SF Tidbits for 11/23/10

Interviews/Profiles

• Marshall Payne interviews Cherie Priest.
• Peter Orullian interviews Brandon Sanderson (part 4, video).
• The Quietus interviews Michael

  Moorcock.

News

• Introducing the new Angry Robot digital short story store.
• New

  Forrest J Ackerman Book: House of Ackerman.

• Joss

  Whedon Reacts to News of Whedon-less Buffy Movie. [via Whedonesque]

Articles

• Matt Forbeck on Help Jim Ward.
• John C. Wright on The Fall and Rise of Science Fiction.
• Jeff VanderMeer on Just Breathe: Rejuvenating Your Imagination.
• Best Universities on Top 50 Sci-Fi Novels for Kids & Young Adults.
• Paul di Filippo on Of Cosmos and Crinolines: Three New Fantasies.
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Terra Incognita: A Brief History of Mexican Science Fiction.
• Hiromi Goto on Fantasy’s BFF is Horror…
• Matthew David Surridge on Novel Writing: The Hard Part.
• Theodora Goss on Where Do Ideas Come From?
• Angela Slatter on A blog about blogging.
• Steven Harper Piziks on Writing Nowadays-The Deadline of Doom.
• Nicola Morgan on Agent Pitching Etiquette.
• NY Times on Anne

  R. Dick’s Memoir, The Search for Philip K. Dick.

• Matthew R. Bradley on Richard

  Matheson: Storyteller: Fresh Hell.

• Tom Pinchuk Superhero

  PSAs – Will You Listen to Their Message?.

• Marie Brennan on Writing Fight Scenes: The

  Question of Purpose.

Art

• The

  Ballantine/Del Rey Paperback Covers of Ralph McQuarrie: A Checklist

  (1976-1987).

• Cool art at CG Gallery: “Surprise

  attack” by Tarumbana; “Space

  Station” by jungpark;

• Steampunk

  Batman Drawing Contest.

• 60

  Minimalist Superheroes.

More Fun Stuff

• Lovecraftian

  Tintin adventures.