SF Tidbits for 7/6/11

Interviews and Profiles

• Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews Ellen Datlow.
• Suvudu Take Five (Matt Staggs) with Ari Marmell.
• Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews K.W. Jeter.
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Steven Gould.
• Lightspeed Magazine profiles Tom

  Godwin.

News

• Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate: Books 1-3 for just $9.99!
• Encyclopedia of Science Fiction to be published online, with text available free.
• Renovation Announces Special Art Exhibits and Additional Sponsor.
• Twelfth Planet Press July Sale!
• Apex

  Magazine Issue 26 released.

Articles

• Book View Cafe (Deborah J. Ross) on Westercon – The Good Bits Version.
• Rachelle Gardner on How to Write a Terrific Author Bio.
• Chuck Wendig on 25 Things You Should Know About Dialogue.
• Kate Elliott on In which I write about why I write about rape.
• SFWA (Terry Bisson) on 60 Rules for Short SF (and Fantasy).
• Jennifer Mattern on When Should You Start Your Book Marketing Plan?
• Juliette Wade on Just how relevant are bathrooms?
• Janice Hardy (K.A. Stewart) on Enhancing Your Descriptions.
• Small Beer Press on Ten Years of Books! Five Years of Beer!
• Guardian on George

  R.R. Martin threatens to decapitate spoiler.

• A. Lee Martinez on A

  Post-Nostalgia Society.

• Mike Brotherton on The Cold

  Legacies.

• Jacqueline Lichtenberg asks on How

  Big Can Love Be in Science Fiction?

• Kevin Maher on Geeks

  Out About…Evil Children.

• Scott A. Cupp on Forgotten

  Film: Cronos (1993).

• Adam Roberts reviews on Alien

  Embassy by Ian Watson (1977).

• Andrew Liptak reviews on The

  Gravity Pilot by M.M. Buckner.

• Aidan Moher reviews Leviathan

  Wakes by James S.A. Corey.

• Paul Jessup lists The

  Top 10 Experimental Genre Books You’ve Never Heard Of.

Art

• 20

  Stunning Matte Paintings of Cities.

More Fun

Stuff

• The

  Shadow Bytes – Center Of The Universe.