SF Tidbits for 5/12/12

Interviews & Profiles

• 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.