SF Tidbits for 11/10/11
- Nicole Murphy interviews Angela Slatter.
- Angela Slatter interviews Thoraiya Dyer.
- Bristol-Con Podcast recording of The Battle of the Books panel.
- Black Gate (Scott Taylor) interviews Daniel R. Horne.
- Singularity 1 on 1 interviews Robert
J. Sawyer
(podcast). - Locus Roundtable Formative
Reading Experiences (Part II)
. - Machine readableRadable podcast interviews Mario
Acevedo
, CarolBerg
, GlenCook
, GardnerDozois
, StephenGraham Jones
, Dani& Eytan Kollin
, AlastairMayer
, JamesVan Pelt
, JeanneStein
, JohnStith
, EricJames Stone
, VernorVinge
, and ConnieWillis
.
News
- Joseph
Mallozzi and Paul Mullie flex their comic-book storytelling muscles with
Dark Matter
. - SF/F Authors Up for International IMPAC
Dublin Literary Award
. - Harlequin
Seeks New Authors in Online Contest
. [via Paul Di Filippo] - Syfy
announces 3 new scripted series: Ghosts, starships and more
. [via SFScope]
Events
- KGB (NYC) Reading schedule for the next few months.
- SF
in SF this Saturday: Kim Stanley Robinson and Ceclia Holland
.
Articles
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin reviews Lightbringer by K.D. McEntire.
- Salon (Laura Miller) on If Tolkien Were Black.
- The Rejectionist (Kat Howard) on Putting Women in the Story.
- Shimmer on Five Questions with Shimmery Staff: Honey.
- Chuck Wendig on When In Doubt, Just Say, “F*** ‘Em”.
- NYTimes reviews Jonathan
Lethem’s The Ecstasy of Influence
and HarukiMurakami’s 1Q84
. - Josh Vogt reviews Tesseracts
15 edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor
. - Anthony Kaufman on We, Robot: Are sci-fi
notions of A.I. that different from reality?
- Maggie Koerth-Baker on Science
Book Club: National Geographic’s The Big Idea
. - The Geek Twins list Top
100 Fictional Space Travelers of All Time: 60-41
. - Science Fiction lists Top
10 Supernatural Superheroes
. - Giant Freakin Robot lists 10
Modern Must-Read Sci-Fi Masterpieces
.
Art
- John
Picacio’s Cover for Dan Simmons’ Hyperion
. - Fuzzy
Nation
Spanish Artwork. - @CoolVibe: “Hulk – Closer
Look
” by Damir Martin. - @CoolVibe: “Orc” by
Stefano Bernardi.
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