SF Tidbits for 8/19/10
- Locus
interviews N.K.
Jemisin.
- The Agony Column interviews David
Corbett and Barry Eisler
(podcast). - Suvudu chat transcript
with Terry
Brooks.
- Down Under Wonderings interviews Angela
Slatter
.
News
- 2012
World Fantasy Convention Site
. - Michael Cobley’s got a shiny new
website
. [via OrbitBooks
] - Harlan
Ellison Praises Adam-Troy Castro
.
Articles
- Jim C. Hines
on Judging
the Past Through the Lens of the Present.
- SFWA on 5
Resources for Tracking Your To-do Lists
. - Janice Hardy on Re-Write
Wednesday Golden Oldie: Poking Dead Scenes With A Stick
. - John Scalzi on The Dollar
Value of Nerd Love
. - Will Ellwood says There
is an untapped audience for SF magazines
. - John Marr on How
Edgar Rice Burroughs became one of the twentieth century’s biggest scifi
authors
. - Shaun Duke on Why
Science Fiction is Important to the Third World (Part One)
. - Jo Walton reviews Robert
A. Heinlein’s Rocket Ship Galileo
. - Scott Cupp on ArmadilloCon: More
Guests Than You Can Swing an Armadillo At
.. - Philip Athans on The
Fantasy Author’s Exercises Iii: A One-Page Synopsis
. - Bloginhood lists Top 10
Pirates of SF
. - Geek Speak lists 8
Odd Versions of the Doctor Who Theme
. [via Scott A. Cupp]
More Fun Stuff
- Matt Ruff blew my mind with this off-putting fact: Former Disney moppet Kim
Richards, best known for her role in the original Escape to Witch Mountain, is
Paris Hilton’s aunt
. - Blastr shares 5 horrific new
pics from AMC’s zombie-licious The Walking Dead
. - Artist
Imagines an Incredible Star Wars Theme Park
. [via LookAt This…
] - Cool art: “Gates To
Elysium
” by Christian Hecker.
Harlan Ellison has a computer?
I think he uses a web-to-telegraph service. Hiyo! 🙂
Thanks for the link, Charles!
lol