SF Tidbits for 7/25/11
Interviews and Profiles
- Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Jacqueline Carey.
- Angela Slatter interviews Peter Crowther.
- Eric Rosenfield interviews Junot Diaz, Samuel R. Delany, Barry Malzberg, John Clute, Kelly Link, Neil Gaiman and Neil Clarke (video).
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews Carrie Vaughn, Peter Orullian, Brandon Sanderson, Diana Rowland (video).
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Earnest Cline, Harry Turtledove (video).
News
- Press Release for film version of Uglies by Scott Westerfield.
- Photos from the Supernatural Noir reading at KGB.
- The 2011 Rhysling Awards.
Articles
- Book View Cafe (Laura Anne Gilman) on Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 29.
- Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on The Elusive Butterfly: Chasing Greatness.
- Andrew Wheeler on Hugo Thoughts: Dirty Pros (Artists).
- Janice Hardy on Busta Mood: Using the Emotional State of Your Characters to Craft Better Scenes.
- Inkpunks (Wendy Wagner) on Control the spice of your universe.
- The Guardian (Gwyneth Jones) on The God of science fiction is big, but not serious.
- The Guardian (Francis Spufford) on Science fictioncan only hint at God.
- Tor.com (Theresa DeLucci) on 2011 San Diego Comic Con: “Putting the ‘Epic’ in Epic Fantasy” Panel.
- Chris Moriarty asks What’s Inside Your Dystopia?
- Kelley Armstrong on Star Wars: Not Just For Kids.
- Mike Allen on The 2011 Rhysling Awards – A Corrected Breakdown.
- Paul Jessup on The Death of Fiction as Mind Movie.
- Heather Massey on Redefining the Brass Ring For Science Fiction Romance.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Vacation in the Golden Age, Episode 20: February 1941.
- Jo Walton on Hugo Nominees: 1993.
- Ellen Kushner on What am I reading?.
- Charles Tan reviews Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord.
- Jayme Lynn Blaschke reviews Captain America.
Art
- @CoolVibe: “Departure” by Thomas Pringle.
- @Distracted By Star Wars: “Simple Solution” by Graysun-D.
- Character concept art for The Avengers goes online.