SF Tidbits for 1/20/11
- Nancy Fulda interviews Luc Reid.
- Angela Slatter interviews Simon Strantzas.
- Galactic Suburbia Podcast Episode 24.
- StarShipSofa interviews Jack McDevitt (podcast).
- Book Chick City interviews S.
A. Swann
. - Locus Roundtable interviews Jon
Courtenay Grimwood
.
News
- Jack
Ketchum Named Horror Grand Master
. - Free Download of Sybil’s Garage No. 7.
- Graham Edwards writing a new dragon novel.
Events
- The
Suvudu Writing Contest: Win an Editorial Review
. - New
Scientist, Flash Fiction Competition 2010
. - As part of the Fantastic Fiction free
reading series
, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Laird Barron(The Imago Sequence, Occultation) &
Nicholas Kaufmann (General Slocum’s Gold, Chasing the
Dragon) Wednesday February 16th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC.
Articles
- Jeff VanderMeer’s Book Notes music playlist for his short story collection, The Third Bear (includes a free PDF of “The Quickening” from The Third Bear).
- Troisroyaumes link round-up On Piracy and Copyright.
- Fantasy Echo ebook piracy links roundup.
- Dalkey Archive Press’s Martin Riker on the “Top Favorite Books I Didn’t Publish”.
- Janet Reid on The difference between “pitch” and “query”.
- Stroppy Author on How to speak publisher – B is for Bleed.
- Juliette Wade on Managing the Juxtaposition of Normal and Abnormal.
- Janice Hardy on Keeping Your Distance.
- John Scalzi on Science-Fiction-Movie Musicals – My Fantasy Picks.
- Damien G Walter asks What’s
the story behind genre fiction’s covers?
. - Lynn Viehl on The
History of the Kyn
. - G. W. Thomas on Yuggoth:
Our Ninth Planet
. - Jason Sanford’s 2010
Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award Recommendations
. - A. Lee Martinez asks Do You
Believe in Magic?
- Geeks are Sexy lists Ten
80s Movies that Will Remind You of Your Geek Roots
. [via BillCrider
] - Charles A. Tan on eBook
Piracy and Copyright in the Philippines
.
Art
More Fun Stuff
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