SF Tidbits for 5/7/12
- Erin Underwood interviews Tracy L. Carbone.
- Small Beer Podcast interviews John Kessel.
- The Boston Globe (Amy Sutherland) interviews Paul Krugman.
- 40kBooks interviews Honey Brown.
- Keith Brooke interviews Paul Di Filippo.
- AbeBooks profiles George MacDonald. [via Bill Crider]
- WBUR (Adam Ragusea) interviews M.T. Anderson. [via cynsations]
News
- RIP: Richard Scott Simak. [via Andrew Porter]
- SFWA Seeks Literary Executors – can you help?.
- Deadline for Bram Stoker Award™ Jury Submissions Announced.
- VIDEO: Zombies take to the streets of Prague. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Events
Articles
- Alisa Krasnostein On gender breakdowns of awards lists.
- Cheryl Morgan on Africa in SF – The Prequel.
- Charlie Stross on The death of genre.
- The Cogsmith on Why is Diversity Important?
- Inkpunks (Morgan Dempsey) on First Person POV and Developing Other Characters.
- Melissa Snodgrass on The Avengers.
- Locus Online Reviews (Howard Waldrop and Lawrence Person) reviews The Avengers.
- Nicole Murphy on When The Heroine Swoops In To Save The Day.
- Fantasy Cafe on Women in SF&F Month: Resources.
- Keith Brooke on Seven things I hate about e-publishing.
- Giga OM (Mathew Ingram )on It doesn’t matter what e-books cost to make.
- Mythic Scribes on Using Fantasy to Enhance a Story.
- Rich Horton on Books: Priest, Barnes.
- Fantasy-Faction (Paolo Chikiamco) on Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment: The Philippines – Part Two.
- The New York Review of Science Fiction (Chris N. Brown) on Science Fiction in the Edgelands.
- NYTimes on Tim Burton Brings TV’s ‘Dark Shadows’ Back, as a Movie. [via Andrew Porter]
- The John Carter Files on John Carter, the Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey (Part 3).
- Bookworm Blues (Paul Weimer) on Special Needs in Strange Worlds: in praise of Miles Vorkosigan.
- Underwords Introducing “Why SF?”…a New Interview Series.
- Comic Book Resources asks What should we call this age of comics?
- Cracked.com on 6 Ways Iron Man Is Objectively Better Than Batman. [via Bill Crider]
- Huff Post (Matt D. Wilson) on The 11 Best Supervillain Superpowers.
- Hypable lists Top 10 Best Monsters on Doctor Who.
Art
- The Digital Illustrations of Steve Argyle.
- 20 Comic Superheroes Artwork for your Inspiration.
- FAN ART: Nicktoons Characters As The Avengers.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Dark Knight Rises” by Jonas Ståhl.
- @CGHUB: “Deep Sky” by Tiago Hoisel.
- @ItsArtMag: “Lorna`s Fantasy Wonderland” by ayueelvafirste.
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt: Existence by David Brin.
- Download sample chapters of The Warlock’s Curse by M.K. Hobson.
- The Weird: An Introduction by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.
- Cover Design: Future Lovecraft, edited by Moreno-Garcia and Stiles.
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes Storyboards Reveal Alternate Opening.
- Doctor Who Theme…heavy metal style.
- Astronomy Picture of the Day: 2012 May 6 – In the Center of the Omega Nebula. [via The Lensman’s Children]
- SciFi WEb Series: 20 Dollar Show.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #106 – “Postcog” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- Batgirl paper toy.
Gene Wolfe, the living legend of the U. S. and world SF literature, was born on 7 May 1931, so he is 81 now. Happy Birthday, Mr. Wolfe, Happy Birthday!