SF Tidbits for 4/1/11

Interviews/Profiles

• Mike Allen interviews S.J. Tucker & Catherynne M. Valente.
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Douglas Hulick.
• Jeff VanderMeer interviews Daniel Abraham.
• S.J. Chambers interviews Jeremy L.C. Jones, Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer, Kathe Koja, Megan Jackson, Daric Jackson.
• Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Cameron Stracher (podcast).
• Peter Orullian interviews Terry Brooks part 3 (video).

News

• Strange Horizons A Few Good Women: A Call for Reviewers.
• Jeffrey Ford’s next

  collection, Crackpot Palace, will be release in 2012 from

  Morrow/Harper Collins and include 20 stories.

• Shaun Tan Wins Children’s Lit

  Award.

• Serial

  Killers Incorporated, the new thriller by Andy Remic, is now available

  now from Anarchy Books.

• Mur

  Lafferty Collects $11,000 Beyond Her Kickstarter Goal. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Events

• Catch

  the Catherynne M. Valente on Tour in April.

• Starship Sofa TV/Film

  Script Workshop.

• Fractal’11

  (April 8-9). Guests include Kij Johnson and John Kessel.

Articles

• Kirstyn McDermott on How not to respond to someone being wrong on the interwebs.
• Nancy Fulda on Marketing: The Intersection of Two Good Ideas?
• Colin Harvey on The roots of Winter Song.
• Joyce Chng on Qing Ming and Seventh Month – no, they are not Halloween.
• Janice Hardy on Wait For It: Hook Lines and the Dramatic Pause.
• Lavie Tidhar on Tolkien and Lewis Explained.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Smackdown!!!!!
• Peter Watts on Inside Crysis: Be the Weapon.
• Suvudu Take Five with Ben H. Winters.
• Karen Burnham on New Wave

  Intensity.

• Paul Di Filippo on The

  fascinating world of Soviet science fiction. [via The

  World SF Blog]

• Mel Valentin on Cinematical

  Seven: Of Time Travel and Paradoxes (Among Other Things).

• The Daily Beast on George R.R. Martin’s Favorite Science-Fiction Films of All Time.
• Topless Robot lists 10

  Reasons Why You Should Read George R.R. Martin’s A Game of

  Thrones.

• Jamie Todd Rubin on Some

  thoughts on self-publishing.

• N.K. Jemisin on Dear

  Hollywood: How’s That Bigotry Working Out for You?

• Abigail Johnson lists Top

  10 Best Werewolves in Movies & TV.

• Scott Laming on A

  Beginner’s Guide to Steampunk Literature. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Art

• Vintage

  Comic Paperback Covers.

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