SF Tidbits for 3/17/12
Interviews & Profiles
- The Qwillery interviews Stina Leicht (Plus Giveaway!).
- Speculate (Gregory A. Wilson and Bradley P. Beaulieu) interviews Brandon Sanderson (podcast).
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews David Constantine (podcast).
- Notes from Coode Street features Jonathan Strahan, Gary K. Wolfe and Peter Straub (podcast).
News
- Haffner Press announces The Collected Fredric Brown, Volume 1 and Volume 2.
- Fans Campaigning To Get John Carter A Sequel.
- John Carter Likely to be the Biggest Flop of All-Time.
- New Stephen King Anthology Film Confirmed.
- Hobbit pub row: Hollywood producer makes offer.
- Russia Targets Manned Moon Landing by 2030.
Events
- March 17th: An Evening to Honor Gene Wolfe | Hosted by the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame.
- March 29 – 31: Jack Williamson Lectureship.
Articles
- Nancy Kress on New Words.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter’s Dystopian Reading List.
- January Magazine on Forget Vampires: Dystopia is the New Black for Teens.
- Tor.com (Emily Asher-perrin) on Lucas Shot First: The Surprisingly Powerful Sense of Betrayal George Lucas Creates.
- Michael Swanwick on Honoring Gene Wolfe.
- The Night Bazaar (Nathan Long) on The Brigadoon Bar.
- Scott Edelman on on Kurt Vonnegut didn’t think much of science fiction.
- SF Novelists (S.C. Butler) asks Are RPGS Bad or Good For Writing?
- SF Novelists (Marie Brennan) asks Would you rather be wrong or right?
- Channel 37 on Punkgate.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on 5 Tricks To Adapting A Well Known Story For Fiction.
- SF Site (Rick Klaw) on Forever Mœbius.
- on The Real Meaning of Khan’s Wrath in Star Trek.
- Locus Online (Paul Di Filippo) reviews Dream Castles: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Two.
- Cetauri Dreams on Starships: The Problem of Arrival. [via Gravity Lens]
- KurzweilAI asks Will corporations prevent the Singularity? [via Gravity Lens]
- Smithsonian Magazine on The Origins of Futurism. [via Gravity Lens]
- Science Daily on 3-D Printer with Nano-Precision. [via Bruce Sterling]
- BBC News asks Is the dream of having a robot companion over? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Peter Damien on Alan Moore, online.
- The Geek Files on John Cusack on his journey into the abyss to play Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven.
- The Geekiest (Kevin Maher) lists Pop Culture Experts In Pop Culture.
Art
- Female Superheroes of 1887. [via eoghann]
- concept ships: Maglev F1 Racer concept by Thomas Morgan.
- Frank Frazetta’s preliminary artwork for Beasts of Tarzan.
- Photos – Comic Book Men Artwork.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Universal science of deduction (Doctor Who & Sherlock)” by Sof Andrade.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Pan’s Labyrinth” by foursquare.
- @ItsArtMag: “Le Moebius” by scala.
- @CoolVibe: “Once in the woods” by Andrei Pervukhin.
- @CoolVibe: “Nio Guardian” by Kentaro Kanamoto.
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