SF Tidbits for 10/27/10

Interviews/Profiles

• I Should

  Be Writing interviews PG

  Holyfield (podcast).

• From Bar to Bar interviews Mark

  Charan Newton.

• Angry Robot Podcast interviews Kaaron

  Warren.

• Angela Slatter interviews Aidan

  Doyle.

• All Tech Considered interviews Cory

  Doctorow.

• Dragon Page interviews David Weber

  (podcast).

• My San Antonio interviews Robert

  Kirkman (The Walking Dead).

• Matthew R. Bradley profiles Richard

  Matheson (part 2).

• Silvia Moreno-Garcia looks at Poe and Lovecraft.
• SFX interviews Russell

  T. Davies.

• Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview Jaym

  Gates and Erika Holt.

News

• Powell’s

  Books to Sell 7,000 Books from Private Library of Anne Rice.

• Washington

  Science Fiction Association Small Press Award for Short Fiction.

• Geekscape

  Exclusive: ZomBCon to Host the Wedding of the Dead with Bruce Campbell

  Officiating. [via Neatorama]

• Darren Aronofsky

  is set to direct pop thriller Machine Man, based on author Max

  Barry’s serialized online story and upcoming tome about a geek who equips

  himself with high-end parts.

• Barnes

  and Noble Intros Color Nook E-book Reader for $249.

• Beginning Oct 31st

  (Halloween), Dark Fiction Magazine will be launching a monthly magazine

  of audio short stories.

Articles

• Jaymee Goh

  on Steampunk

  Abstractions: On Commodification.

• Deborah J. Ross on Queries,

  Synopses, Pitches and Other Uneasy Friends, Part 2.

• Juliette

  Wade on Similes,

  cliché, and added information.

• Aliette de Bodard on Outlines,

  plotting and novels.

• Athena Andreadis on Standing at Thermopylae

  and Steering

  the Craft.

• Genevieve Valentine on Five

  Planets that Will Kill You Dead.

• Peter Tennant on How women writers

  are represented in the current crop of horror anthologies.

• John C. Wright on Space

  Opera, Spiral Energy, and the Dark Side of Darwinism.

• John Ginsberg-Stevens on Sword

  & Sorcery, Visceral Fantasias, and Pleasure of the Moment and Let

  Me Tell You About My Novel…

• Dano’s Buzz lists Top

  5 List of Best Debut Sci Fi Books by New Novel Writers.

• Diana Vick lists Steampunk

  Archetypes.

• SFX lists 10 Reasons

  Why The Wheel Of Time Has Been Hailed As A Masterpiece.

• Blastr lists The

  top 7 S&M covers of Lois Lane.

• Ian Sales lists 20 British sf

  films.

• Furious Fanboys lists 10 Of

  The Best SciFi Sidekicks.

• TopTenz lists Top 10 Funny

  Zombie Movie Moments. [via Interesting

  Pile]

• SciFiNow lists 5

  Star Trek characters we’d like to see in the sequel.

• Topless Robot lists 20

  Awesome Horror Anthology Movies.

More Fun Stuff

• DC

  Releases Superman vs. Muhammad Ali Poster in anticipation of reprint of

  1978’s Superman

  vs. Muhammad Ali in November.