SF Tidbits for 5/17/12

Interviews and Profiles

• The Enchanted Inkpot (Caroline Hooton) on Jasmine Richards.
• The SFFWRTCHT Interview: Author N. M. Singel.
• Reddit interviews Michael Dirda.
• Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Brian Greene (podcast).
• Orbit Books (Anna Gregson) interviews David Brin.
• Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) interviews Loston Wallace.
• Collider (Christina Radish) interviews Elijah Wood.

News

• Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012).
• LoneStarCon 3 (home of the 2013 WorldCon) announces military discount memberships.
• Book View Café announces New eBook Store.
• Mike Resnick sells “The Revealed Truth” to Dark Faith 2 anthology.
• Arc 1.2, out May 28, is proud to feature the dizzying, moving fiction of Jeff VanderMeer.
• William King’s Death’s Angels Finally Free In The UK.
• Scholars study literary merits of Harry Potter novels.
• Prime Books 2012 Catalog.
• Netflix Gets Hunger Games, Avengers — 90 Days After Epix.
• REMINDER: Kickstarter for Nightmare Magazine by John Joseph Adams.

Events

   
• As part of the Fantastic Fiction free reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Jack O’Connell & E.C. Myers Wednesday June 20th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC..
Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands.  [via Andrew Porter]
• Comicpalooza 2012 Trailer.

Articles

• Book View Cafe (Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) on Writing Belief Systems.
• Janice Hardy on Crossing Words Off Your List: Making the Most of Editing “What Not to Use” Lists.
• Kate Elliott (Tansy Rayner Roberts) on Looking for the Women (in Ancient Rome).
• The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Super Hero Narratives and Our Re-discovered Love for Them.
• Juliette Wade on Dialogue, and specificity: How talk depends on the talkers.
• Book Life Now (Jim C. Hines) on Do I Have to Have a Facetwibblogger+ Page?
• Inkpunks (Sam Sykes) on Serious Thoughts for Serious People.
• Deborah J. Ross (Julianne Lee) on Time Travel.
• Barnes & Noble Book Clubs (Paul Goat Allen) on Priceless: Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Compile a Colossal Collection of Classic Weird Fiction.
• io9 (Mike the Girl) on What Samuel R. Delany Can Tell Publishing About Its Latest Trend.
• Hero Complex on George R.R. Martin fights the genre wars with Games of Thrones.
• Spiral Galaxy Reviewing Laboratory (Karen Burnham) reviews : The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell.
• John Joseph Adams reveals the cover for The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination.
• FEARnet on A Study in Scares: The Horror Games of Sherlock Holmes.
• Fantasy Faction (Amy Rose Davis) on Literary Devices: Foreshadowing.
• Atlantic asks Do Our Values Shape Our Inventions, or Do Our Inventions Shape Us?
• Blastr on 10 inspiring commencement speeches from sci-fi and fantasy greats.

Art

• Concept ships by Mikko Kinnunen.
• Digital Art by Dan LuVisi.
• Illustrations by Yuri Gvozdenko.
• Awesome Red Dwarf artwork.
• @Planet Pulp: “A New Hope” by Wayne Harris.
• @CoolVibe: “Anger” by Svetlin Velinov.
• @deviantART: “Demon hunter” by ~KoTnoneKoT.
• @ItsArtMag: “Giant” by Saryth.

More Fun Stuff

• In preparation of the May 22nd release of Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312, Orbit launches a website that walks you through the process of terraforming an asteroid.
• Book Trailer: The Outcast Chronicles from Rowena Cory Daniells.
• Look At This: Images of Earth From Above (and other space links).
• Beware the Hairy Mango #116 – “Clarence Sale” by Mattthew Sanborn Smith.
• Brit Lit Map.
• Death Star 99% Perfect T-Shirt.