SF Tidbits for for 10/10/11

Interviews and Profiles

• Locus interviews Beth Bernobich.
• Jonathan Strahan chats with Gary K. Wolfe (podcast).
• Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing interviews Stephen Cass (podcast).
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Paula Brandon.
• Odyssey Workshop interviews Eric James Stone.
• Creatures interviews Nathan Ballingrud.
• Suvudu’s Booked! features Bradley

  Beaulieu.

• The Sofanauts interviews Elizabeth Ann Hull.
• Smithsonian profiles interviews Edgar

  Allan Poe.

News

• Barnes

  & Noble yanks Kindle exclusive comics from shelves.

• DHS

  Launches Minority Report Pre-Crime Detection Program.

Articles

• Nicole Peeler (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on Lord Xalivar.
• Tallahassee.com on Scary monsters: FSU’s new ‘Cute & Creepy’ revels in the grotesque.
• Book View Cafe (Laura Anne Gilman) on Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 40.
• Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on Alternate History and Miss Tolerance.
• Alan Rinzler on Getting published: The inside scoop from 3 top editors.
• Ugo Bardi on The

  Hubbert hurdle: Revisiting the Fermi Paradox.

• Fringe Scientist on What Happened

  After.

• Lawrence Person on The

  Empire’s Suboptimal Weapons Acquisition Programs.

• Matthew Sanborn Smith on Kameron Hurley’s

  God’s War.

• Blastr lists Zombies and

  vampires rule in 14 horrific Halloween board games.

• Listverse lists Top 10

  Metamorphoses in Literature.

Art

• Astonishing

  Surreal Illustrations by Ryohei Hase.

• The Digital Art

  of Patrick Brown.

More Fun Stuff

• History

  of early unauthorized Conan comics, with many scans. [via Paul Di Filippo]

• EW Reunites Casts

  of Aliens, The Princess Bride & more.

• Star

  Wars Movie Poster Mash-Ups.