SF Tidbits for 10/27/09
- Grinding to Valhalla interviews Rob Rogers.
- Genreville interviews Seanan McGuire.
- Suvudu Q&A with Max Brooks.
- Tor.com interviews Sydney Padua.
- Diabolical Plots interviews Nick Rose.
- Watch the Skies interviews John Scalzi.
- Bibliophile Stalker interviews Diana Rowland.
News
- Amnesia girl quoted book by Tacoma author. (via EoSBooks)
- Seeking Steampunks for Fun and…Archiving.
- Paul di Filippo reviews Starting Point: 1979-1996.
- The Shadow Dragons book tour.
- Harry Potter themed dinner banned for ‘infringing copyright’. (via Pamela Scoville)
- Vote on the Top Three 2009 Halloween Flash Fiction Stories.
- Genreville World Fantasy Award Pick-a-Winner Contest.
- John Klima will be doing an anthology of fairy-tale reprint stories in 2011.
- Shared Worlds Teen Writing Camp: Registration Now Open.
- John Picacio to Illustrate ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’.
- Tor.com’s Steampunk Month Giveaway: Socks from Sock Dreams!
- Doctor Who Anime.
- 10 Most Influential Space Westerns
- Joseph Mallozzi’s December Book-of-the-month-Club selection is The Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evans.
- Spectrum is currently accepting artist submissions for Spectrum 17.
Articles
- Guy Hasson on Making “Heart of Stone”.
- Alison Flood on Angels are the new vampires, says Anne Rice.
- Pamela K. Kinney on An Introduction to Paranormal Investigations.
- Media Loper on Is Book Sharing Really a Threat to Publishing? (via Booksquare)
- Cherie Priest on Steampunk Wardrobe Customizations for the Lazy, the Poor, or the Crafty.
- Megan Crewe no That Ghostly Appeal.
- Ben Bova on No writer is an island, either. (via Locus Online)
- Steven R. Boyett on ‘The One True Thing’.
- Matt Sturges on Things Midwinter Taught Me.
“Amnesia girl quoted book by Tacoma author.”
Amnesia girl had fictional amnesia; real life amnesia doesn’t work like that; she’s as much a hoax as balloon boy.
The amnesia girl hoax.