SF Tidbits for 3/28/12
- The Strand interviews Karen Lord (podcast).
- Lightspeed (John Nakamura Remy) interviews Karen Joy Fowler.
- FearNet interviews Joe Hill (video).
- ThinkHero interviews Joe Hill (video).
- 40kbooks interviews Jamie Todd Rubin.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Anne Lyle.
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews David Anthony Durham.
- Suvudu Take Five with Erik Craddock.
- The Guardian interviews Kevin Barry.
- Fantasy Book Review interviews Adam Christopher.
- CGSociety (Trevor Hogg) interviews Sharon Calahan.
- Functional Nerds (Patrick Hester and John Anealio) interviews Len Peralta (podcast).
- The Big Click (Tom Piccirilli) interviews Joe Lansdale.
News
- 2012 Service to SFWA Award goes to Clarence Howard ‘Bud’ Webster.
- Harry Potter’s New Adventure: Going Digital in E-Books.
- Million Writers Award anthologies to be published June 14.
- Singularity & Co. – Save the SciFi! Kickstarter.
- Netflix Rescue Bid For Terra Nova Fails.
- Chicon 7 Hugo Finalists (from a record number of nomination ballots) to be Announced on Saturday, April 7…simultaneously at five conventions in the U.S. and Europe.
Events
- Rachel Caine signing Black Dawn at Forbidden Planet.
- Announcing Gail Carriger’s Grand UK Tour (…and a terribly delightful competition).
Articles
- Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on The Importance Of Keeping An Open Mind To The Fiction Of Ideas.
- Justine Larbalestier on I’ll Know I’ve Made it as a Writer When…
- Rachelle Gardner on How to Make a Living as a Writer, Part Two: Variety.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Lies Writers Tell (And Start To Believe).
- Holly Black on How I Wrote Doll Bones.
- Storytellers Unplugged (Richard Dansky) on Eight Reasons Your Story Might Not Be Selling That Have Little To Nothing To Do With Whether The Story Is Any Damn Good.
- Inkpunks (Adam Israel) on Rules of writing: the auto-tune of literature.
- Nancy Kress on Three Books Altering Humanity.
- Deborah J. Ross (Phyllis Irene Radford) on Heroes, King Arthur, and Creating the Merlin’s Descendents series.
- A.M. Dellamonica on Sekrit Project Unveiled!
- The Night Bazaar (John Love) on “A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.”.
- Orbit Books (V.M. Zito) on The Origin Of (undead) Species.
- GalleyCat on The Lost History of Fifty Shades of Grey. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- The Minimalists on How I Got Rid of 2,000 Books and Started Reading More.
- Boing Boing (Cory Doctorow) on >Liminal States.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Article 5 by Kristen Simmons.
- WhatCulture on 10 Great Films Kids Should Watch, But Probably Won’t.
- SFX lists Top 200 Sexiest Characters In Sci-Fi.
Art
- The Best of Digital Art Scenes.
- AT-AT oil painting. [via BoingBoing via Wil Wheaton]
- @CoolVibe: “Beauty meets the Unicorn” by Ken Barthelmey.
- @CoolVibe: “Colosus” by Piotr Foksowicz.
- @Daily Design Inspiration: “Emperor Hulk“.
- @deviantART: “Orbital Fight” by Taenaron.
- @deviantART: “Praedestinatio” by Taenaron.
- @deviantART: “Steam Daddy” by ~arsenixc.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Another Earth” by Keano Ross.
- @Mondolithic Studios: “The 4th Reich“.
More Fun Stuff
- Read a Free Excerpt from Elspeth Cooper’s Songs of the Earth– Chapter Two: Shadowkin.
- Read a Free Excerpt from John Scalzi’s Redshirts.
- Read a Free Excerpt from V.M. Zito’s The Return Man.
- Cthulhu sculpture as drawn by H.P. Lovecraft.
- Back to the Future Timelines.
- Sonic Screwdriver Chart.
- Star Wars Episode III Opening Crawl, Horribly Translated.