SF Tidbits for 12/8/11

Interviews and Profiles

• I Smell Sheep interviews Marjorie M. Liu.
• USA Today (Pamela Clare) interviews Marjorie M. Liu.
• Helen Lowe interviews Brandon Sanderson.
• Apex Magazine (Stephanie Jacob) interviews Jennifer Pelland.
• Speculate! interviews Mark Winters (podcast).

News

• James Lovegrove signs up for “man vs. the gods” military SF sequel.
• Book View Cafe releases Judith Tarr’s Lord of the Two Lands eBook.
• Literary Legend Margaret Atwood Thinks Twitter Boosts Literacy.
• Orion/Gollancz Charity Auction for the Samaritans.

Articles

• The Guardian (Alison Flood) on Alan Moore attacks Frank Miller in comic book war of words.
• Film Critic (John Scalzi) on Truly Terrible Science Fiction Film Holiday Specials.
• Chuck Wendig on The Seduction of Self-Publishing.
• Sarah E. Olson on The Slush Reader’s Advice for Writers.
• Andrew Liptak on Ender’s Game and Military Strategy.
• Weird Fiction Review (Alistair Rennie) on Musical Experiments with a Small Range of Extractions from Several Bodies of Weird Fiction.
• Juliette Wade on Colonialism and Imperialism: A worldbuilding hangout report.
• Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on The Dreamer and the Dream: 6 Fictional Science Fiction Authors.