SF Tidbits for 10/27/11

Interviews & Profiles

• In Conversation: Maureen F. McHugh & David Moles.
• The Book Pushers interview Tanya Huff.
• Psychology Today interviews Thomas Mullen.
• At Scalzi’s Big Idea: Lia Habel.
• 40kBooks interviews David Gaughran and Dario Tonani.
• RT Book Reviews interveiws Julie Kagawa and Kim Harrison (videos).
• Locus Roundtable on Teaching Literature features Jeff Ford, Gardner Dozois, Guy Gavriel Kay, Gary K. Wolfe & more.

News

• Kim Harrison’s NYT Bestselling series, The Hollows, to be made into TV show.
• Planet Of The Apes And Philosophy – Call For Abstracts.
• Virgin Galactic space tourism could begin in 2013. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Get 40% OFF on all Nonstop Press books, including limited and signed editions, and special sales. (Use Code: SALE2011 at Checkout.)

Events

• Event Video: Aloha From Hell by Richard Kadrey.
• Meet Jo Chen at Austin Comic Con, Nov 11- 13 in Austin, Texas.
• ‘Print Is Dead’ Launches ‘The Zombie Census’ Contest.

Articles

• Kim Harrison on The Hollows on TV
• Carrie Cuinn asks What Makes A Thriller?
• Helen Lowe on Encountering Fantastic Worlds: Part 1.
• RT Book Reviews asks Are Cheap E-book Prices Devaluing Authors’ Work?
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on My Approach To Storytelling.
• Black Gate (Scott Taylor) on Art of the Genre: Why do they all want our women?
• Spacefreighters Lounge asks Is Google+ a boon for new SF/F authors? [via SFR Brigade]
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Random House Kids Preview.
• Patrick Hester on Arkham City (and XBOX Live): Thoughts.
• John Evans on Lesser-known Science Fiction Novels: The Saga Of Pliocene Exile.
• The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Why Process, Criticism, and Theory Can Be

  Good for All Writers.

• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Caitlín R. Kiernan.
• Maurice Broaddus reviews Batman R.I.P..
• Catherine Russell reviews Earth by Mur Lafferty.
• The Barnes & Noble Review on Books About Hell.
• Movies.com lists 5 Simply Terrifying Flicks for Halloween.

Art

• What if Superheroes Were Zombies.
• Ship concept by Andrea Susini.
• Daily Inspirations no. 284.
• Dreamy, Minimalist Posters of the Planets.
• All 11 Doctors mashed up as Dr. Seuss characters.
• @CoolVibe: “Uriel” and “Leliel” by Peter Mohrbacher.
• New Hobbit Illustrations.

More Fun Stuff

• Excerpt: Margaret Atwood’s In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination.
• Star Wars: Shadow Games exclusive excerpt #2.
• Free Digital Sampler: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Magazine. [via The Official Star Wars Blog]
• Real Science: Color Image of Mercury from NASA’s MESSENGER Satellite.
• Hackers Shut Down January Jones.