SF Tidbits for 6/12/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Tor.com (Brit Mandelo) spotlights James Tiptree, Jr. / Alice Sheldon.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Rhiannon Held.
- Fantasy Book Critic (Mihir Wanchoo) interviews Saladin Ahmed.
- Galactic Suburbia Episode 61 (podcast).
- Tangent Online interview with Ray Bradbury.
- Fantasy on Air interviews Graham Edwards.
- World SF (Cheryl Morgan) interviews Ahmed Khaled Towfik.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews J. A. Pitts (podcast).
- Nerdist (Brian Walton) interviews Joe Kelly.
- Tangent (Robert Jacobs, Dave Truesdale, Bob Wayne) interviews Ray Bradbury (from 1975).
News
- Orbital Drop The Hammer for $2.99.
- WisCon Chronicles Vol. 7: call for submissions.
- Cory Doctorow receives honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University.
- Whippleshield Books Sea of Rains Competition Giveaway.
Events
- Rayguns & Robots!, A Group Tribute Art Show to Classic Science Fiction.
- Clarion West reading series.
Articles
- Bookworm Blues (Elspeth Cooper) on Naming Names.
- Juliette Wade on Personal interactions reveal character.
- Janice Hardy on Avoid Time Sinks: Ways to be a More Productive Writer, Part 6.
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on (Characters) Doing the Wrong Thing: Why It Feels So Right.
- L.B. Gale on The “Product of Our Time” Dilemma in Science Fiction.
- Locus Roundtable on SF Poetry Summary, with Links.
- David Herter on The brilliance of Judgment Night.
- Black Gate (John O’Neill) on Selling Philip K. Dick.
- Barnes & Noble (Bill Tipper) on Volume Reduction.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Leah Petersen) on Your Punctuation Personality Type.
- Mystery Writing is Murder (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on Surprise v. Suspense by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- A Dribble of Ink (Jared Shurin and Anne Perry) on For a small island, we’ve got some big books.
- Smart Pop Books (Maria Lima) on Home is Where the Bar Is.
- Chuck Wendig on Prometheus: In Which The Gods Of Plot Punish The Characters For Their Precious Agency.
- Alex Bledsoe on Maria Scholl, the overlooked great science fiction heroine.
- Rudy Rucker on on The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Cory Doctorow.
- Locus Online Reviews (Howard Waldrop and Lawrence Person) on Prometheus.
- Andrew Liptak reviews Prometheus.
- Barebones ezine on Batman in the 1970s Part 22: 1972 wrapup.
- Mental Floss on 11 Planets You Never Had to Memorize.
- Examiner.com (S.L. Schmitz) on Top ten list of Ray Bradbury’s best short stories. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
Art
- Alien landscapes by Alex Kozhanov.
- Digital Art by Dan LuVisi.
- Digital Art by Beñat Olea.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Jumanji” by Conor Whelan.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Scream” by Sam Coyne.
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