SF Tidbits for 5/4/11

Interviews

• Lauren Beukes’ Speech during Arthur C Clarke Awards 2011 (video).
• The Functional Nerds interviews Peter Orullian (podcast).
• Orbit interviews Paolo Bacigalupi.
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Kevin Hearne.
• Angry Robot Podcast interviews Dan Abnett.
• Genevieve Valentine interviews Jill Tarter, Director of SETI.

News

• Deal: An Occupation of Angels by Lavie Tidhar for $0.99.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Wickedly Charming has just hit the bookstores.
• Orbit to publish more sequels to The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham.
• Now posted: Ansible 286, May 2011.

Articles

• Adrienne Kress on Canadian National Steampunk Exhibition Report.
• Jeff VanderMeer on Notes from the Current Silly Season: What’s Your Favorite SF/Fantasy Award, And Why?
• Nancy Kress on Writing Dilemma.
• Jason Boog on 10 Nontraditional Ways To Promote Your Book.
• Heather Massey on A Questionnaire For The Sci-Fi Romance Community.
• Andrew Liptak on Space Exploration and the American Character.
• Jessica Strider reviews Divergent by Veronica Roth.
• Cory Doctorow on Techno-optimism.
• Ron Hogan on Genre in the Mainstream: Richard Powers.
• Kevin Maher on The Hulk and Me.

More Fun Stuff

• Free Excerpt: Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi.
• Infographic: The Geek Zodiac Calendar.

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