SF Tidbits for 4/30/11

Interviews & Profiles

• Matt Staggs interviews Jeff VanderMeer.
• Now posted: The new Notes from Coode Street with Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe.

News

• Peter S. Beagle to Write More Unicorn Stories.

Events

• The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings presents a tribute to Theodore Sturgeon, Tuesday, May 3 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm at Soho Gallery for Digital Art, 138 Sullivan Street, New York, New York.

Articles

• Cory Doctorow on Memento Mori.
• Paul S. Kemp on How I got started as a writer.
• Kevin Hearne on United States of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Shelves Pt. 1.
• T.N. Tobias reviews The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
• Andrew Liptak reviews Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh.
• Krystal Clark lists 12 sci-fi sidekicks who are more interesting than their partners.
• Graham Edwards on The Lord of the Rings on BBC Radio.

Art

• Gallery: Spectrum Awards 18 Artists, Part 8.

More Fun Stuff

• Lou Anders reads from Mark Hodder’s Spring Heeled Jack at the PKD Award Ceremony.
• A Streaming Guide to Obscure Steampunk TV. [via Jeff VanderMeer]