SF Tidbits for 9/29/11

Interviews and Profiles

• Whips & Quills interviews Mary Anne Mohanraj.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews John Picacio.
• The Future and You interviews Marina Sergeyeva, James Maxey, and Stephen Euin Cobb (podcast).
• Angela Slatter interviews Gardner Dozois.
• The Agony Column interviews Lev Grossman (podcast).
• To the best of our Knowledge interviews China Miéville Samuel R Delany Seo-Young Chu Amiri Baraka (podcast).
• Tor.com (Claire Eddy) offers A Tribute to Sara Douglass.

News

• Amazing Stories Trademark Acquired.
• Dan Abnett brings you…Monstercide.
• Now available: The Martian Alliance 1: The Royal Scam by Gini Koch.
• Coming Soon: Paul Di Filippo’s My New Wildside Double: After the Collapse and Cosmocopia.

Articles

• The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin reviews With Fate Conspire.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on 10 Tips For Planning A Blog Tour.
• Rachelle Gardner on Missing Out on a Bestseller.
• Shimmer on Five Questions With Shimmer Staffers – Good Money.
• The Guardian (David Barnett) on The glory of bad SF and fantasy cover art.
• Tor (Saladin Ahmed) on Saladin’s Sundrarium: Five Iconic 1st Edition AD&D Illustrations Proving David A. Trampier Is One of the Best Fantasy Artists of All Time.
• Jim Minz on Both Old and New YA SF.
• Subterranean Press on Recommended: James Patrick Kelly’s Strangeways.
• Aidan Moher on Fan Art, so good it makes me cry.
• T.C. McCarthy on Book Signings: How Not to Garner Local Support.
• Guardian lists Ten best songs based on books. [via LIT LISTS]

Art

• US Cover: Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik.
• @CoolVibe: “Odin’s Final Battle” by Marthin Agusta Simny.
• @CoolVibe: “Alien Hunter” by Mohammad Ghadimi.
• @CoolVibe: “Captain America” by Sven Juhlin.
• @ItsArtMag: “Tom Bombadil” by ertacaltinoz.

More Fun Stuff

• Video: John Anealio Sings “Pr0nbot” Live at Balticon 2011.
• Smell of Books in a Can. [via Bryan Thomas Schmidt]