SF Tidbits for 3/31/12
Interviews & Profiles
- Hero Complex interviews Patrick Rothfuss.
- Geek Syndicate interviews Adam Christopher.
- Notes from Coode Street features Jonathan Strahan, Gary K. Wolfe, Ellen Klages, Karen Lord and Nalo Hopkinson.
- Ray Gun Revival (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) interviews John C. Wright (part 2).
- Findings interv iews Clive Thompson about the future of books.
- The Atlantic interviews Albert Harrison about The New Religion of Space Exploration.
News
- The Heinlein Society Scholarship Program. [via AboutSF]
- The 2012 Million Writers Award is open for nominations.
- Every Type Of Dalek Will Be In The New Season Of Doctor Who.
Events
- 14 – 15 September 2012: Weird Council: an International Conference on the Writing of China Miéville | Institute of English Studies.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter: Women in SF Month and YA Book Scavenger Hunt.
Articles
- Barry Malzberg on Kurt Vonnegut's Kindle Single, Basic Training.
- Pat Cadigan on This is a copy of the letter I sent to the Guardian. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- The Night Bazaar (Stina Leicht) on Look, Ma! No hands!
- The Night Bazaar (W.G. Marshall) on The Devil and W.G. Marshall.
- Biology in Science Fiction on John Carter versus the Clone Army.
- Lois Gresh on My Life as a Writer — at Book View Cafe.
- L.B. Gale on Do Your Characters Go to the Bathroom? A Guide to Grounding Details & Characterization.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (16): Rick Baker.
- BBC News asks Why are fantasy world accents British? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Jane Friedman asks What Is a Literary Novel?
- Stuart Clark on My Guilty Pleasure – Babylon 5.
- Win Scott Eckert on Countdown to the new Philip José Farmer books from Titan!.
- WSJ on James Patterson Explains His Why His Books Sell Like Crazy.
- Black Gate (John O’Neill) on All Hail the Barbarian Prince.
- Gord Sellar on Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack.
- Gollancz blog (Gillian Redfearn) on Right to review…?
- IEET (George Dvorsky) on How to build a Dyson sphere in five (relatively) easy steps.
- Bitch Media lists Political Fictions: Sci-Fi Politicians.
- Topless Robot on The 10 Worst Episodes of Batman: The Animated Series.
- Gates on 20 Twenty Things Every Sci-Fi Nerd Should Own Physically and Emotionally.
- Popular Mechanics on The Geektastic Films from Sundance 2012 You Need to See.
- Complex (Matt Barone) on The 25 Best Horror Novels Of The New Millennium. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
- Wired Gallery: Sci-Fi Concept Artists Conjure Alien Eye Candy in Art of Control-Z.
- Awesome Concept Art by Marko Djurdjevic.
- Concept Art by Marek Okon.
- @CoolVibe: “Al Buraq waits” by Khalid Al-Muharraqi.
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