SF Tidbits for 5/26/12
Interviews & Profiles
- Sword and Laser (Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt) interview Ernest Cline (video).
- SciFi Diner interviews Mira Furlan.
- David T. Wilbanks interviews Tom Piccirilli.
- Nerdist (Brian Walton) interviews Barry Sonnenfeld.
- Omnivoracious interviews Scott Snyder (Part One).
- Forthcoming: You ask question of PD James.
News
- Kevin J. Anderson wins Grandmaster Award from The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.
- UK Publisher's Association Accuses British Library Of 'Tawdry Theft' For Supporting More Reasonable Copyright.
- SFWA Seeks Volunteers for the Norton Award Jury.
- Ellen Datlow Joins International Speculative Fiction Consultant Panel.
- Kickstarter: Space Command.
- Marvel’s Next Avengers Film #6: Namor.
Events
- June 8th and 9th: Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
- September 22-23: Philip K. Dick Festival coming to San Francisco.
Articles
- Wired.com (David Barr Kirtley) on Let's Hope Jennifer Egan's Twitter Story Heralds the Return of Serial Fiction.
- TIME.com (Lev Grossman) on Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology. [via 40kBooks]
- Smart Pop Books (Jacqueline Carey) on Yes, I Got It.
- William King on Writing Blood of Aenarion Part One and Part 2.
- Big Dumb Object (James Bloomer) on Are SF writers “slacking off”;?.
- Forces of Geek on The Only Zombie Books You Ever Need to Read.
- Geek Sugar on How to Throw a Star Wars Party.
- The Daily Beast asks Are Books Becoming Too Long to Read? [via 40kBooks]
- Blastr on Celebrate Christopher Lee's 90th with 15 awesome sci-fi moments.
- Tor.com (Ryan Britt) lists Five Super Villain Schemes So Crazy They Might Just Be Crazy.
- L.B. Gale lists 7 Fantasy Stories that Received “Reboots” by Incredible Artists.
- TheCelebrityCafe lists Top 10 Reasons why we still watch Star Wars.
- Daedalus Howell lists Top 10 Dystopian Sci-Fi Films of the 1970s.
- Underwire lists 35 Greatest Star Wars Tributes of All Time.
- SFX lists 18 Bizarre Time Machines.
Art
- Sci-Fi concept art by Zeljko Duvnjak.
- 40 Terrific Video Game Wallpapers.
- Watercolour Star Wars.
- Frank R Paul – H.G. Wells Illustrations.
- Virgil Finlay Gallery.
- Cover launch! New fantasy from Tim Lebbon – The Heretic Land.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Superman” by Quibe.
- @deviantART: “Adventure” by ~rtil.
More Fun Stuff
- Free Samples of Every Angry Robot Book!
- Claude Lalumière reads from The Book of Lost Pages and Gregory Tiede and Lori Leigh Gieleghem read Dick Lupoff’s 12:03 AM.
- 50 Page Fridays: Lynn Flewelling.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #125 – “Throwing Owls at People Eating Soup” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- Cut-Rate Books! (Part Oneo).
- Star Wars Anniversary: Posters From All The Episodes.
- Infographic: Stephen Hawking.
- You’re All Just Jealous of my Jetpack.
- Superman/Popeye Mashup.
- Watermelon Yoda.
