SF Tidbits for 5/18/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Reddit interviews Helen Lowe.
- Gollancz interviews AJ Dalton.
- Ty Johnston interviews Cora Buhlert.
- Prime Books (Molly Tanzer) interviews Lavie Tidhar.
- The Qwillery interviews Trent Jamieson.
- [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author/Editor Robin Wayne Bailey.
- At Film Critic, John Scalzi interviews…John Scalzi.
- Locus interviews Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant.
- Stina Leicht interviews Mur Lafferty.
- Sword and Laser interviews Lev Grossman.
News
- Simon & Schuster settles e-book antitrust suit with state AGs.
- Angry Robot Announces a New Two-Book Deal for Chuck Wendig.
- Prime Books acquires Robert Reed‘s Diamond Trilogy (Slayer’s Son, Corona’s Children and Great Day) set in his Great Ship Universe.
- Tanya Huff’s new eBooks.
- Read Fed, Mira Grant’s alternative ending To Feed. [via Upcoming4.me]
- Available for Preorder: American Fantasy Press presents Stalking The Zombie by Mike Resnick.
- Comixology Offering Half Off On Moriarty From Image Comics.
- Bibliophile Stalker: Call for Submissions: Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 8.
- Blade Runner project to be a sequel.
Events
- Iain Banks and Kim Stanley Robinson in Conversation – Saturday June 09 @Forbidden Planet London Megastore.
- Jack O’Connell & E.C. Myers read at KGB June 20.
- The Forum will feature Elizabeth Moon, David Rodin and Elizabeth Quintana.
Articles
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: The “Brutal” 2000-Word Day.
- Flavorwire (Emily Temple) on 10 YA Books That Scarred Us For Life.
- Trish Sullivan on Some thoughts on SFF and reality checks.
- Small Beer Press on Translation Games.
- Book Life Now (Cassie Alexander) on Shutting Down, In a Good Way.
- Locus Roundtable (Gemma Files) offers 623 Words About Speculative Poetry.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts on Oops I got History in my Fantasy (again).
- SFWA (Eleanor Arnason) on Obsession.
- Melville House Books (Ellie Robins) on How to kill a book club.
- The Washington Post (Michael Dirda) on Robert Sheckley’s Store of the Worlds. [via The Website at the End of the Universe]
- Maurice Broaddus reviews Battleship.
- Stuart Clark on My Guilty Pleasure – Babylon 5 – Season One.
- Bookworm Blues (Mark Lawrence) on Special Needs in Strange Worlds – Broken Heroes.
- Tom Piccirilli on Blood.
- Daily Galaxy asks Is the Earth a Sentient Living Organism? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- KansasCity.com on Seeking higher recognition, Fantastic Art show comes to Bartle Hall. [via Andrew Porter]
- Giant Freakin Robot on The Two Ways Science Fiction Is Slowly Destroying Itself.
- Functioanl Nerds (Catherine Russell) on Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig.
- Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on 5 Literary Beasts that Seem Like Science Fiction Monsters.
- Tor.com (Steven Padnick) on Phineas and Ferb is the Best Science Fiction on Television.
- io9 (Jennifer Griffith Delgado) on Most Mind-Blowing Surprise Endings from Science Fiction and Fantasy Books.
Art
- @CoolVibe: “Inhumans war of kings” by Stjepan Sejic.
- @CoolVibe: “Vader Choke” by Dave Wilkins.
More Fun Stuff
so happy to see more Robert Reed novels are finally getting published. I’ve been jonesing for 7 years since Well of Stars for another book. Can’t believe he has had such a hard time getting his novels published.