SF Tidbits for 9/8/11
- Public Radio International interviews Lauren Beukes (podcast).
- The Bat Segundo Show interviews Lauren Beukes (podcast).
- The Outer Alliance interviews Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond (podcast).
- Creatures interviews Joe R. Lansdale.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Merrie Haskell.
- SFFWRTCHT: A Chat With Author S.M. Stirling.
- PJFarmer.com interviews S.M.
Stirling
. - Flickering Myth interviews Christopher
Townsend
. - Festa Verlag interviews Jeffrey Thomas.
- Fantasy Magazine (T.J. McIntyre) interviews Megan Arkenberg.
- CultureLab profiles artist Chris
Foss
.
News
- Atomic Fez September Sale-a-bration.
- Solaris READ ANYTHING eBook campaign.
- 2011 Seiun Award Winners.
- Sea
Lion Books Announces new Graphic Novels
. - Star
Trek Online
goes free to play.
Articles
- Genreville (Rose Fox) on The Offensiveness Grenade.
- Book View Cafe (Shannon Donnelly) on Characters — More Than Real.
- Juliette Wade on A metaphor is worth 1000 (or at least 10) words….
- John Scalzi on Science Fiction and Fantasy Films: The Rest of 2011.
- Shimmer on Five Authors, Five Questions: POV.
- Adam Roberts on Science
Fiction Picture Books: or, SF for the very young
. - Patrick Hester on Used Books.
- Mark Charan Newton on The Cult Of SF.
- LondonCalling on Out
of this World: Science Fiction and a Sense of Wonder
. - Subterranean Press on Hamlet’s Father.
- King of Elfland’s 2nd Cousin reviews Blackdog by K. V. Johansen.
- Brit Mandelo on Reading
Joanna Russ — The Two of Them (1978)
. - Jo Walton on C.J.
Cherryh’s Forty Thousand in Gehenna
. - S.M. Stirling on Alternate
History at the Personal Level
. - On The Other Side Of The Eye on Lao
Steampunk: A theoretical approach
. [via TheWorld SF Blog
] - Space.com asks Why Is Star
Trek Still Popular?
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Action
Comics #1: My first real comic book experience
. - Jaym gates reviews Mark
Charan Newton’s Nights of Villjamur
. - Chuck Wendig on 25 Things You Should Know About Queries, Synopses, Treatments.
- 40kBooks on Trends in Publishing:
15 People You Should Follow (and Why)
. - Octavia Butler and Tananarive Due make this list of 50
Indispensable African-American Novels
. - HorrorMovies lists 17
Television Commercials Featuring Zombies
. - Metacritic lists The
Best and Worst Time Travel Movies
.
Art
- @GeekTyrant: “Gotham
City Sirens
” by Alex Garner. [via Eoghann Irving]
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