SF Tidbits for 5/18/10

Interviews/Profiles

• Alan

  Baxter interviews Kate

  Forsyth & Belinda Murrell.

• Sofanauts with Cheryl Morgan

  & Jonathan Strahan.

• BookBanter interviews Katharine

  Beutner (podcast).

• The Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Ellen

  Datlow.

• Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Eli

  Kintisch.

• Abaddon & Solaris Podcast interviews James

  Lovegrove, Jetse de Vries and Gareth Powell.

• Tor.com profiles Hugo fan artist nominee Dave

  Howell.

• Geek with Curves interviews Chris

  Howard.

• GalleyCat interviews J.A.

  Konrath.

• Apex interviews Mira

  Grant (FEED).

News

• Special Offer: Free

  e-book copy of The Tel Aviv Dossier for bloggers.

• The

  public vote for the storySouth Million Writers Award is now open.

• SFPA New

  Poets

  Contest: The Art of Poetry.

• Mark

  Hamill is directing The Black Pearl.

• Godkiller theatrical tour

  launches.

• There’s a new Genre Podcast in town: The Skiffy and Fanty Show.
• Religion Dispatches introduces Gabriel McKee’s and James McGrath’s new

  column The

  Doctor Who Media Club which discusses religion and ethics in the

  current season of Doctor Who.

• Marty Halpern has begun serializing the stories from Is Anybody Out

  There?, the DAW anthology he co-edited with Nick Gevers. First up: “The

  Taste of Night” by Pat Cadigan (Part 1 of 3).

Articles

• Tansy Rayner

  Roberts on Giants

  and Superstars.

• Alisa Krasnostein on Why yes, we need

  to have this conversation AGAIN.

• Cory Doctorow on Closing

  In.

• Jim C. Hines on Piracy Thoughts.
• Larry

  Nolen on So

  you have a voice, but do you know when to be silent?

• Bev

  Vincent on Lost

  in Translation.

• Janice Hardy on Real

  Life Diagnostics: Show vs. Tell.

• Christopher Miller on How to Write a Rejection

  Slip.

• Nicola Morgan on Agent

  or Not?

• John

  Scalzi’s Science Fiction Film Birthday Wishes.

• Listverse lists Top

  10 Underrated Sci-Fi Stories Before 1864.

• Mike Brotherton on The

  Borderlands of Science.

• Patrick Rothfuss on Beta

  Readers.

• io9 on Spielberg’s

  Terra Nova.

More Fun Stuff

• John

  Scalzi’s Science Fiction Film Birthday Wishes.

• Listverse lists Top

  10 Underrated Sci-Fi Stories Before 1864.

• Mike Brotherton on The

  Borderlands of Science.

• Patrick Rothfuss on Beta

  Readers.

• io9 on Spielberg’s

  Terra Nova.