SF Tidbits for 5/22/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Gollancz interviews Kristen Britain.
- The Little Red Reviewer interviews Sarah Zettel.
- SFX interviews Paul Cornell (video).
- The Agony Column interviews Walter Mosley (podcast).
- NYTimes profiles Philip K. Dick (Part 1).
- SFFWRTCHT interviews Leah Petersen.
- Horror Bound Online Magazine interviews Allyson Bird.
- Buzzy Mag interviews Neil Gaiman at the Nebulas.
- ShortList Magazine interviews Bender.
News
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards 2012 Nominees.
- SFWA Election Results.
- A Kickstarter to save Crossed Genres.
- StarShipSofa to authors: First Chapters Wanted!
Events
Articles
- Juliette Wade on The scariest question: “Why should I care about this story?”
- Janice Hardy on Who’s There? Introducing Characters in a Scene.
- Chuck Wendig on Revisiting The Fevered Egos Of Self-Publishing.
- The Qwillery (Lisa Shearin) on Unexpected characters can put the magic in your story.
- Book Life Now (Cassie Alexander) on The Highs and the Lows of Becoming an Author.
- Inkpunks (John Klima) on Doing Research at the Library, Part II.
- Locus (Denise Dumars) on Divided by a Common Genre.
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Discover Your Word Crushes: What Word Clouds Tell You About Your Writing.
- Matt Forbeck on The Real Way Ebooks Save Publishers.
- Ian Sales on Science fiction is dead, long live science fiction.
- Lev Grossman on The Best Thing Anybody Ever Said About Fantasy Ever.
- Strange Horizons (John Clute) on Store of the Worlds: the Stories of Robert Sheckley and Immobility.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Nebula Weekend Day 4 (Sunday): Or, my most embarrassing moment.
- Jason Sanford on illion Writers Award notable stories of 2011.
- Simon Ings on Arc 1.2’s Seoul searching reveals a glimpse of the future.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) on My Top Five Picks for Fantastic Beach Reads.
- Tor.com (John Bonner) asks Could a Rendezvous With Rama Movie Capture the Scientific Wonder of the Book?
- Tor UK on Railsea – The Cover Art That Didn’t Make The Cut.
- International Speculative Fiction on Short (Hi)Story of Romanian Speculative Fiction.
- Functional Nerds (Paul Weimer) on The Hammer and the Blade by Paul S. Kemp.
- J.A. Konrath on Pricing Books and Ebooks. [via 40kBooks]
- ShortList Magazine lists 50 Coolest Movie Soundtracks.
- Kotaku lists Ten Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Deserve the Video Game Treatment.
- MakeUseOf lists 5 Post-Apocalyptic Short Films On YouTube You Have To Watch.
Art
- Concept Art by Michael Kutsche.
- Justin Sweet’s Avengers Concept Art.
- Robots by Mark Yang.
- Concept ships and interiors by Mark Yang.
- @Daily Design Inspiration: “Machinery of Light” by Raphael Lacoste.
- @ItsArtMag: “Yitio Itlanacha” by Neutrino.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Hunger Games” by Daniel Norris.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle” by Jason Kauzlarich.
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