SF Tidbits for 2/2/12

Interviews and Profiles

• 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

• The Crossing the Streams Contest – Multi-author book giveaway.

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.