SF Tidbits for 10/26/11

Interviews & Profiles

• At The Functioanl Nerds, John Anealio and John DeNardo interview Jeff and Ann VanderMeer.
• John Salzi’s Big Idea features Lauren McLaughlin.
• Rambling On interviews Christie Yant.
• Lightspeed Magazine (Gwenda Bond) interviews Beth Revis.
• Lightspeed Magazine (Erin Stocks) interviews Cassandra Clare.
• Fantasy Magazine( T.J. McIntyre) interviews Charles De Lint.
• Omnivoracious interviews R.A. Salvatore.
• Suvudu interviews interviews Paul S. Kemp.
• SFFWRTCHT interviews Rebecca P. Minor.
• Layers of Thought interviews Sandy Deluca.
• The Bat Segundo Show interviews Roger Corman (podcast).

News

• New Series based on Stephen King’s Dark Tower Coming to HBO. (also via Wertzone)
• AMC Renews The Walking Dead for a 3rd Season.
• Neil Gaiman Presents: Audiobooks Produced by Neil Gaiman.
• Steampunk Ebooks from Tor for $2.99.

Events

• Forbidden Planet signing with Mike Carey (The Unwritten Vol 4) at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Wednesday 6th December 6 – 7pm.

Articles

• Fantasy Magazine (Christopher Priest) asks Are You Watching Carefully?
• 40kBooks (Daniel Pearlman) says The e-book is the latest and best hope for the commercial viability of short fiction.
• Deborah J. Ross on Research Resource: The Psychology of Space Exploration.
• Fantasy Author’s Handbook (Philip Athans) on In Defense Of Multiple Points Of View.
• Jamie Todd Rubin on Taking a Swing at Those Writing Slumps.
• NYTimes asks Will Amazon Kill Off Book Publishers?
• Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Film: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984).
• ABC News on From Halloween to Horror Movies, Why We Love to Be Afraid.
• Jo Walton on Ursula K. Le Guin’s Tehanu.
• Adam Roberts on David Lodge, A Man of Parts (2011).
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter reviews The Postmortal by Drew Magary.
• io9 lists 50 Scariest Movies Of All Time.
• The KoldCast TV Blog lists 5 Signs Technology is Moving Too Fast.
• The Mary Sue lists 30 Spooky Story Recommendations for All Hallows Read.
• BookBanter lists Some Hallowe’en Reads.
• The Ranting Dragon lists 20 Must-read Finished Fantasy Epics – An Introduction to the Genre.
• Topless Robot lists 10 Best Episodes of the ’67 Spider-Man Cartoon.
• Jamie Todd Rubin lists 7 short fiction recommendations spanning seven decades.

Art

• Sci-fi & Fantasy Art Featuring the Multi Talented Artist Liu Yang.
• Bill Carman at Animazing Gallery.
• @ItsArtMag: “Clouds” by ertacaltinoz.
• @ItsArtMag: “W40k Black Crusade – Hand of Corruption” by guterrez
• Minimalist Movie Posters – Yannis Naamane.
• Comic Superheroes.

More Fun Stuff

• New Culture Trip site offers world of literature.
• Wallpapers for The Heroes By Joe Abercrombie.
• The making of Orcs Must Die!.
• The Hobbit as J.R.R. Tolkien imagined it – in pictures.