SF Tidbits for 6/7/12 (+ Ray Bradbury Tributes Galore)

Interviews and Profiles

• Strange Chemistry interviews Cassandra Rose Clarke.
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Warren Hammond.
• The Future and You interviews Jonah Knight, Jaysen Buterin, James Maxey, David Drake and Janine Spendlove, the Mon Frere Comedy Troupe, Commander Keela Septaric (podcast).
• Prime Books (Erin Stocks) interviews Nina Allan.
• Flickering Myth interviews Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Bryan Grill, Simon Maddison, Dan Rosen and Alessandro Cioff, Steve Viola.
• Apex Magazine (Maggie Slater) interviews Geoff Ryman.
• Dead Robots Society Balticon 2012 Panel #2 – Sequels And Prequels (podcast).
• Gollancz interviews AJ Dalton (video).
• Tehani Wessely interviews Liz Grzyb, Simon Petrie.
• Kathryn Linge interviews Carol Ryles, Amanda Rainey.
• Helen Merrick interviews Stephanie Smith, Karen Healey, Wolfgang Bylsma.
• Sean the Bookanaut interviews Trent Jamieson.
• Jason Nahrung interviews Kyla Ward, Jay Kristoff, Talie Helene.
• David McDonald interviews Gillian Pollack, Abigail Nathan, Ben Payne.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts interviews Kate Gordon, Foz Meadows.
• Alisa Krasnostein interviews Kitty Byrne, Anna Tambour.
• Ian Mond interviews Amanda Pillar, Rocky Wood.
• Brad R. Torgersen interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
• Nick Mamatas interviews Barry Graham.

News

• Falling Skies gets its own talk show (hosted by Wil Wheaton).
• Ebooks from Anarchy and Infinity Plus Now On Sale.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Episodes To Be Shown In Movie Theaters.
• Stephen King's "Ten O'Clock People" Adapted.
• The Hobbit to premiere in New Zealand in November. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Events

• Forbidden Planet Small Press Expo!

Articles

• Graham Edwards on The many lives of a writer – 3.
• Black Gate (Scott Taylor) on Art of the Genre: The Art of a Future Fallen.
• The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on BEA 2012 (Day 1): The Relationship of Speculative Fiction to Mainstream.
• Apex Magazine (Tansy Rayner Roberts) on Girl Meets House: Kitchen Sinks, Joanna Russ and the Female Gothic.
• Stroppy Author on How to speak publisher: E is for Epilogue.
• Janice Hardy on Moving Forward: Writing Smooth Transitions.
• Fantasy Matters (Jen Miller) on From the Strange to the Familiar: Teaching Dystopian Stories.
• Chuck Wendig on The Secret To Writing?
• Inkpunks (Jaym Gates) on Stay in School.
• GalleyCat on Kevin J. Anderson on His Self-Publishing Strategy.
• Omnivoracious on Christopher Paolini’s Summer Reading List.
• Black Gate (Chris Braak) reviews The Last Four Things by Paul Hoffman.
• Flickering Myth on Fully Assembled: The Making of The Avengers.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Why You Should Read Sam Sykes Aeon’s Gate Trilogy.
• Strange Chemistry on All About the Books Meme – with Cassandra Rose Clarke.
• The Blog That Time Forgot on 80 Years of Conan: "The Phoenix on the Sword" – Chapter IV.
• Slate Magazine asks Could cops use Google to prevent murder? [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The Observer on 'Read the next chapter… after a short commercial break'. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The Mary Sue on Adaptations That Should Be Made Instead of Candy Land.
• Cracked.com on 5 Amazing Things Invented by Donald Duck (Seriously).
• Screen Rant on 15 Batman Villains That Deserve Their Movie Due.

Art

• Showcase of fantasy, sci-fi characters and scenes by Phil McDarby.
• @deviantART: “Fall” by ~Morriperkele.
• @Gorilla Artfare: “Batman Fan Art” by Oyo.
• @CoolVibe: “SWGTCG – Hose Down” by Kai Lim.
• @Minimal Movie Posters: “Nightmare Before Christmas” by Joel Amat Güell.
• @:Drawn “Ray Bradbury” by Kagan.

More Fun Stuff

• Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Motion Comic. [via Famous Monsters Of Filmland]
• Excerpt from The Returning by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
• Star Wars Millennium Falcon Cake Topper.
• Reimagined Wizard of Oz Costumes.
• Margaret Atwood’s Lifetime Achievement Award Speech.

Ray Bradbury Tributes

• A.V. Club (Sean O’Neal)
• Aliette de Bodard
• Ari Marmell
• Barack Obama
• BBC News – (Joanne Harris).
• Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo).
• Black Gate
• Blastr (Paul Di Filippo)
• BoingBoing (Cory Doctorow)
• Book Life Now (Robert J. Bennett)
• Caitlin Kiernan
• Chicago Tribune
• Elizabeth Bear
• Fantasy Matters (Kat Howard)
• Gail Carriger
• GeekMom (Ruth Suehle)
• Gollancz
• Guardian (Neil Gaiman)
• Guardian (David Pringle)
• Guardian (Tom  McCarthy, David Barnett)
• Guardian (Twitter)
• Guardian (Dan Gillmor)
• io9
• James Gunn
• Jamie Todd Rubin.
• Jeffrey Carver.
• John Scalzi.
• John Shirley.
• Kirkus Book Reviews.
• Locus Online
• Lou Antonelli.
• Mari Ness
• Marty Halpern
• Mike Brotherton
• NASA
• Neil Gaiman
• Nicholas Kaufmann
• Salon.
• SFWA
• Stina Leicht
• Super Punch.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs)
• Tor.com (Ryan Britt)
• The New Yorker
• Time (Lev Grossman)
• Universe Today
• UsaToday.
• Wired (John Booth)
• Wired (writer memories).
• Yahoo

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