SF Tidbits for 11/10/11

Interviews and Profiles

• 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, Carol

  Berg, Glen

  Cook, Gardner

  Dozois, Stephen

  Graham Jones, Dani

  & Eytan Kollin, Alastair

  Mayer, James

  Van Pelt, Jeanne

  Stein, John

  Stith, Eric

  James Stone, Vernor

  Vinge, and Connie

  Willis.

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 Haruki

  Murakami’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.

More Fun Stuff

• Sci

  Fi Songs: Free MP3! The “NaNoWriMo” Song by John Anealio.

• 20

  Epic and Nerdy Examples of Van Art.