SF Tidbits for 6/24/11
Interviews and Profiles
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Erin Hoffman.
- Locus interviews Patricia A. McKillip.
- MG Ellington interviews Elizabeth Bear and Michael Burstein.
- The Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Alden Bell.
- Galactic Suburbia podcast episode 35.
- The Outer Alliance interviews David Levine and Dennis Upkins (podcast).
- CNN profiles Harlan Ellison.
- If You’re Just Joining Us interviews Steve Feldberg and Macleod Andrews and Mark Boyette (podcast).
- Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews A. Lee Martinez.
- Matt Cheney interviews L.E.
Modesitt, Jr.
. - @SFWA Site: Marshall Payne interviews Christopher
Kastensmidt
. - SciFi Surplus interviews John
Anealio
(podcast). - At Grasping for the Wind, Brian Thomas Schmidt interviews Functional Nerds
Hester and John Anealio.
News
- Pottermore revealed.
- Pottermore Web Site to Sell E-Books in October.
- Meme! Women sff writers of the 1970s.
- Shirley Jackson
Awards Fundraiser
. - Mythic
Delirium’s issue #24 now available
.
Articles
- Sam Sykes on Blargh Ugh Wugh.
- Barnes & Noble (Paul Goat Allen) on Just What the Doctor Ordered: New Anthology Expands the Legend – and Cult – of Thackery T. Lambshead.
- Death Star Pizza on 15 Sci-Fi Spaceships That Rock.
- Jim C. Hines on Goblins vs. Goldfish (Another E-book Update).
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Short Stories.
- Janice Hardy on What’s it About? Better Queries Through Movie Trailers.
- Pimp My Novel on The Long and Short of It.
- The Intern on “come on, baby, let’s start new”: on getting back together.
- Cracked (Robert Brockway) on How to Become an Author, in 5 Incredibly Difficult Steps.
- Juliette Wade on Watching out for the “Wrong” Emotion (also a Worldbuilding Post).
- Alan Rinzler on Ask the editor: Trusting the reader.
- J.R. Vogt on When
I review a book I didn’t enjoy
. - Scott A. Cupp on Forgotten
Book: Texas and Other Planets by Lou Antonelli
. - Dan Abnett on SFF
Song of the Week: “Life During Wartime” by Talking Heads
. - Matthew Braga on Umi,
we hardly knew ye: contemplating the fate of the videophone in 2011
. [via Paul Di Filippo] - Blastr on 7 sci-fi
book-to-film adaptations that TOTALLY changed the ending
.
Art
- Concept
spaceship art by Pavel Mikhailenko
- @CoolVibe: “The Light
Fantastic
” by Reid Southen. - @CoolVibe: “Antigravity
Cryogenic Control
” by Daniele Scerra. - @CoolVibe: Sci-fi Wallpaper
of the week #43 by Tobias Roetsch
.
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