SF Tidbits for 10/30/11
Interviews & Profiles
- The A.V. Club interviews Guillermo Del Toro.
- The A.V. Club profiles John Carpenter.
- Vincent Di Fate profiles Paul Blaisdell.
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Charles M. Pulsipher.
- 40kBooks interviews Marianne de Pierres, Livia Blackburne and Jacob M. Appel.
News
- Fox Planning Back-to-Back Independence Day Sequels, With or Without a Pricey Will Smith.
- Hyperink Startup Raises $1.2 Million to Tackle Niche Ebook Market.
Articles
- Giant Freakin Robot on Stranger In A Strange Land Turns 50, Skip It And Read These Better Robert A. Heinlein Books Instead.
- Lee Harris on Isn’t It About Time You Gave Mirrormask Another Chance?
- Chris Beckett on Science fiction and religion.
- J.A. Pitts on Oh No! My Plugs Are Worn Out.
- Stephen Theaker on The British Fantasy Awards kerfuffle: a view from a former awards admin.
- Mike Brotherton on Science Fiction and the Scientifically Inclined Hero.
- Michael Dempsey on My favorite book.
- Marty Halpern on Alien Contact Anthology — Story #26.
- NPR on Kids’ Book Club: A ‘Graveyard’ Tour With Neil Gaiman.
- Scott D. Parker on The Ebbs and Flows of Reading an Author.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Why I Like Old Fashioned Heroes.
- Blastr lists 10 scary monsters who got turned into not-so-scary comics heroes.
- indieWIRE lists The 13 Best Recent Indie Horror Movies to Watch at Home on Halloween.
- The Hollywood Reporter lists Halloween Gone Wrong: The 10 Least Scary Movies of All Time.
- The Playlist lists 10 Foreign-Language Horrors To Freak You Out This Halloween.
Art
- Best Movie Art Ever (This Week): Famous Monsters, Alien Supervillains & a Godzilla Make-Out Session.
- Surreal Star Wars Paintings.
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