SF Tidbits for 4/16/10
Interviews/Profiles
- BookBanter interviews Peter Straub.
- I Should Be Writing interviews Blake Charlton (podcast).
- Writers of the Horrific and Surreal interviews Angel McCoy.
- The Nebula Awards interviews Saladin Ahmed.
- Jeremy L.C. Jones interviews Michael Curtis.
- Teresa Jusino interviews Paul Cornell.
- News Star interviews Nnedi Okorafor.
- Ariel Emerald interviews Janice Hardy.
- Mad Hatter interviews Neal
Asher
. - Hub Magazine interviews Joe R. Lansdale (Part 3).
News
- Shirley Jackson Awards 2009 nominees.
- Electric Velocipede 20 Table of Contents.
- The reading period for the speculative fiction zine Marginal Boundaries is now open.
- Random Consolidates Ballantine and Bantam Dell.
- Roger
Ebert calls Kick-Ass “morally reprehensible”
. [via SCI FIWire
] - 8-Bit Dr.
Horrible
(Act 2) is now available. [via Whedonesque]
Articles
- Monica Valentinelli on An Overview of Writing for Print vs. the Web.
- Waggish on Thomas M. Disch Appendix.
- Eric M. Van on The Flavors of Science in SF: A Taxonomy.
- Nancy Jane Moore on Brave New (Writing) World: Too Big to Change?
- Milena Popova on Why Content Is a Public Good.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking (Networking Part Seven).
- S.C. Butler on Heroines Who Don’t Kick Ass.
- Juliette Wade on Getting Ideas is a Skill.
- Janice Hardy on Re-Write Wednesday: Tab A Into Slot B.
- John Scalzi on Questions for Orbit, Re: Its New Digital Short Fiction Program.
- Dark Wolf’s Fantasy Reviews on A glimpse of the Romanian speculative fiction market.
- Nicola Morgan on How Long is a Book?
- Pimp My Novel on Exceptions, Rules, Et Cetera.
- Lynn Flewelling on How Not
to Write a Series
. - Concatenation on Unseen Mainland European SF Classics.
- Eric M. Van on The
Flavors of Science in SF: A Taxonomy
. [via VelcroCity Tourist Board
] - Stephen
King Fans: Prepare To Be Blown Away
. - SQT asks: Can
Science Fiction be Fused With Anything… and Still be Considered Sci-fi?
- SciFi Wire lists 16
sci-fi movie controversies
. - Geekosystem lists The
10 Worst Science Fiction Governments
. - Fandomania lists The
Top 10 Best Genre TV, Movie, & Stage Musicals
. [via Whedonesque] - Star
Wars
figures as samurai warriors