SF Tidbits for 1/18/12
- Lightspeed (Steven Gould) interviews R.A. MacAvoy.
- Lightspeed (T.J.McIntyre) interviews M. Rickert.
- Lightspeed (J.T. Glover) interviews Alexey Zaryuta.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Brian Wood.
- Suvudu Take Five with Kate Klimo.
- Omnivoracious (George R. R. Martin ) interviews Bernard Cornwell.
- RKVRY (Kristine Ong Muslim) interviews Stephen Ramey.
- Reddit interviews Brandon Sanderson.
- Edge Boston (Kilian Melloy) interviews Marty Halpern.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Michele Lang.
- Gollancz interviews M.D. Lachlan.
- The Functional Nerds interviews Peter Brett & Myke Cole (podcast).
- Weird Fiction Review profiles Bob Leman
News
- Announcing 2012 Con or Bust auction.
- Hautala and Lansdale Win Lifetime Horror Awards.
- Betsy Mitchell Joins Open Road as Sci-Fi & Fantasy Advisor.
- Solaris acquires Gideon’s Angel by Clifford Beal.
- New Orbit Short Fiction: Something Wikkid This Way Comes by Nicole Peeler.
- George Lucas is sorta retiring.
Events
Articles
- Alan Rinzler on The new author pitch: Show, don’t sell.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Things Writers Should Start Doing.
- Fantasy Matters (Kat Howard) on Know What You Write: Research and Fantasy Literature.
- Lisa Hannett (Alan Baxter) on Tuesday Therapy: Never Stop Learning.
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin reviews Southern Gods.
- Inkpunks (Galen Dara) on A deep breath and a jump.
- Locus Roundtable: Intersectionality, Part 2.
- Black Gate (Bud Webster) on Selling Your Books Ain’t as Easy as it Looks.
- Myke Cole on How I Make It Work …
- Wagadu (Milton Davis) asks What is the state of Black Science Fiction? [via The World SF Blog]
- Colleen Moore asks Why read the book when you can watch the movie? [via Jamie Todd Rubin]
- The Website at the End of the Universe on Remembering forgotten authors.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty by Diane Williams.
- A Dribble of Ink (Aidan Moher) reviews Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed.
- [Added by Editor] Bibliophile Stalker (Charles Tan) reviews Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti.
- GigaOM (Trey Ratcliff) on Why e-books will be much bigger than you can imagine. [via Snowbooks]
- Slate Magazine (Brian David Johnson) on New technologies enter our lives and society in four stages. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- io9 (Marykate Jasper & Charlie Jane Anders) on 10 Great Fantasy Series to Read While You’re Waiting for George R.R. Martin’s Next Book.
- Blastr lists 9 pulpy sci-fi movie posters from an alternate cinematic universe.
Art
- @CoolVibe: “My Friend” by Olivier Derouetteau.
More Fun Stuff
thanks for the mention! (an impressive line-up, as always)