interviews George R.R. Martin. (Thanks, David!)
- International Speculative Fiction interviews Fábio Fernandes and Djibril Al Ayad.
News
- Book View Café Celebrates New Bookstore with Grand Opening Giveaway and Sale.
- 2012 Science Fiction Poetry Association Poetry Contest.
- Jeffrey Carver’s stories coming to Audiobooks.
- New Peter Straub Ebook Available from Subterranean Press.
- Goldfish Grimm’s Spicy Fiction Sushi Issue 4 is now Live.
- Tintin cover fetches record-breaking 1.3m euros.
- Brian Aldiss OBE is Special Guest at 2013 World Fantasy Convention. [via Andrew Porter]
- DUFF Will Hold Over Funds.
- The producers of Space Command have launched a worldwide talent search for lead actors in their groundbreaking grassroots film series.
Events
Articles
- Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on Authorized Cruelty.
- Publisher’s Weekly (Cory Doctorow) on WIth A LIttle Help: Publishing’s Virtue.
- Inkpunks (Christie Yant) on Getting Unstuck.
- Fantasy Matters (Patrick Rothfuss) on What Good Is Fantasy, Anyway?
- io9 (Esther Inglis-Arkell) on What are your self-destructive reading habits?
- NPR on NPR Staff Confesses Love for ‘Teen’ Reads.
- The Blog That Time Forgot on 80 Years of Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword – Introduction.
- SFX on Hitchhiker’s Live Tour.
- Orbit Books (Anna Gregson) on Prometheus, First Contact and David Brin’s Existence.
- Paul Di Filippo on Italcon 2012 and Beyond.
- The Debut Review (Paul Tobin) on Writing.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (The Barnes & Noble Review) on 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (The Barnes & Noble Review) on Railsea by China Miéville.
- Los Angeles Review of Books on Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders by Samuel R. Delany.
- Josh Vogt reviews The Gift of Fire & On the Head of a Pin by Walter Mosley, Song of the Serpent by Hugh Matthews and Armored edited by John Joseph Adams.
- Village Voice on Scientology Wins a Major Award Again! Galaxy Press Vindicated. [via Andrew Porter]
- Slate Magazine (Chelsey Philpot) on The New Handmaids
- Acid Logic e-zine on Science in the Era of HP Lovecraft. [via Gravity Lens]
- Lawrence Person on Lawrence Person’ Library: Reference Books (Part 4: H. P. Lovecraft).
- Locus Roundtable on ‘Literary’ Poetry.
- The future of reproductive rights, as seen in three young adult novels. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Duke Today on Genetic Fiction: A Scholar’s Faves.
Art
- Digital Art by Jason Chan .
- 12 Incredible Artworks of Superman Villains.
- (Zoltan) Boros and (Gabor) Szikszai.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “A Clockwork Orange” by graphicnothing.
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