SF Tidbits for 2/2/12
- Clarkesworld (Jeremy L.C. Jones) interviews Lisa L. Hannett.
- Clarkesworld (Jeremy L.C. Jones) interviews Lev AC Rosen.
- Gabrielle Wang interviews Margo Lanagan.
- The Millions interviews Ben Marcus.
- The Future and You interviews Jonathan Mugan (podcast).
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Myke Cole (podcast).
- SF Site interviews Paul Di Filippo.
- Solaris interviews James Maxey.
- The Nervous Breakdown (Gabrielle Gantz) interviews Lavie Tidhar.
- Gollancz interviews Robert V.S. Ridick.
- The Big Thrill (L. Dean Murphy) profiles Matt Forbeck.
News
- Ardath Mayhar has passed away.
- Call for Submissions, Steampunk Revolution Anthology.
- Gollancz Signs Debut SF Novel From Mitch Benn.
- The Orbital Drop Ebook Deal: This Is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams for $2.99.
- Coming Soon: Some of the Best of Tor.com, a Free Mini Ebook Anthology.
- China Miéville is Arc’s Unreliable Narrator.
- NASA Probe Discovers ‘Alien’ Matter From Beyond Our Solar System | NASA & IBEX Mission. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- DC Officially Announces Before Watchmen.
Events
Articles
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Character Plausibility in Prose and on Screen.
- Janice Hardy on We’re Ready for Revision Pre-Flight: Top 10 Self-Editing Tips.
- Cat Valente on A Far Green Country.
- Nick Mamatas on A Novel.
- Boston Herald on ‘Potter,’ ‘Twilight’ feed generation’s ‘Hunger’ for fantasy lit.
- SFF World Book Club discussions Well of Sorrows and The Recollection.
- Shimmer Five Authors + Five Questions : Goals.
- Gizmodo (Brent Rose) on How NASA Solved a $100 Million Problem for Five Bucks. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Bibliophile Stalker on 2012 January World SF Releases.
- Jaym Gates reviews Death’s Heretic by James Sutter.
- Tricia Sullivan on on Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear.
- Derek Johnson is Watching the Future: How the Future Passed Science Fiction By.
- A. Lee Martinez on Copywrong, part 2.
Art
- Jim Burns Gallery.
- @ItsArtMag: “Batman” by Firstear.
More Fun Stuff
- Free Exceprt: Het the first chapter of Greatshadow by James Maxey.
- The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
- The SF Site: Vote For Your Favourite Books of 2011.
- 2011 Locus Recommended Reading List.
- Free Download: The “Steampunk Girl” Song by John Anealio.
Thanks for the link to Skiffy and Fanty! Appreciate it. Keep up the awesome linking!