SF Tidbits for 5/30/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Fast Forward interviews Connie Willis (podcast/video).
- Solaris interviews Keith Brooke.
- The Functional Nerds interviews Liz Smith and Marian Call (podcast).
- Fantasy Faction interviews Peter Orullian.
- Weird Fiction Review (Adam Mills) interviews Eric Schaller.
- The New Yorker (Deborah Treisman) interviews Jennifer Egan.
- Stina Leicht interviews Karen Lord.
- Weird Fiction Review (Adam Mills) interviews Eric Schaller.
News
- Leo Dillon (1933-2012).
- Angry Robot Signs Three-Book Deal with Emma Newman.
- Kevin J. Anderson’s novelization of Rush’s Clockwork Angels album due out this Fall from ECW Press.
- Jonathan Coulton sings theme to John Scalzi’s Redshirts.
- Del Rey Books has just released the eBooks of Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War and The Power That Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson.
- Book View Cafe Announces Shaman by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff.
- Subterranean Press announces Nell Gwynne’s On Land And At Sea by Kage Baker.
- New Neil Gaiman & David Mack Print Debuts. [via David M. Klaus]
- Faio Fernandes is the new Non-Fiction Editor at International Speculative Fiction. Congrats, Fabio!
Articles
- Tansy Rayner Roberts On Writing Steampunk Fantasy with Fairies and Frocks In.
- Gollancz (Paul S) on Patrick Rothfuss, or how I learned to love audio and stopped dislocating my shoulder by carrying really really heavy hardbacks in my satchel on my way to work…
- Jeff VanderMeer on The Science of Difficult Topics.
- Rachelle Gardner on What Does a Publishing Contract Cover?
- Juliette Wade on Manipulating the Feeling Conveyed by Character Names.
- Clarion Blog (Erin Lale) on 5 Steps to Yes: Make a Good Impression with Your Cover Letter.
- Chuck Wendig on Self-Publishing And The Burden Of Proof and 25 Things To Know About Writing The First Chapter Of Your Novel.
- The Guardian (Damien Walter) on New pulp fictioneers are ready to rock’n’roll.
- The New Yorker (Anthony Burgess) is Explaining A Clockwork Orange. [via Boing Boing]
- The New Yorker (Willian Gibson) on Seeing the Future in Science Fiction. [via 40kBooks]
- Frederik Pohl on Gene Wolfe The Unknowable.
- Maurice Broaddus (Djibril al-Ayad) on We See a Different Frontier.
- The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund on R. v. Matheson. [via David M. Klaus]
- Brain Pickings on Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life: Ray Bradbury on Creative Purpose in the Face of Rejection.
- Weird Tales (Darrell Schweitzer) on Know Your Elder Gods.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on Recommended Reading List: April 2012.
- Andrew Wheeler on Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
- James Wallace Harris on Forgotten Science Fiction: The Last Starship From Earth by John Boyd.
- Andrew Liptak reviews Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey.
- Myke Cole on The 18 rules I learned in my 1st year as a full time writer.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on The Returning Blog Tour Schedule.
- Armin Shimerman on Space Command (video).
- Cracked.com lists 6 Eerily Specific Inventions Predicted in Science Fiction.
- Sci-Fi Songs lists The 5 Step Stargate Guide To Twitter (Teal’c Edition).
Art
- The Uncanny Art of Eric Schaller.
- Santiago Caruso Gallery.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Shrek” by Mads Hindhede.
- @CoolVibe: “Crash of The Mothership” by Raphael Lacoste.
More Fun Stuff
Thank you, Charles!