SF Tidbits for 4/7/12
Interviews & Profiles
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Stina Leicht (part 2).
- SFF World (Mark Yon) interviews Kim Newman.
- Conversations In The Book Trade interviews Gavin Grant. [via Gwenda Bond]
- The Qwillery interviews J.A. Kazimer.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter spotlights Brett Patton.
- Collider (Steve ‘Frosty’ Weintraub) interviews Joss Whedon. [via Whedonesque]
- Shelfari (Alex Carr) interviews Robert Kirkman.
- The First Million Words interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Locus Roundtable has ICFA 33 Opening Panel with Jim Casey, IAFA president; Kelly Link; China Miéville, Jeffrey J. Cohen, Veronica Hollinger, and Gary K. Wolfe.
News
- Rediscovered: C. S. Lewis TIME Magazine Cover Story – Sep. 8, 1947.
- Dynamite responds to ERB Inc. lawsuit over John Carter, Tarzan. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Announcing the Smart Pop Fall 2012 season.
- Orbit signs up two new novels and three novellas by Mira Grant.
- Creature Court by Tansy Rayner Roberts Available in UK & US.
- Viral by Steven Savile and Keith R.A. DeCandido now available for the Kindle.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Goes Free For Easter Weekend.
- Free Audiobook Service LibriVox Hits 100m Downloads.
- Batman’s Adam West gets his Hollywood star.
Events
Articles
- Catherynne M. Valente on Let Me Tell You About the Birds and the Bees: Gender and the Fallout Over Christopher Priest.
- Helen Lowe on Historical Influences On The Wall Of Night Series And The Gathering Of The Lost.
- Magical Words (A.M. Dellamonica) on That left turn at Albuquerque.
- Jess Nevins on The Victorian Hugos: 1890.
- A. Lee Martinez on Why Leia Matters.
- Comic Vine asks What Makes A Good Comic Book Rivalry?
- The Hooded Utilitarian on Heroic Proportions.
- The SF Site (Mark London Williams) on Nexus Graphica: Live from Downtown Disney: WonderCon 2012.
- The SF Site (Derek Johnson) on Watching the Future: A Light Dims for a Luminary.
- Michael A. Stackpole on Why Selling Direct is Vital for Authors.
- Brenda Cooper on Reading Recommendation: The Games by Ted Kosmatka.
- Carrie Cuinn on The 1977 Annual World’s Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim.
- NYTimes (George Gene Gustines) on Graphic Books Best Sellers: Game of Thrones and The Avengers.
- NYTimes (Joshua Hammer) reviews The Mirage by Matt Ruff.
- The Awl asks What Books Make You Cringe To Remember?
- Commonwealth Writers on Book trailers – do they work?.
- LitReactor (Rajan Khanna) on The Importance of George R. R. Martin's ;A Song of Ice and Fire.
- What Culture on 12 Star Trek Fashion Disasters.
- Listvere on Top 10 Sympathetic Supervillains.
- The Atlantic Wire (Jen Doll) on The Greatest Girl Characters of Young Adult Literature.
Art
- Concept Art by Jamshed Jurabaev.
- The Avengers Kickass Wallpapers.
- Chris Foss Gallery.
- Kieran Yanner Gallery.
- @ItsArtMag: “Ze Sir Fred Hoyle” by Eric Scala.
- @ItsArtMag: “Demolien” by yigitkoroglu.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind” by Joel Amat Güell.
- @CGHUB: “Defeat by ak666” by Andrzej Kuziola.
- @deviantART: “Space guy” by Brad Wright.
- @CoolVibe: “Sentinel” by Tierno Beauregard.
- @CoolVibe: “Heroes of Might and Magic” by Guangjian Huang.
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