SF Tidbits for 3/8/11
- Erin Underwood interviews Nicole Kornher-Stace.
- Fantasy Magazine interviews Genevieve Valentine and Scott Grimando.
- Redstone Science Fiction interviews Patrick
Lundrigan
- Pornokitsch interviews Mark Charan Newton.
- Jeremy L.C. Jones interviews Matt Forbeck.
- Laurie A. Green interviews Victorine
Lieske
. - Matt Staggs interviews Mat Johnson.
- The Portal interviews Alberto Cola.
News
- Lord
of the Rings
Extended Edition Blu-ray Box Set Revealed. - TOC:
Vector 265
. - The Fantasy Magazine
website gets a face-lift
.
Articles
- Keith Brooke on Infinity Plus — indies before there were indies.
- Juliette Wade on Transitions: linking forward through the story.
- The Portal on Quechuan Proto-Science Fiction.
- Hal Duncan on The Secret Cuisine.
- William Shunn on Cheating the Format.
- Marty Halpern on Earl Kemp’s Who Killed Science Fiction?
- Janice Hardy on Quiet Time: Handling the Non-Action Scenes.
- Rose Fox on Where Are the Hugo-Eligible Editors?
- Pimp My Novel on Panic! at the Library.
- John Scalzi on An
Appreciation of The Name of the Wind
- Lev Grossman on An
Appreciation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
. - Vandana Singh on Diffractions:
Soil, Water, and Pure Air
. - Kiri Blakeley asks Who
Wants To Be A (Kindle) Millionaire?
(Also: Nathan Bransford on AmandaHocking and the 99-Cent Kindle Millionaires
.) [via Paul Di Filippo] - Matt Maenpaa on World
Building 101 – Introduction
. - Graeme McMillan on Three
Real Historical Figures Who Embarked Upon the Hero’s Journey
. - Jamie Todd Rubin on Vacation
in the Golden Age, Episode 7: January 1940
- Jamie Todd Rubin asks Will I
be a one-hit wonder?
- Martin Taylor on Well
done, HarperCollins: librarians must change old thinking
. [via DavidFox
]
Art
- @Distracted By Star Wars: Darth
Vader vs. Aliens
by David Hillman.
More Fun
Stuff
- John
Aniealio’s “Angry Robot” Song
. - @Angry Robot: Free
sample chapters for Infernal Devices and Morlock
Night by K..W Jeter
and CameraObscura
by Lavie Tidhar. - @Tor.com: Excerpt:
Gravity Pilot by M.M. Buckner
. - The
next 25 years in emerging tech, an infographic
. - Top
25 Novels for Steampunk Aficianados
.