SF Tidbits for 6/23/10

Interviews/Profiles

• The Dragon

  Page interviews Larry

  Doyle (podcast).

• Eos Books has Six Questions for Larry

  Doyle.

• Alt.Fiction 2010 Panel – Dark Fantasy

  vs Horror with Kim

  Lakin-Smith, Tim Lebbon, Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane (podcast).

• The

  Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Michael

  Kelly.

• BSC Review interviews Adam

  Rex.

• Hero Complex interviews Ridley

  Scott.

• Lightspeed Magazine profiles Carrie

  Vaughn.

• Port Iris Magazine interviews K.D.

  Wentworth, Bob

  Eggleton, and S.M.

  Stirling.

News

• 2010

  John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists.

• The

  Shadow Conspiracy Extraordinary Steampunk Photo Contest.

• Apex

  owner seeks enthusiastic PA.

• Fat

  Vampire trailer.

• Lou Anders on Swords

  & Dark Magic: The Magic is Unleashed!

• NASA

  discovers crack in the Milky Way Doctor Who warned us about.

Articles

• John Crowley

  on The

  Glass Bead Game.

• Deborah J. Ross on Love

  and Death: Would you like a little romance with your action?

• Stroppy

  Author on How

  to read a publishing contract (14.5 and 15).

• Holly Cupala

  Shares Six

  Secrets About Writing.

• Stephen Euin Cobb on Jim Baen’s

  Universe: A Bold Experiment Comes to a Close.

• John Ginsberg-Stevens asks Why

  Does SF Need to be Cool? or Adaptive? or Even Relevant?

• Suvudu Luck

  in the Shadows (1996) by Lynn Flewelling and A

  Game of Thrones (1996) by George R.R. Martin.

• Om Malik on Why

  Amazon’s Kindle Will Eventually Win the e-Book Wars

• Matthew Cheney on Novels

  and Alternatives.

• The Big Beyond asks Has

  science fiction failed to live up to its expectation?

• Jacqueline Lichtenberg on Where

  Expert Romance Writers Fail.

• Guardian on Fantasy

  writers take us east to new worlds.

• Suite101 on The

  Best British Sci-Fi Shows.

• SCI FI Wire lists The

  20 most anticipated sci-fi movies of 2011 and 10 things you

  should know about Futurama‘s new season.

More Fun

Stuff

• @SCI FI Wire: Here’s the

  first footage from Green Hornet.

• Four labels

  from the Bruce Campbell’s Soup Company.

• Victorian

  Chewbacca.