SF Tidbits for 3/19/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Locus interviews Sarah Pinborough.
- The Agony Column interviews Kim Harrison (podcast).
- Literary Musings interviews Myke Cole.
- TIFF Lightbox interviews George R.R. Martin (video).
- The Realms of a Fantastical Mind interviews Sue Burke.
- Statesman (Joe Gross) interviews Stina Leicht.
- io9 interviews China Miéville.
News
- Submissions Call: Demeter’s Spicebox Issue Three.
- 2012 Philip K. Dick Award Judges.
- Call For Submissions: Leather Ever After.
- Chicon 7 Announces NPR’s Peter Sagal as Special Guest
- on BBC News – Woman considers hand removal for bionic replacement. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Articles
- Fantastic Unfettered (Rose Lemberg) on Five Characters.
- Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on But I didn’t say that!
- Nicola Morgan on Seven steps to publication.
- Ellen Datlow’s Honorable Mentions in The Best Horror of the Year volume four.
- Kat Howard on I simply cannot do it alone.
- Weird Fiction Review on The Fascinating Monsters of Artist Aeron Alfrey.
- Brenda Clough on Arctic Centennial.
- Suvudu (Moira Crone) on The Not Yet.
- Biology in Science Fiction on Vonda McIntyre’s inspiration for Dreamsnake.
- Law and the Multiverse n The Hunger Games and Other Dangerous Sports.
- L.B. Gale on New Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Cover Art: Cover Girls.
- Black Gate (Scott Taylor) on Art of the Genre: The Pillaging of Kickstarter.
- The Qwillery (Chris F. Holm) on Confession Time.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Vacation in the Golden Age, Episode 35: May 1942.
- Matt Cardin on Utopia or dystopia?
- Geek.com (Russell Holly) on The death of American sci-fi.
- Digg Gaming lists The Top 10 Best Superhero PC Games.
- National Post on Scott Van Wynsberghe: 135 years of Red-Planet mania.
- David Herter on Gene Wolfe’s Top Ten. [via Graham Edwards]
- Lovecraft eZine on New and upcoming Lovecraftian movies.
- Film School Rejects lists 28 Things We Learned From The Last Starfighter Commentary.
- L.B. Gale on Five Ways The Hunger Games Represents Courageous Storytelling.
- Scott Lynch on Locke Lamora Read-Along Bonus #3: Early Visual Aids.
- Science Fcition (Jason Bowles) lists Top 10 Green Super Heroes.
- TopTenz.net lists Top 10 End of the World Novels.
- TechRepublic (Jay Garmon) lists The five best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes of all time.
Art
- The Fantastic World of Warcraft Illustrations of Dan Scott.
- 45+ Stunning, Beautiful, & Inspirational Sci-Fi Fantasy Digital Art Designs & Illustrations.
- Gorilla Artfare: A sampling.
- Travel Posters For Lazy Geeks.
- @ImagineFX.com: Steve Argyle's master art.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Crow” by LostMind.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Edward Scissorhands” by Katie Crawford.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Olivia Sabo .
- @DeviantArt: “Another World” by Radoslav Zilinsky.
- @CoolVibe: “The Valley Chase” by Frendy Aristo Wijaya.
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