SF Tidbits for 5/12/12
- Shelf Awareness interviews Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. [via Andrew Porter]
- SciFiNow interviews Kim Stanley Robinson.
- The Qwillery interviews K.E. Mills (plus Giveaway).
- Suvudu interviews Shawntelle Madison.
- Ray Gun Revival (Bryan Thomas Schmidt of SFFWRTCHT) interviews with Michael F. Flynn.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Stephen Wallenfels.
- Islam and Science Fiction interviews Larissa Sansour.
- This Is Horror interviews Frazer Lee (Part II).
- Black Gate (Emily Mah) interviews Kai Meyer.
- From 2004: Fortean Times profiles H.P. Lovecraft. [via Matt Cardin]
News
- RIP: Tony DeZuniga.
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to file for Chapter 11.
- Stephen Kind is writing a sequel to The Shining; it’s called Doctor Sleep and features a middle-aged Danny Torrance. (More details at SFX.)
- Solaris acquires paperback rights to Lavie Tidhar’s Osama.
- Margaret Atwood meets with Windsor Star editorial board (plus video).
- New Short Film: Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope. [via File 770]
- Christopher Paul Carey’s message to those who preordered Gods of Opar on Amazon.com.
- Chinese Physicists Smash Distance Record For Teleportation. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- International Speculative Fiction gets a Facebook Page.
- Kim Harrison’s Into the Woods available as an eBook.
- Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake story Beauty is now available as a $2.99 eBook.
- 2012 Parsec Awards Nominations Are Live!
Events
- New York Review of SF Readings with CJ Anders & BF Slattery- Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 6:30pm – 8:30pm in EDT.
- Paul Cornell will host the Hugo Awards at Lone Star Con 3, in San Antonio in 2013.
Articles
- Michael Moorcock on John Carter. [via The John Carter Files]
- Lev Grossman on Confessions of (Another) Book Reviewer.
- Gregory Benford on Philip K. Dick in Orange County.
- Seanan Mcguire on Why can't I buy ebook X outside of the US? Revisiting the territory question..
- The Mumpsimus (Matt Cheney) on Genres Do Not Exist. [via File 770]
- Flames Rising Webzine (James L. Sutter) on Writing Pathfinder Fiction.
- John Marco on Writing: Cover Trouble.
- The Night Bazaar (Phil and Kaja Foglio) on The Art of the Self-Negating Prophecy.
- The Big Idea: Joseph Nassise.
- Boing Boing (Cory Doctorow) on Science Tales: short comic stories about science, skepticism, evidence and woo.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969 by Gary Westfahl.
- Graham Edwards on Writing a novel is like this.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Journey Through The SFF Classics: Isaac Asimov’s Caves Of Steel.
- LitReactor (Sarah Pitre) on YA Gateway Books: A Primer.
- Wired.com on Zombie Apocalypse, the Board Game.
- Slate Magazine on Asteroid mining.
- Gamma Squad on The Comic You Need to Read This Week: Night of 1000 Wolves.
- Screen Rant lists The 10 Best Things about The Avengers.
- Airlock Alpha on Steven Moffat Trying To Stay On Top.
- io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on Fantasy Novels That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity.
- Gamma Squad lists 25 Great Ideas for a New Star Trek TV Series.
- L.B. Gale on 10 Most Unusual Deaths in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Ann VanderMeer lists The 13 Of The Weirdest Short Stories Ever Written.
Art
- Illustrations by Donald Caron.
- Concept robot turntable by Pascal Blanche.
- Star Wars Comic Poster Alternatives – Christopher Lee.
- More Fantastic Concept Art From The Avengers.
- Image: Maurice Sendak’s Avengers .
- Superheroes – Sean Anderson.
- Stephen Youll’s cover sketch for Hellhole Awakening by Jevin J. Anderson.
- @deviantART: “Moonshower” by ~Kamikaye.
- @CoolVibe: “Skeletor” by Dave Wilkins.
- @CGPortfolio: “Little Nautilus” by Ralf Stumpf (plus Gallery!)
More Fun Stuff
- 50 Page Fridays: Connie Willis.
- Free Excerpt: The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (Chapter 2).
- Beware the Hairy Mango #111 – “Collecting Bill” by Matthew Sanborn Smith. (#LaughYour@$$Off)
- Mai più senza Torino, the book trailer: starring Bruce Sterling & J. Tesanovic.
- Wolfpack of Reseda.
- Paul Van Dyk Evolution Teaser Trailer on Vimeo. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Win a copy of the limited edition of Tad Williams’; A Stark And Wormy Knight.
- Astronomy Picture of the for May 11, 2012: Sun vs Super Moon. [via Fred K. at The Lensman's Children]
- Star Wars Stamps.