SF Tidbits for 1/25/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Lightspeed (Wendy Wagner) interviews Aimee Bender.
• Lightspeed (Christie Yant) interviews Ken Liu.
• Lightspeed (Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy) interviews Neal Stephenson.
• The Once and Future Podcast interviews Patrick Rothfuss.
• Gollancz interviews Joe Abercrombie.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) Take Five with Marianne Malone.
• Speculate (Gregory A. Wilson and Bradley P. Beaulieu) interviews Carol Berg (podcast).
• Weird Fiction Review profiles Julio Cortázar.
• Fantasy Faction interviews Mazarkis Williams.

News

• RIP: Dick Tufeld, voice of Robot from Lost in Space.
• Audiobooks.com Launches a Spotify for Books.
• Audrey Niffenegger comes to Solaris for Magic anthology.
• The Weird: 750,000 words of fiction, now available to North American readers in E-Book form.
• Brenda Cooper sells 2 new books Pyr.

Events

• Brenda Cooper Reading: Olympia Timberland Library, Olympia, Washington, Thursday January 26, 2012 at 7:30 PM.
• Trinity Prep Event: Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, Feb 9, Orlando.

Articles

• Book View Cafe (Deborah J. Ross) on When A Story Isn’t Ready.
• Book View Cafe (Sue Lange) on Weird Science: Epigenetics.
• Fantasy Matters (Kat Howard) on Once More Into the Breach.
• Chuck Wendig on 25 Things Writers Should Know About Agents.
• The Hub (Jessica Miller) on Taking Teens to Brand-New Worlds with YA Science Fiction.
• Malinda Lo on The Lesbian Question.
• The Guardian (Alison Flood) on Shortlists revealed for British Science Fiction awards.
• Tor.com (Elisabeth Kushner) on The Newbery Medal and Speculative Fiction.
• Richard Parks on The Sky is Falling – Not.
• Misty Massey on You Should Write About Zombies!
• Fantasy Faction (Faith Boughan) on Writing Fantasy Gender Stereotypes, Part Three: Alphas, Betas, And Losers, Oh My!
• The Millions (Guy Patrick Cunningham) on Fragmentary: Writing in a Digital Age.
• TeleRead on Why E-books Are Turning the Library and Publishing Worlds Upside Down.
• Black Gate (Ryan Harvey) on Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars, Part 3: The Warlord of Mars.
• Brenda Cooper on Reading Recommendation: Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht.
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter reviews The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
• George R.R. Martin on Hugo Recommendations.
• Science Fiction (Darryl Jasper) on Top 5 Bad Ass Ladies Of Sci-Fi Film.
• Kevin Maher on Secrets Of A Pop Culture Expert.
• Fanboy.com on 50 Comic Books from 50 Years Ago: A Fanboy’s View of January 1962. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• WhatCulture (Tim Rich) on Forgotten B&W Horror Movies #3: The Last Man On Earth.
• Angry Robot Books asks Anyone for Empire State RPG Action?
• Tachyon ebooks are now be available on Weightless Books, the DRM-free ebook store for independent publishers.
• Topless Robot on 10 Great Sports Teams of Science Fiction.
• Screen Junkies lists 5 Reasons Why You Should Watch Doctor Who.

Art

• Monstrous Versions of Pop Culture Icons.

More Fun Stuff

• Exceprt: Prologue from Hide Me Among The Graves by Tim Powers.
• Strange Forgotten Space Station Concepts That Never Flew. [via Gravity Lens]
• 15 Famous Authors’ Beautiful Estates.
• Gender Bent Super Heroes [Pics].
• Image of the Day: Supergiant Galaxy Perseus A –Billions of Stars Being Sucked into Its Central Black Hole.
• Famous Zombies.
• Book website: The Pillars of Hercules by David Constantine.
• Fantasy World Map.