SF Tidbits for 6/5/12
- Small Beer Press Podcast interviews Jennifer Stevenson.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Leigh Bardugo.
- Prime Books (Stacey Friedberg) interviews Lusa Tuttle.
- SciFi Diner Podcast interviews Keith R.A. DeCandido.
- BoingBoing (Tom Chatfield) interviews China Miéville.
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews Brent Weeks.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts interviews Kylie Chan.
- Kathryn Linge interviews Martin Livings, Marty Young.
- David McDonald interviews Dave Freer, George Ivanoff, Helen Stubbs, Kim Westwood.
- Helen Merrick interviews Kim Falconer, Marianne de Pierres.
- Ian Mond interviews Trudi Canavan, Will Elliott.
- Jason Nahrung interviews Jenny Blackford, Andrew McGahan, Garth Nix, Patrick O’Duffy, Adam Browne.
- Alex Pierce interviews AA Bell.
- Tehani Wessely interviews Sue Bursztynski, Edwina Harvey, Keith Stevenson.
- Sean the Bookonaut interviews Deborah Kalin, Russell B Farr.
- Alisa Krasnostein interviews Rosaleen Love, Karen Miller.
- Brilliant Disguise interviews Marshall Payne.
- Celebration interviews Bob Shaw (video from 1981). [via Andrew Porter]
News
- SFWA’s Author Signing Schedule at BEA.
- Elizabeth Bear book sale.
- Tor/Forge Books Announces DRM-Free E-book Store.
- Clarion West Write-a-thon.
- Australian Shadows Awards 2011.
- Scribe Awards Nominees and Grandmaster.
- Mike Resnick delivers new collection of collaborations: With a Little More Help From My Friends.
Articles
- Tor/Forge (Rhiannon Held) on Werewolf Anthropology.
- Tor/Forge (Warren Hammond) on Why is Your Noir So, Um, Dark?
- Tor/Forge (Paul Melko) on Exploiting the Multiverse for Fun and Profit.
- Tor/Forge (J.A. Pitts) on It’s a Character Thing.
- Tor.com (Jo Walton) on Growing Up: Sean Stewart’s Nobody’s Son.
- A.M. Dellamonica on Revise or Plow On?
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (20): 2010.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Editorial Pet Peeves – All Of A Sudden/Suddenly.
- Juliettet Wade on Critique vs. artistic vision: how far should we respond to reader reactions?
- Janice Hardy on Read On: Do Your Read Like a Reader or a Writer?
- The Intern on five signs you’re about to land an agent: observations from a freelance editor.
- Inkpunks (Morgan Dempsey) on Writing Synopses and Getting Over Yourself.
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on What Authors Can Learn from Artists: Teaching Yourself to See.
- Amal El-Mohtar on Scalzi, SWM, and the Necessity of Metaphor.
- Kate Elliott on It’s Amazing the Things We Know, That Are Actually Wrong.
- John H. Stevens on The Darling Books of May.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) reviews The Weird edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.
- Examiner.com (Josh Vogt) reviews Lightbringer by K.D. McEntire.
- Examiner.com (Josh Vogt) reviews The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi.
- Examiner.com (Josh Vogt) reviews Lightbringer by K.D. McEntire.
- Functional Nerds (Paul Weimer) reviews Scourge of the Betrayer by Jeff Salyards.
- Bookworm Blues reviews Space Battles edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- SFR Brigade on Cross-Genre Novels & Summer Reads.
- Barebones e-zine on Batman in the 1970s Part 21: November and December 1972.
- Scott Hanselman on The Nerd Parent’s Guide: When and how to introduce your kids to Star Wars.
- AbeBooks on An Ace on the Shelf – Pioneering Science Fiction from Ace Books. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Cracked.com lists The 5 Most Ingenious Worlds Ever Invented by Science Fiction. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
- Wired.com on Top 10 Dads in Science Fiction and Fantasy. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
- The Art of Stanley Von Medvey.
- Surreal Digital Art by David Fuhrer.
- Ship concepts by Alexey Yakolev.
- Wallpapers for Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey.
- @CoolVibe: “Underworlders” by Armandeo.
- @CoolVibe: “Alien World” by Johnson Ting.
- @CoolVibe: “Boba Fett” by Kai Lim.
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt: Dead Reckoning by Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill.
- Munchkin: Felicia Day, Steve Jackson and Sandeep Parikh join Wil Wheaton on TableTop, Episode 5.
- Doctor Who Dalek Factory Mini Figure Set.
- Infographic: Who is the Fairest of Them All?
- Epic infographic shows how much $$$ Star Wars has made in 30 years.