SF Tidbits for 11/27/11
Interviews & Profiles
- Fear.net interviews Stephen Jones.
- Locus Online spotlights Brian Stableford (excerpt from Locus magazine).
- The Ranting Dragon interviews Kate Elliott.
- CBC interviews Stephen King (podcast). [via Sci-Fi Fan Letter]
- Notes from Coode Street #77 with Jonathan and Sophie Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter spotlights Rhys Thomas.
News
- NASA launches super-size Mars rover .
- Overhaul of the British Fantasy Awards.
- Black Dog Books Is Having a Sale.
- Third Base, a new sci-fi teen web series about 17-year-old Riley Cole who’s forced to relocate to Mars, is competing for a $100k production budget and needs your vote.
Articles
- Vonda N. McIntyre on Appreciating Anne McCaffrey.
- Phyllis Irene Radford on Rest In Peace Lady Annie.
- Futurismic (Brenda Cooper) on Long Term and Long Distance Thinking.
- James L. Sutter on Moral Ambiguity in Fantasy.
- Black Gate (John R. Fultz) on The Art Of Richard Anderson.
- David Brin on Pining for Feudalism as an Antidote for Modernity.
- Persephone Magazine (Jen R. L. Disarray) on Reading The Mists of Avalon at Age Twelve.
- L.A. Times on A copyright dispute worthy of a Philip K. Dick novel.
- NYTimes reviews And So It Goes – Kurt Vonnegut – A Life – By Charles J. Shields.
- Listverse lists Top 15 Episodes of The X-Files.
- SFX lists Top 10 Ghost Stories Ever.
Art
- Adventures in Science Fiction Cover Art: Spherical Spaceships, Spherical Aliens, Unidentified Spheres.
- Absolutely Incredible Sci-fi Mecha Art Featuring Reza ilyasa.
- @The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log: Art For Art’s Sake.
- @ItsArtMag: “Dorothy and the Witch” by ilustrador.
- @ItsArtMag: “Steampunk” by Tom Krieger.
- @deviantART: “Bot Junk” by GypsyH.
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