SF Tidbits for 1/12/12
- The Shell Case interviews Dan Abnett.
- UrbnFutr (Alexander Phillips) interviews Melissa Sterry.
- Flickering Myth (Tevor Hogg) interviews John Bruno.
- Locus Roundtable on Intersectionality, Part 1, with John Clute, Michael Dirda, Karen Burnham, Karen Lord and more.
News
- KGB with James Patrick Kelly & Kelly Link, January 18th.
- Other Worlds Than These anthology submissions.
- WSFA Small Press Award Nominations.
- Call for Submissions for The Best Horror of the Year volume 5 (2012).
- The Science Fiction Show is now accepting submissions for Battlespace, Volume 1, a military science fiction anthology benefiting the Warrior Cry Music Project.
- Clarion Workshop: Now Accepting Applications for 2012.
- Apex buys Mike Allen collection The Button Bin and Other Horrors.
- Exoplanets are around every star, study suggests.
- Voting now open for The David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy.
Events
- Alastair Reynolds signing Blue Remembered Earth Saturday 21 January 2012 at Forbidden Planet London Megastore.
- Robert Anton Wilson Week on Boing Boing.
- David Bowie Week on Tor.com.
- Vote in the Interzone Poll!
Articles
- Joel Sheperd on Death of the Female Movie Star?
- Futurismic (Brenda Cooper) on Out of Destruction, Transformation?
- Travel Supermarket on 12 More Sci-Fi Film Locations You Can Actually Visit.
- Book View Cafe (Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) on Forging Stories: Exploring the Metaphor.
- Rachelle Gardner on When Agents Pitch to Editors.
- Juliette Wade on Boy meets girl – how?
- Brooke Bolander on Clarion and You.
- io9 (Meredeith Woerner) on The Best Science Fiction Films at This Year’s Sundance.
- Jim C. Hines on Striking a Pose (Women and Fantasy Covers).
- Inkpunks (Myke Cole) on Writing Groups.
- Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on Genre in the Mainstream: 5 Literary/SF “Crossover” Books to Watch For in 2012.
- Gollancz blog (Malcolm Edwards) on Dune by Frank Herbert.
- Sue Lange on on Introducing Weird Science.
- Brenda Clough on Through Darkest Ebook Reader with Gun and Camera.
- Bibliophile Stalker on Zoo City by Lauren Beukes.
- SFX on Top Sci-Fi & Fantasy Goths.
Art
- The Old, Awesome Space Drawings of E.L. Trouvelot. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Vitaly S Alexius: Toronto illustrator. [via Sci-Fi Fan Letter]
- Gathering of the Lost cover revealed.
- @CoolVibe: “Pan’s Labyrinth – Luz de la Luna” by Simon Favreau McNulty.
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