SF Tidbits for for 10/2/11
Interviews and Profiles
- Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Carrie Vaughn.
- Angela Slatter interviews Stephen Jones.
- Mary Anne Mohanraj interviews Tobias Buckell.
- The Agony Column interviews Erin Morgenstern (podcast).
- Amazon interviews Scott Westerfeld (video).
- Bibliophile Stalker interviews R.A. Salvatore.
- Rambling On interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Stephen Gaskell interviews Mary Anne Mohanraj.
News
- Subterranean Press Annoucies Capstone Novella in Elizabeth Bear’s New Amsterdam Series.
- Cookbook of Ice and Fire.
- HWA launches Halloween Haunts.
- Jonathan Frakes to Host “Sci-Fi at the Pops” in Seattle.
- Cave art the work of prehistoric pre-schoolers. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Articles
- Inkpunks (Morgan Dempsey) on Running on Batteries: Introverts and Conventions.
- io9 (Ann VanderMeer) on The Horrible, Amazing, Odd Story Behind the Stories of Thackery T. Lambshead.
- Book View Cafe (Laura Anne Gilman) on Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 39.
- Jason Sanford on Reading Without Meaning.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (9): Blade Runner.
- Paul S. Kemp on Emotional and Intellectual Closure.
- Edward Lazellari on Being the Anti-Harry Potter is a Good Thing in Adult Fiction.
- Greg R. Fishbone on Writing SF for Young Readers.
- Douglas Hulick on Me, Myself, and the Internal Editor.
- MentatJack on A reading list: Generation Ships.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Vacation in the Golden Age, Episode 24: June 1941.
- Reason Magazine on The Clear and Present Danger Posed by Space Captains.
- Big Think asks Does Great Science Require Great Science Fiction?
- The Secret Sun on Our Cyberpunk Reality, or Escaping the Prison Planet.
Art
- 3D Fantasy & Sci-fi Digital Art Featuring Monsit Jangariyawong.
- Concept Art Gallery of Christian Lorenz Scheurer.
- @40kBooks: Postcards from World-9.
- @ItsArtMag: “A Witch at Ordinary Farm” by Kerem Beyit.
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