SF Tidbits for 6/14/12
Interviews and Profiles
- The Last Word interviews Lisa Mantchev.
- Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Kim Stanley Robinson and Tobias Buckell (podcast).
- Leah Petersen interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Robert McCammon.
- The Angry Robot Podcast interviews Chuck Wendig.
- Book Life Now (Adam Israel) interviews Stuart Boon.
- The Enchanted Inkpot (Lena Goldfinch) interviews P.J. Hoover.
- Donna Maree Hanson interviews Kate Elliott.
- The Qwillery interviews Robert Jackson Bennett.
- Omnivoracious (Juliet Disparte) interviews Lauren Kate.
- HWA interviews Peter Adam Salomon.
- Champagne and Socks interviews Karen Miller.
- Finding Wonderland interviews Rosemary Clement-Moore.
- Ebon Shores interviews Abigail Nathan. [via Karen Miller]
- A Geordie in Space interviews Tony C. Smith.
News
- Saladin Ahmed Pulp Pastiche and a Plea for Patrons.
- Open Call for Submissions – Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology.
- HarperCollins Launches Global Publishing Program.
- Terry Goodkind to self-publish his next novel, The First Confessor.
- Gollancz acquires new Brandon Sanderson series – STEELHEART is coming!
- Gollancz Acquires Three Fairy Tale Novellas from Sarah Pinborough.
- Small Planets Abound – Learn more at SETIcon II.
- Neal Stephenson to work on sword-fighting video game.
- Margaret Atwood Raising Money for App to Connect Artists.
- NASA Launches Black Hole-Hunting Space Telecope.
- New Ron Goulart releases from Mysterious Press.
Articles
- Locus Roundtable on Ray Bradbury.
- The Huffington Post (Matt Forbeck) on Writing a Dozen Books This Year.
- Mike Brotherton on Why We Need Science Fiction.
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden Explains eBook Territorial Rights For You.
- Shimmer (Elise) on Be a Drag (Queen).
- Chuck Wendig on The Indie Writer Rejection Meme.
- Gollancz (Leigh Bardugo) on Sticks and Stones: My Approach to World Building.
- Inkpunks (Brooke Bolander) on This Too Shall Pass.
- A. Lee Martinez on Ask a Smart Guy.
- Mike Brotherton on on Why We Need Science Fiction.
- Strange Chemistry (Kim Curran) on All About the Books Meme.
- News From Me on The Ray Bradbury-Julius Schwartz-Al Feldstein Story – Part 2.
- Suvudu (Paul Urquhart) on Star Wars: The Best Star-Pilots in the Galaxy.
- Flickering Myth on Blood Relations: The Making of Dark Shadows.
- Slate on Hybrid Reality: Avatars, robotics, and the coming human-technology civilization. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Buzzy Mag on Top Ten Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fathers.
- Whatever (Patrick Nielsen Hayden) on eBook Territorial Rights.
- Little Red Reviewer interviews it’s the accessibility, stupid.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on Siren Songs: Five New Fantasies by Women.
Art
- Digital Art by Beñat Olea.
- Digital Art by Ryohei Hase.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “District 9” by printandcopy.
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