SF Tidbits for 1/26/11

Interviews/Profiles

• Angela Slatter interviews Elizabeth Hand.
• Functional Nerds Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview Jody Lynn

  Nye.

• Erin Stocks interviews Orson

  Scott Card.

• JoSelle Vanderhooft interviews Catherynne

  M. Valente.

• Locus Roundtable SF

  vs. The Future.

News

• Weird Tales: New Website, New Submission Portal, Pay Rate Increase.
• Con or Bust Auction Open for Donations.
• 2010 Edgar Nominees Announced.

Events

• The

  io9 Book Club is featuring Connie Willis’ Blackout and

  All Clear.

Articles

• Paul S. Kemp on What to do with a bad review.
• Jim C.Hines on Readership Breakdown.
• Stroppy Author on How to speak publisher – B is for Bad debt.
• Juliette Wade on TTYU Retro: Don’t make them all the same.
• Janice Hardy on Tall, Dark & Handsome: How Much Do You Need to Describe Your Characters?
• Jeremiah Tolbert on Five

  Animals That Will Take Over the Earth After We Eradicate Ourselves.

• Scott Thill on 10 Mandates for a

  Kick-Ass Wonder Woman TV Show.

• 40kBooks on Tools For Contemporary

  Writers.

• Ilona Andrews on Worldbuilding.
• Bruce Sterling on vernacular

  video.

• Ian Sales on A literature of

  ideas.

• G.W. Thomas on H.

  G. Wells: Science Fiction and Socialism.

• Jamie Todd Rubin on Speculative

  fiction vs. science fiction.

• Scott A. Cupp on Forgotten

  Film: Dark Intruder (1965).

• John Grayshaw on How

  many Hugo Nominees and Winners can you get for free?

• Lawrence Person reviews Scott Pilgrim vs. The

  World.

• Andrew Liptak reviews Hull

  Zero Three by Greg Bear.

Art

• 8

  New Sci-fi & Fantasy Art by Zhang Hm.

• Concept

  Art Wallpapers by David Fuhrer.

• The

  Polish cover for Steampunk edited by Ann and Jeff

  VanderMeer.