SF Tidbits for 5/10/11
Interviews
- Suvudu Take Five with C.J. Henderson.
- Writing Excuses interviews Saladin Ahmed (podcast).
- Peter Orullian interviews Patrick Rothfuss (part 3) (video).
- T.J. McIntyre interviews Jeffrey Ford.
- The Dragon Page interviews Pip Ballantine
and Tee Morris
(podcast).
News
Articles
- Shweta Narayan on Tough Guide to Fantasyland’s Exotic Locales and More Tough Guide: Helpful Natives!
- Steven Harper Piziks on Writing Nowadays-Superhero Creep (A Continuing Excerpt, Part 3).
- Juliette Wade on Bringing Characters Together.
- The Intern on Week ‘o’ Critique, Part 1: The 14 Stages of Critique Acceptance.
- Nick Mamatas on Abuse Me More, I Like It–Why We Write.
- Tiffany Trent on Tiff’s Top 10 Secrets and Lies of Publishing.
- Patricia Rice on History and Future of Publishing.
- Janice Hardy on Real Life Diagnostics: POV and Openings.
- Paul Di Filippo on The
New Cool
. - Jaym Gates reviews Hidden
Cities
by Daniel Fox. - Howard Walrop & Lawrence Person review Thor.
- Alex Irvine on Man-Made
Men
. - Kevin J. Anderson on A Second Life for
Short Stories as eBooks
. - Kevin Hearne on United
States of SF/F Shelves, Pt. 2
. - Joseph Mallozzi answers the question: If
you could be any supervillain, who would you be?
- Victoria Strauss on Pay to Play
Anthologies
. - Annalee Newitz lists 10
works of science fiction that are really fantasy
. - Quiet Earth lists 13
dark fantasy films to watch while you wait for
Conan
.
Art
- Concept
ships by Nick Carver
. - Cover
Launch: Timeless by Gail Carriger, design by Lauren
Panepinto
. - @CG Gallery: “Robot 33” by
Ramses422.