SF Tidbits for 6/25/10
- Locus
interviews Kit
Reed.
- Jennifer Konieczny interviews Paul
Berger
. - Darrell Schweitzer interviews Trent
Zelazny
. - Elena Nola interviews Yasmine
Galenorn
. - John Ottinger III interviews Yasmine
Galenorn
. - Functional Nerds interviews genre book cover artist & 2010 Hugo nominee John Picacio (podcast).
News
- Gaiman
Wins Carnegie Medal
. - Chaz
Brenchley gets new book deal
- Sci-Fi Cameo
King Wil Wheaton Leaps Back to Leverage
. - Congratulations to James Bloomer at Big Dumb
Object
, winner of The James WhiteAward
!
Articles
- N.R.
Alexander on Dead Dog
Blues.
- Laura Miller on When
anyone can be a published author
. - Nancy Jane Moore on Brave
New (Writing) World: The Right Tool for the Job
. - Phyllis
Irene Radford on So
You Want To Commit Novel: #4 Characters.
- Kristine Kathryn
Rusch on Freelancer’s
Survival Guide: Emergencies.
- Stroppy Author on Going
digital (2) – the i-book, those crows, that bucket, and a bunch of
differences
. - Janice Hardy on Be
Prepared
. - Adam Christopher on The Big
Magic Shelf
. - Mark Charan Newton on Sexual Healing.
- Nathan
Bransford on Why
I Write Vague Rejection Letters.
- Paula Guran says Stephenie
Meyer Discovers Writing is (eek!) Work
! - Ian Sales asks Why
bother writing science fiction?
- Marie Brennan on The
Monstrous Feminine
. - Jo Walton on Connie
Willis’ To Say Nothing of the Dog
(which is also aSuvudu celebration book
). - Jeff VanderMeer on Aqueduct
Press’s New Heirloom Series-Support It!
- Jay Lake on Re-reading
Frank Herbert’s Dune
. - SciFi Blog lists Sci Fi Spoofs
That Should Be in your DVD Collection
. - SCI FI Wire lists 17 objects
that unintentionally resemble the Death Star
.
More Fun
Stuff
- Marooned on 1960s
Mars art by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
. - Chad Vader, the series about
Darth Vader’s brother, hits Babelgum.
- Subterranean Press offers a
first look at the art for their edition of Naomi Novik’s Empire of
Ivory
and for ConnieWillis’ All Clear
. - SciFi Songster John Anealio sets the Scalzi/Wheaton “Unicorn
Pegasus Kitten
” illustration to music.