SF Tidbits for 9/18/12

Interviews & Profiles

• Buzzy Mag interviews Jagi Lamplighter.
• Weird Fiction Review interviews Brendan and Anna Connell.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Rob Reid.
• Amanda Carlson interviews Kristen Painter.
• Steve Skojec interviews John Love.
• Booklist interviews James Dashner.
• Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Jason S. Ridler.
• Ginger Nuts Of Horror interviews Paul Edwards.
• Gothic.net interviews a panel of experts.
• Michael A. Ventrella interviews Ryk E. Spoor.
• Jules Sherred interviews John Anealio (part 2).

News

• Announcing: Speculative Fiction 2012: The Year’s Best Online Reviews & Commentary.
• Geoffrey Gudgion’s historical supernatural thriller, Saxon’s Bane, will be published by Solaris in September 2013..
• October 23: Dark Conspiracies w/ readings by Ramsey Campbell, Simon Bestwick and Stephen McGeagh.
• Kickstarter for Beyond The Sun anthology edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
• Kickstarter for Cobweb Ride novel by Vera Nazarian.

Events

• Human Limits – Wellcome Collection.
• The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS) will present Loscon 39 from November 23 – November 25, 2012 Guests of Honor: Vernor Vinge, Alan White, Lloyd & Yvonne Penney, and Mela Hoyt-Heydon.
• September #TorChat Talks Tech With Doctorow & Stross.

Articles

• The Night Bazaar on Need Inspiration? Expand Your Horizons.
• Louise Marley on Write What You Know.
• Daniel A. Rabuzzi on Seeking the Distant Hills Within.
• Robin Maxwell on Jane: Queen of the Jungle.
• Black Gate on Genre 2012: the Ghetto Remains the Same?
• Smart Pop Books on Superman’s Moral Evolution.
• Myke Cole on I call the shots.
• NYTimes.com on Whom and What to Read to Make You Like Poetry (and Also Sci-Fi).
• Ian Sales on Shaping sf.
• Rob DeBorde on Zombie 3.0.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education on Lovecraft’s Providence.
• Steven Miller on Liaden Universe InfoDump Number 97.
• Barebones eZine on Batman in the 1970s Part 36: June and July 1975.
• Auxiliary Memory on Robot and Frank – The Best Science Fiction Film Since Gattaca.
• Paul Weimer reviews vN by Madeline Ashby.
• LitReactor on Jim Henson + Douglas Adams = The Greatest Collaboration That Never Happened.
• SciFiNow lists Top 10 best Red Dwarf episodes.
• Flavorwire lists 10 Novels That Deserve a Prequel.
• SciFiNow’s Iain M Banks beginner’s guide.

Art

• Concept robot art by Sean Yoo.
• Concept ships: MANCHU Monday: Les Archives du Futur – Ed. Hachette 2006.
• Minimal Movie Posters – Ghostbusters.
• Steampunk Ghost-Busters Illustrations.
• Scott M. Fischer’s Evolving Easel.
• The Women Of Science Fiction Religious Iconography By Jska Priebe.
• CoolVibe: “Dinorider”.
• Coolvive: “Moonman”.

More Fun Stuff

• New Extracts from Angry Robot Books.
• Teaser extract from J. M. McDermott’s Nirvana Gates.
• Eve and Adam (Excerpt) by Michael Grant,Katherine Applegate.
• Lawrence Person’s Pictures from the 2012 Chicago Worldcon: Monday.
• Paul McCartney in a Mercury Space Suit by Richard Avedon, 1965. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• 11 Amazing Librarian Tattoos. [via Andrew Porter]
• Spock Feels The Horta’s Pain In An Upcoming Set From Diamond Select Toys.

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