SF Tidbits for 5/26/10

Interviews/Profiles

• Radio New

  Zealand National has a recording of Margo

  Lanagan and Neil Gaiman (podcast).

• The Dragon Page

  interviews Brandon

  Sanderson (podcast).

• Shawn Speakman interviews Vicki

  Pettersson.

• Kimberly Pauley interviews Nina

  Hess.

• Galactic Suburbia interviews Jonathan

  Strahan (podcast).

• Fantasy Author’s Handbook interviews John

  Betancourt.

• SciFiNow interviews John

  Noble and Joshua Jackson (Fringe).

• Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews David

  J. Williams.

• Video: Cory

  Doctorow on For The Win.

News

• Mur

  Lafferty to host the all-new Angry Robot podcast.

• The

  Skiffy and Fanty Show #2 is Live.

• Happy

  Birthday Missions Unknown!

Articles

• Simon Abrams

  on 20

  Philip K. Dick Books with Philip K. Dick on the Cover.

• Mary

  Buckham & Dianna Love on Collaboration.

• Alastair

  Reynolds on Optimism

  and pessimism – where did it all go right?

• Mark Charan

  Newton on Rural

  Fantasy.

• A. Lee Martinez On

  Writing: Originality.

• Tobias Buckell on PW

  attack piece on JA Konrath.

• David J. Williams on on O’Neill cylinders

  and Saying

  goodbye.

• Gabriel Mckee on Planetary

  Profiling: Dr. Who Part II.

• John Ginsberg-Stevens on (Speculative

  Fiction) Criticism is Love and 13

  Classics and Groundbreakers That Will Make Your Mind Bombilate.

• MentatJack on New SFF

  Authors – A Spreadsheet.

• UGO on The 10 Worst

  Sci-Fi Predictions.

• The World in the Satin Bag lists Top

  8 Most Ridiculous Moments in Science Fiction and Fantasy Film in the 21st

  Century.

• Gerry Canavan on How

  Lost Teaches Us to Grieve It.

• Some genre shows make Ranker’s list of Top

  10 TV Shows That Overstayed Their Welcome.

More Fun Stuff

• Free Excerpt at Tor.com: The

  Office of Shadow by Matthew Sturges.

• @Tor.com: Free

  wallpapers from Artist Hugo Nominee Dan Dos Santos.

• John

  Cassaday redraws Superman #1 cover.