SF Tidbits for 11/2/11
Interviews & Profiles
- Tesco Books Blog interviews Stephen King.
- Malinda Lo interviews Jacqueline Carey.
- Apex Magazine interviews interviews Lynne M. Thomas and Scott Murphy.
- Fantasy Magazine (J.T. Glover) interviews Jenny Laatsch and Madame Thenadier.
- Lightspeed Magazine (Andrew Liptak) interviews Elena Bespalova.
- The Functional Nerds interview Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Frederik Pohl on Julie Schwartz.
- Justin Golenbock interviews Karen Traviss.
News
- Now posted: Ansible 292, November 2011.
- Now posted: Redstone Science Fiction #18.
- Now available: Aurealis #46.
- Crossed Genres issue 35 released.
- American Horror Story coming back for season 2.
- Zombies worth over $5 billion to economy. [via Geekologie]
- The Orbital Drop: Jon Courtenay Grimwood’s The Fallen Blade for $4.99.
Events
Articles
- Jay Lake on Oxen and Sociopaths: Writing Endurance.
- A. Lee Martinez on Love the Bunny Suit.
- Courtney Schafer on It’s All About the Conflict.
- Derek Johnson on The Curious Case of Andrew Niccol.
- Black Gate (Matthew David Surridge) on Romanticism and Fantasy: The Gothic.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (10): Poltergeist and Firefox.
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Leaping the Chasm of Imagination: Verisimilitude, Historical Fiction, and Speculative Fiction.
- Lightspeed Magazine (Alan Smale) on Planetary Alchemy.
- Charles Tan on World Fantasy Convention 2011: Relationships and Etiquette..
- Jo Walton on Ursula Le Guin’s Tales from Earthsea.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) reviews Physics on the Fringe.
- The Atlantic on How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting.
- U.S. Department of Education on Becoming a Reader — Helping Your Child Become a Reader.
- Vulture on Our Final Terra Nova Recap: 25 Reasons We’re Quitting This Show.
- Polis on Cities in Dystopian Science Fiction.
- Superhero Nation lists 5 Time Sinks for Superhero Authors.
- Newsarama lists 10 Great Horror Comics, From Golden Age to Now.
- Abduzeedo lists Retro Horror Movie Posters.
Art
- 10 Retro Illustrations of Pop Culture Icons.
- Gallery of Comic Book Artist Jim Lee.
- @CoolVibe: @: “Blanka” by André Holzmeister.
- @CoolVibe: “Pirate Robot” by Angel Diaz.
- @Avalanche Software Art Blog: “Cyborgorilla” by Sam Nielson.
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