SF Tidbits for 10/22/10

Interviews/Profiles

• The Qwillery interviews Vera Nazarian.
• A Dribble of Ink interviews Brent Weeks.
• Sue Corbett interviews Kate Thompson.
• The Agony Column interviews Charles Yu (podcast).
• The Dragon Page interviews Naomi Novik (podcast).
• Jeff VanderMeer interviews S.J. Chambers.
• The Creative Penn interviews Alan Baxter (video).
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Helen Lowe.
• Elitist Book Reviews interviews R.A.

  Salvatore.

• T.J. McIntyre interviews Lavie

  Tidhar.

News

• WisCon Disinvites

  Guest-of-Honor Elizabeth Moon. Reactions from Eleanor

  Arnason, Mike Glyer, Cheryl Morgan, Lawrence Person, Cat Valente,

• Permanent Reduction of Pricing

  for Electronic Books at Atomic Fez Publishing.

• Special

  Halloween offers at PS Publishing.

Events

• As part of the Fantastic Fiction free

  reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Kathe Koja &

  Ben H. Winters Wednesday November 17th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC.

• Reminder: KGB Fantastic Fiction Online

  Raffle ends Oct 25th, 2010!

Articles

• Jezebel on Why Would A Real Life Woman Want To Be A Second Life Slave?
• Larry Nolen on Belatedly for me, an “ethical” decision.
• Locus on Pulp Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion.
• Sue Granquist on Goth Chick News: Magical Expectations from a Tough Audience.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Changing Times (Overview).
• Tom Chatfield asks Do

  writers need paper?

• Norman Spinrad on The

  Future of eBooks is Now.

• Jennifer Laughran on The

  Big Ol’ Genre Glossary. [via Gwenda Bond]

• Ay-leen the Peacemaker on The Ao Dai

  and I: A Personal Essay on Cultural Identity and Steampunk.

• Doug McElwain on Ringworld

  40th Anniversary: An Increasing Sense of Wonder.

• Scott A. Cupp on Forgotten

  Book: Norman Saunders by David Saunders.

• Matt Staggs on Jonathan

  Lethem Focuses on Carpenter’s Troubled Masterpiece They Live.

• Jagi Lamplighter on Good

  vs. Evil: Villainous Villains.

• A

  Sneak Peek into The Steampunk Bible.

• The

  Guardian’s science-fiction and fantasy top 25.

• Frederik

  Pohl reviews Robert A. Heinlein memoir.

Art

• Cool art at CoolVibe: “I

  am” by Sergey Lesiuk.

• Theme

  Planet Cover Teaser.

More Fun Stuff

• FreeSample #1: The Strange

  Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder.

• Free Sample #2: At the Queen’s

  Command by Michael A. Stackpole, Chapter Two.