SF Tidbits for 10/17/11

Interviews and Profiles

• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Steven Gould and Brenda Cooper (podcast).
• The Outer Alliance interviews James Ipse / Kyle Aisteach.
• I Should Be Writing interviews Chuck Wendig (podcast).
• Erin Underwood interviews David Anthony Durham.
• Horror World interviews John Shirley.
• SciFi Diner interviews John

  de Lancie (podcast).

News

• Stan Lee Launches New Kids Imprint.
• Minneapolis

  Bookstore Dreamhaven closing.

Articles

• Book View Cafe (Laura Anne Gilman) on Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 41.
• Stroppy Author on How to speak publisher – C is for Copy editor.
• Inkpunks (Adam Israel) on Shifting Sand: The Art of Tending Goals.
• The Guardian (Margaret Atwood) on The road to Ustopia.
• Black Gate on Soporific

  Plasmaphages and the Guide to Genre.

• WhatCulture on A

  Brief History Of Horror – Nosferatu And The 1920s.

• Rick Klaw on The

  Metabarons.

• Stuart Clark asks Are

  we giving readers Author Fatigue?

• Jamie Todd Rubin on Vacation

  in the Golden Age, Episode 25: July 1941.

• Dorkly lists 7

  Franchises Your Favorite Franchises Stole From.

Art

• Glorious

  Retrofuture from Japan. [via Lines

  and Colors]

• 30

  Cool Artworks And Wallpapers featuring The Avengers.

• Badass

  Illustrations by Kai Spannuth.

More Fun Stuff

• Batman and Sapc Ghost:

  Space Safari. [via In

  Case You Haven’t Seen It : Gravity Lens]

• Man

  Receives First Baboon-Face Transplant. [via Paul Di Filippo]

• New cyber-punk themed film in devlopemnt: After The

  Fall.

• Tournament:

  Shaun of the Dead vs. Dawn of the Dead.

• 15

  People You’ll See at Comic Conventions. [via Neatorama]

• Star

  Wars snark tee: “Show us on the trilogy where George hurt you”.

• Life-Size

  Optimus Prime Sculpture.