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
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