SF Tidbits for 1/18/12

Interviews and Profiles

• 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

• Science-and-cinema series growing at Coolidge Corner.
• Tor.com Appreciates Military Science Fiction.

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

• New Science Fiction and Fantasy Reviews Blog by Stefan Raets: Far Beyond Reality.
• Dog Has Rebel Alliance Logo Cut into His Fur.
• T-Rex Sculpture Made Out Of Recycled Metal Parts.