SF Tidbits for 12/2/09
- Clarkesworld interviews Nnedi Okorafor.
- CultPop.com interviews Brom. (via EosBooks)
- TVO interviews Cory Doctorow (video).
- Bibliophile Stalker interviews Steve Berman & Craig Gidney.
- Comic Book Outsiders Episode podcast-interview Paul Cornell.
News
- Jabberwocky 5 is Now Open for Submissions.
- Subterranean Press Special 50% Off Preorder Sale.
- You Select Stephen King’s Next Book?
- Pat Rothfuss’ Worldbuilders 2009.
- Words Without Borders December 2009: Out of This World: International Science Fiction. (via Haikasoru)
- DailyLit Goes Free.
- Harlan Ellison wants J.J. Abrams to hire him for Trek 2.
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Will Be TV Mini-Series.
- Concept art and website launch for PA time travel thriller Timeless.
- Believe it or not, The Greatest American Hero flies into Hulu.
- Now posted: Ansible 269, December 2009.
Articles
- Barnes & Noble Book Club on Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? (And Read Paranormal Fantasy….)
- Strange Horizons on The Emancipation of Bat Durston, or: “I’m from Iowa, I Only Work in Outer Space”.
- Rich Horton’s Summary: Chiaroscuro, 2009.
- Paul G. Tremblay on Literary Horror: Dude you made that up.
- Twelfth Planet Press on A closer look at review copies.
- Jesse Bullington on The Sweet Filth of History.
- J.C. Hutchins on Why the best sci-fi TV and movies don’t *feel* like sci-fi.
- Stephen H. Segal on An Introduction to H.P. Lovecraft.
- Deborah J. Ross on Meeting Marion.
- Justine Larbalestier on The Problem with Gone with the Wind.
- Rachelle Gardner on The Power of Words.
- John Scalzi on In the Spirit of the Pulps, and Paying Even Less.
- Marie Brennan on The Literary Line.
- 23 of Google’s greatest sci-fi (ish) logos.
- December Belongs to Cthulhu on Tor.com…start with this intro to H.P. Lovecraft.
- The Four Authors of the Apocalypse: James Lovegrove.
- Fandomania has A Beginner’s Guide to Fan Fiction.
- Cory Doctorow on the Future of Bookselling. [via Bill Crider]