SF Tidbits for 7/27/11
Interviews & Profiles
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews Kelley Armstrong.
- Hernán Ortiz interviews Kij Johnson (video).
- Clarion Blog (Mishell Baker) interviews Jim Butcher.
- Nil Desperandum interviews Shelly Li (podcast).
- Angela Slatter interviews Gary McMahon.
- Locus interviews Bruce Coville.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Chesya Burke.
- Locus Roundtable on Fantasy Genres.
- Functional Nerds Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview Kim Harrison.
News
- Demeter’s Spicebox Submissions General Guidelines.
- Philip Rahman (1952-2011).
- James White Award Judges Announced.
- Jennifer Egan Publishes New Short Story Disguised as List.
- For writers: What’s Happening at Dorchester Publishing. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Events
Articles
- Damien Walter on George RR Martin’s fantasy is not far from reality.
- Andrew Wheeler on Hugo Thoughts: Stories That Are Also Graphic and Hugo Thoughts: Shiny New Campbellian Writers.
- Pimp My Novel on Notes from the Writing Life.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Ways To Become A Better Writer.
- Guardian (Alison Flood) on Thousands of SF classics return to earth as ebooks.
- Inkpunks (Jaym Gates) on The Great Con.
- Heather Massey says Aliens Aren’t Sexy? Say It Isn’t So!
- Mike Brotherton on Science and its place on the Spectrum of Thinking.
- Andrew Liptak on Captain America & World War II.
- It’s Not About the Books on The trouble with eBooks: publishers defying the laws of physics. [via Fred at The Lensman’s Children]
- Jim Black on Spider-Man and the Art of Science Fiction.
- Adam Callaway on “The Grinders”.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Some Heinlein quotes that seem apropos today.
- Bibliophile Stalker reviews Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine.
- A. Lee Martinez on Epic.
Art
- Cover Launch: The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett.
- 8 Motorstorm Apocalypse Wallpapers.
- @ItsArtMag: “Enslavement” by serio. Giger-esque.