SF Tidbits for 10/27/09

Interviews and Profiles

• 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.