SF Tidbits for 3/9/11
- Lisa Paitz Spindler interviews Cindy Spencer Pape.
- Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review interviews Conrad Williams.
- Preternatural interviews Lydia Dare.
- If You’re Just Joining Us interviews James Knapp (podcast).
- The Zombie Feed interviews Paul Jessup.
- Angela Slatter interviews Stephen Jones.
- Jeremy L.C. Jones interviews James Reasoner.
- The Functional Nerds interviews Jason Sanford (podcast).
- Jason Denzel interviews David Gaider and Mike Laidlaw.
- Matt Staggs interviews Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert.
- Chris Moriarty interviews Walter
Jon Williams
. - Erin Stocks interviews Stephen
Baxter
. - StarShipSofa interviews Genevieve
Valentine, John Joseph Adams, and Harry Turtledove
(podcast).
News
- Apex Needs A Vitamin Shot in the Arm for an Alien.
- Book View Café Features Story Collections.
- All Romance™ eBooks Opens the ARe Café™ to the Public: eBook Lovers Finally Have Their Own Network.
- 2011 Philip K. Dick Award Judges.
- Orbit
eBook Deal: Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler, for $2.99
.
Events
Articles
- Madeleine E. Robins on Critique Groups: Etiquette.
- Rachelle Gardner on Hoping For a Movie Deal, Part One.
- Alan Rinzler on The writer’s toolkit: Breaking the rules of the narrative arc.
- Cory Doctorow on Ebooks: durability is a feature, not a bug.
- Cat Valente on At What Price Community?
- Mary Anne Mohanraj on Letter to a Someone Considering an MFA — and also to Someone Else Who Flagrantly Dismissed Such Programs.
- Mary Anne Mohanraj and Jed Hartman’s Critiquing Guidelines.
- Tiffany Trent on Keep Your Hands to Yourself.
- Jay Lake on Reopening the topic of Consumers and Producers.
- David Erik Nelson on How to Make a Sock Squid (and Enhancements).
- Ryan Harvey on “;”.
- Jana DeLeon on The Perils of Pacing.
- Stacia Kane on The Last One.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on News About
Diving Stories
. - Philip Athans on Heard
Youy Missed me, comic books. I’m back.
. - Ted Balcom on The
Importance of Reading and Book Groups
. - Lincoln Crisler on The
Weird West Subgenre
. - Ken MacLeod on An
Appreciation of Old Man’s War
. - Simon Mordern on I heart the
apocalypse
. - Chicago News on Library
of the future: Wi-Fi, flat screens, automated book sorting
. [via Paul DiFilippo]
- The Comics Journal on The
Frazetta family strife
. [via Paul Di Filippo] - Ethan Gilsdorf on How
“Dungeons & Dragons” changed my life
. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
More Fun Stuff
- J.R.R.
Tolkien reading excerpts from his mythical saga The Lord of the
Rings
. [via Andrew Liptak] - 20
Outstanding Examples of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Origami
. [via MonsterScifi Show Blog
] - If Plastic Man
Starred in 127 Hours
. - This Is
What Pi Sounds Like [VIDEO]
. - Jeff
VanderMeer Does the Leviathan 5 Donations Dance
(Literally)
.
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