SF Tidbits for 12/12/11
- Fantasy Book Critic (Mihir Wanchoo) interviews Kelly Gay.
- The World SF Blog (Nick Wood) interviews Tom Learmont.
- Command Line interviews Cory Doctorow (podcast).
- Fantasy Magazine (Jennifer Konieczny) interviews Joe R. Lansdale.
- SFWA Nebula Awards interview (Tehani Wessely) with Pearl North.
- Writing Excuses with Mary Robinette Kowal, Ellen Kushner, and Delia Sherman (podcast).
- Weird Fiction Review interviews Steve Rasnic Tem.
- On the Flipside interviews Paolo Chikiamco.
- Fantasy Faction interviews Patrick
Rothfuss
.
News
- Gilbert Adair (1944-2011).
- NASA ignores
Arthur C. Clarke, may attempt landings on Europa
. [via Paul Di Filippo] - Steve Davidson will be the new
proprietor of SF Awards Watch, Kevin Standlee revealed on the SMOFs list
. - Thomas
Ligotti — The Agonizing Resurrection Of Victor Frankenstein
Back in Stock
. - Ruler
of Naught
by Sherwood Smith & Dave Trowbridge Coming December 27from Book View Cafe
. - The speculative
fiction anthology Angel Body is half price on Amazon UK until
Monday 19 December 2011
. - Renegade
Arts Entertainment is offering one of every comic book and graphic novel
Renegade has published in 2011 for less than $20, until December 15th
. - Missing
Doctor Who episodes found
.
Events
Articles
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on The Importance of Heroines.
- Nicholas Kaufmann on Herbert West – Racist.
- Rachelle Gardner on The Meaning of Persistence.
- Nicola Morgan on Crabbit’s Tips for Writers – 4: Publishing Yourself.
- Chuck Wendig on The Precarious Portentious Perils Of Self-Publishing.
- SFWA (Gabrielle Gantz) on Subject: Hello from your Publicist.
- Weird Fiction Review (Edward Gauvin) on The Weird Questionnaire.
- William Shunn on Why you won’t go to hell for putting two spaces after a sentence.
- Aqueduct Press (Tansy Rayner Roberts) on Pleasurable Culture Consumed in 2011.
- Marty Halpern on The
Alien Other
. - The Skiffy and Fanty Show on Nihilism
in Genre Fiction Roundtable w/ Paul Genesse
. - Vandana Singh on Diffractions:
Science, Emotions, and Culture (Part 3)
. - Fantasy Magazine (Veronica Schanoes) on The
Deathly Shadows in Our Lives
. - Gollancz blog on The
Making of the Alastair Reynolds’ Blue Remembered Earth
Trailer
. - Fabio Fernandes on The
(so far unnamed) Massive Space Opera Reading Project
. - Jayme Gates reviews City of
Ruin
by Mark Charan Newton. - Jamie Todd Rubin on Subscription
guilt
. - Conor P. Dempsey on on Book
Adaptations To Look For In 2012 And Beyond Part 2
. - Magical Musings on Urban
Fantasy vs. Paranormal
. - Juliette Wade on Writing male point of view.
- Lisa Hannett (Kirstyn McDermott) on Banishing Obsessive Demons.
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Tell it Like a Trickster: How to Write a Good Twist.
- Salon.com on The science of
warp
. [via Paul Di Filippo] - Harper’s Magazine (Jonathan Lethem) on The ecstasy of influence:
A plagiarism
. [via BoingBoing
] - The Week on Space
worms
. [via Paul Di Filippo] - Topless Robot lists 10
Classic Doctor Who Companions Who Were Not Hot Chicks
. - SciFiNow lists on Top 20 best
zombie movies
.
Art
- @CoolVibe: “All
of Sins
” by Ural Koçak. - @CoolVibe: “The monster
in my closet
” by Davide Tosello.
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