SF Tidbits for 8/26/10
- Book
Lovers Inc. interviews Gail
Carriger.
- Gail Z. Martin interviews Scott Sigler and Judith Briles
(podcast).
- Locus interviews Charlie
Jane Anders
. - The Rejectionist interviews Nnedi
Okorafor
. - Gregory Manches interviews Dave
Stewart
. - Suvudu Terry
Brooks & Peter V. Brett Chat
. - Angela Slatter interviews
Baxter and Kim
Wilkins.
- I Should Be Writing interviews David
Williams
(podcast). - Matt Staggs interviews Paul
Jessup
. - Flickering Myth profiles Steven
Spielberg (Part 1)
.
News
- Norilana Books –
4th Anniversary Non-Sale Sale!
- DailyScienceFiction.com launches 1
September with e-mailed and posted stories
. [via SFScope] - The 3rd book in
David Moody’s Hater trilogy is titled Them or
Us
. - BBC
Officially Announces Dirk Gently TV Show
.
Articles
- Jeff
VanderMeer on Shared
Worlds: Zombies, Alien Babies, and Book Recommendations from Students and Shared
Worlds Teen Writing Camp This Summer.
- P.N.
Elrod on Always
read the contract.
- The Little Red Reviewer on Let’s
talk about manga
. - Janice Hardy on Re-Write
Wednesday Golden Oldie: Preposition Patrol
. - John Scalzi on The
2010 Summer Sci-fi Wrap-Up
. - Jason Sandford on A
great year for science fiction and fantasy novellas
. - Gary Westfahl on Notes
from a Mixed Marriage, Or, The Lady and the Monster
. Locus Online’s Mark R.Kelly responds
. - Michael A. Burstein on Alienating
Readers
. - Shawn Speakman on How
Terry Brooks Changed My Life
. - io9 on Important
scientific ideas that inform science fiction
and 25classic science fiction movies that everybody must watch
. - Cracked lists 6
Baffling Flaws in Famous Sci-Fi Technology
. - Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist lists Favorite
SFF characters
. - Furious Fanboys lists 9 Jaw
Dropping Explosions In Sci-Fi
. - SFX lists Top 10 Greatest
SF&F characters of all time
. [via Whedonesque]
More Fun Stuff
- The
Mars of Leigh Brackett depicted through Russian endpaper art
. - Abby Normal
Soap In A Jar
. - Avalanche Software Art: Brian Cutler’s awesome Bowie
in Space
! - Cool art at CoolVibe: “Landing Platform” by MiNze.