SF Tidbits for 5/3/11
- Jennifer Konieczny interviews Genevieve Valentine.
- Geek Syndicate interviews Lauren Beukes (video).
- Literary Rambles interviews Janice Hardy.
- Suvudu Take Five with Peter Orullian.
News
- Mummified
body of Yvette Vickers (Attack of the 50-Foot Woman and Attack of the
Giant Leeches) found in her home
. [via MartyHalpern
] - Brimstone Press titles to be pulped on Saturday.
- Apex
Magazine Issue 24 released
. - Viz
Media Launches New iPhone App
.
Events
- Saturday 7 May is Gene
Wolfe’s 80th birthday. Leave him b-day wishes on this blog set up just for the
occasion
. [via BlackGate
] - To celebrate the release of
Under Heaven in paperback, Guy Gavriel Kay will be available
for a conversation with readers online Tuesday, May 3rd
.
Articles
- Terri Windling on Joanna Russ (1937 – 2011).
- Mercedes M. Yardley on Personal Feedback, or, Form Rejections Are Our Friends.
- Juliette Wade on A different take on following the writing dream.
- Lynda Williams on Who Edits You?
- Kate Griffin on Feminine Fantasy.
- Cheryl Morgan on Cameron Acts on Science Fiction Threat.
- Sarah Avery on Teaching Fantasy Part 1: Rewards, Backfires, Escapes.
- Kate Griffin on Feminine
Fantasy
. - Jon Sprunk on Building
Character
. - Paul Di Filippo reviews Duncan
the Wonder Dog
by Adam Hines. - Stephen A. Watkins on Now
Hiring in the Airship Lounge: Fantasy Archetypes Get Steampunked
. - Jamie Todd Rubin on Vacation
in the Golden Age, Episode 14: August 1940
. - Vandana Singh on Diffractions:
Rewilding the World
. - Frederik Pohl on Robert
Silverberg
.
Art
- @CoolVibe: “Starports” by
Carlos Núñez de Castro Torres.
- @CoolVibe: “Desert
hunters
” by Vlado Krizan. - @Lawrence Person’s Futuramen: A Doodle by William F. Nolan.
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