SF Tidbits for 12/16/10

Interviews

• The Dragon Page interviews Tracy Hickman (podcast).
• Mourning Goats interviews Paul Tremblay.
• The Agony Column recording of SF in SF, October 16, 2010 : Terry Bisson, Karen Joy Fowler and Claude Lalumière (podcast).
• Suvudu Take Five with Ari Marmell.
• Angela Slatter interviews Liz Argyll.
• Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Ron Gilbert (podcast).

News

• Baen Books gets a facelift.
• San Antonio’s Official Bid Presentation for WorldCon 2013.
• From a press release: New Digital Publisher H&H Books will publish an flash fiction anthology ebook entitled Voices from the Past

  edited by Scott Harrison & Lee Harris, with proceeds going to

  charity. Authors who have pledged support include Alastair Reynolds,

  Paul Magrs, Jasper Fforde and Paul Cornell.

Articles

• Jeremy L.C. Jones on What You Know… or Don’t Know… Or Want to Know… Know What I Mean?
• Laura Miller on Why We Love Bad Writing.
• Hillary Kelly on Bad Expectations.
• The Self Publishing Revolution on Amazon in the Book Banning Business.
• Kenneth Hite on Taking Risks in Writing.
• Brian Evenson on Writing Advice.
• Rachelle Gardner on Who Decides Titles and Cover Design?
• Janice Hardy on Re-Write Wednesday: Do You Think He Likes Me? Conveying Emotions.
• Jason Sanford on The Difference Between an Author and a Writer.
• Pimp My Novel on Let’s Say I Wrote a Book.
• Vincent McCaffrey on Bibliomania.
• Tor/Forge on Steampunk Shopping Guide.
• N. K. Jemisin on Worldbuilding Fantasy, Using Reality.
• N.K. Jemisin’s Top 10 Books Read in 2010.
• John Scalzi on Sequels, Remakes, and Transformers in 3-D.
• James Knapp on The Art of Getting Noticed.
• L. Jagi Lamplighter on What Makes A Book Great?
• Neal Asher on The Drake Equation.
• Peter Enfantino on The Health Knowledge Genre Magazines Part Three: Magazine of Horror.
• Freerik Pohl on Judith Merril, Part 8: Spymaster in the Custody Wars.
• Andrew Liptak on 21 great sci-fi movies and TV workplaces for a geek to get a job.
• Mike Brotherton on The Ten

  Best Modern Monster Movies and Why SyFy Movies Suck.

Art

• Blake Charlton’s Spellwright gets French & UK Covers.
• @CoolVibe: “Nuclear Dawn” by TJ Wright.

More Fun Stuff

• @Space Dog Podcast: Ben

  Bova’s WorldCon Speech.

• Harry Stardust T-Shirt. [via Lou Anders and Kat Howard]
• Star Trek Style Air-Powered Sliding Door.
• Christian Bale sings the Powerpuff Girls theme. No, really..