SF Tidbits for 1/25/12
- 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
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.