SF Tidbits for 6/13/12
- Catherine Schaff-Stump interviews Elizabeth Bear.
- The Skiffy and Fanty interviews J.A. Pitts (podcast).
- The Coode St. Podcast with Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe.
- Prime Books (Molly Tanzer) interviews Robert Reed.
- International Speculative Fiction interviews Fábio Fernandes and Djibril Al Ayad.
- Staffer’s Book Review interviews David Anthony Durham.
- MPR News with Chris McKitterick and Gary Wolfe.
- BuzzyMag interviews Keith R.A. DeCandido (video).
- Functional Nerds (Patrick Hester and John Anealio) Balticon Podcast Editing Panel w/ podcasters John Mierau, Paul Elard Cooley, Tim Dodge, and Mike Stokes.
News
- RIP Jim Young.
- Hugo Award Pin Replacement Program. [via Andrew Porter]
- Announcing The Fierce Reads Anthology: A Tor.com Original (FREE!).
- J.J. Abrams To Produce God Particle.
- Open Call for Submissions – Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology.
Events
- Book Club with Iain M Banks.
- Architecture Fiction: Under Tomorrow's Sky.
- Jenny Colgan signing at Forbidden Planet.
Articles
- Frederik Pohl on The Bradbury Chronicles: Conclusion.
- Aliette de Bodard on Presenting the Cultural Imperialism Bingo Card.
- Saladin Ahmed on Pulp Pastiche and a Plea for Patrons.
- Weird Fiction Review (Michael Moorcock) on Breaking Free: An Introduction to Mervyn Peake’s Titus Alone.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Reasons This Is The Best Time To Be A Storyteller.
- Chuck Wendig on The Victimization Of Lara Croft.
- Gollancz (Myke Cole) on The Rules of Writing.
- The RAW Story (John Shirley) on Me and you and Ray Bradbury.
- Mary Roobinette Kowal (Sean Williams) on About Troubletwisters: The Monster.
- News From Me on The Ray Bradbury-Julius Schwartz-Al Feldstein Story – Part 1.
- Blastr on Image of the Day: Bradbury’s predictions vs. real-world equivalents.
- The Mad Hatter’s Bookshelf & Book Review (Jeff Salyards) on Why I Love Bloody Fantasy So Much.
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965).
- Kat Howard on When you don’t get to hit the replay button.
- Inkpunks (Erika Holt) on The Deep End: My Plunge Into the SFF Community.
- io9 (Robert T. Gonzalez) on This Spoiler-Filled map tracks the travels of every major character from A Song of Ice and Fire!
- Tor.com (Liz Bourke) on Sleeps With Monsters: Why Are Fantasy Films All About The Men?
- Elizabeth Bear on Dr. Slushkill (or) How I learned to stop worrying and love the rejection letter.
- SFWA (Jeff VanderMeer) on Writers and Their Literary Estates: Story Reprints.
- NewsFromMe on The Ray Bradbury-Julius Schwartz-Al Feldstein Story – Part 1. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- NYTimes.com (Henry Fountain) on A Martian Joined Ray Bradbury and Me for Dinner in Paris.
- Sense of Wonder on Bradbury: Fireproof Science Fiction, by Cristina Jurado (and many others).
- Laughing Squid on Ray Bradbury on Writing Fahrenheit 451 in a Library.
- RevolutionSF (Ron Nastrom) on Big Bang Theory, Wil Wheaton, and Dixie Trek: When Worlds Collide.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) reviews Claws and Saucers by David Goldweber.
- Jonathan Green on Warhammer Wednesday: Dark Heart.
- John Coulhart on Recovering Viriconium.
- LitReactor lists Five Fabulous Female Fantasy Forces.
Art
- Apocalyptic environments of Alex Drummond.
- Horror Love.
- Interceptor ship concept by Fausto De Martini.
- Robotic concepts by Fausto De Martini.
More Fun Stuff
- Cultural Imperialism Bingo.
- Exceprt from London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction by Michael Moorcock Breaking Free: An Introduction to Mervyn Peake’s Titus Alone.
- Cover Art and Exceprt for The Hermetic Millennia by John C. Wright.
- Excerpt: A Kingdom Divided by Alex Rutherford.
- Check out the first 5 pages of Before Watchmen's Silk Spectre.
- Infographic: Bradbury's predictions vs. real-world equivalents.