SF Tidbits for 5/16/11

Interview/Profiles

• Matthew Cheney interviews Maria Dahvana Headley. 
• The Portland Mercury interviews John Scalzi. 
• Times Live interviews Lauren Beukes.
• The Guardian on Great voices of science fiction.
• Justine Jordan profiles China Mieville.
• Burning Bright interviews Kristin Cashore.
• The Absent Willow Review interviews Whitley

  Strieber.

News

• Winners: Ion Hobana

  Awards.

• Ellen Datlow’s Swancon 36 photos.

Articles

• Jeff VanderMeer on Finnish Weird-and Finnish SF/F Links Round-Up.
• Ann VanderMeer on The Watcher and the Weird.
• The Art of the Title Sequence on Game of Thrones.
• Nick Mamatas on How to Buy A Book.
• Laura Anne Gilman on Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 19.
• Sherwood Smith on Science Fiction and Space Opera.
• Stroppy Author on Shhhhh – work in progress.
• J.M. McDermott On Mosaic Novels.
• Adrienne Kress on My Canadian National Steampunk Exhibition Video is finally up!
• Rachel Acks on Spec Tech: Making Mountains.
• Nick Mamatas on Against Story.
• Iain M Banks on Science fiction is no place for dabblers.
• Shelly Li on Editorial Notes from Your Editor.
• Jo Walton on Hugo Nominees:

  1983.

• Karen Burnham on 2010

  Locus Short Story Club.

• Charles Tan on eBooks

  and What Matters.

• Jamie Todd Rubin on Vacation

  in the Golden Age, Episode 15: September 1940.

• Graham Edwards is Revisiting

  Cinefex.

• Bibliophile Stalker lists Philippine

  Genre Stories Online.

• It’s All Geek to Me lists 10

  Science Fiction Shows With Under 80 Episodes.

Art

• @Gorilla Artfare: “Metalhead of

  TMNT” by Mr.Delicious. (See more by this

  artist.)