SF Tidbits for 1/21/12
Interviews & Profiles
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) interviews Rod Rees.
News
- E-Reads acquires Brian Aldiss backlist.
- Angry Robot Books Now recruiting – editor required for brand new imprint, Strange Chemistry.
- Cemetery Dance Launches ‘All You Can Read’ E-book Promotion. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Events
Articles
- Kelly McClymer on Writing in the Digital Age: A New Twist Every Time You Turn Around.
- Pauline B. Jones on Timeless Travails.
- Joshua Palmatier on Creating A Fantasy World.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (13): Return of the Jedi.
- Tor.com on Adam Christopher Talks Noir and Superheroes at NYPL’s Empire State Reading.
- Things From My Brain (Patrick Hester) on Thoughts on EULAs (amidst the iBook controversy).
- OUPblog (Michael P. Adams) on The invented languages of Clockwork Apples and Oranges.
- Channel 37 lists The Top Five SF Plot Contrivances.
- H.G. Wells’ scathing 1927 review of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, calling it “the silliest film”. [via Paul Halpern]
Art
- Fantastic Batman: Arkham City Concept Artwork.
- Concept ship by Tihomir Nyagolov.
- Upper Body Icons – Matthew Gallagher.
- @CoolVibe: “Before the battle” by Kuang Hong.
- @CoolVibe: “Lava Warrior” by Kuang Hong.
- @CoolVibe: “Wind” by Kuang Hong.
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt continuation: Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds – Chapter 3.
- 50 Page Fridays: Mass Effect: Deception by William C. Dietz.
- Golden Age Comic Book Stories: Flight to Opar by Philip Jose Farmer. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Kickass Urban Fantasy Heroines: The Quiz.
- Mashup Pic: The X-Community.
- Top 25 Theories On How The World Will End.
- Life Size Stormtrooper…wait for it…Cake.
- Orisinal Game – Constellations. [via Look At This]
- ShadowBytes WebComic: Perks that Rock.
- Jawas!
