SF Tidbits for 6/18/12
Interviews and Profiles
- The Coode St. Podcast interviews Kij Johnson.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Diana Peterfreund.
- Locus interviews William F. Nolan.
- Denver Comicon attendees interview Wil Wheaton (video).
News
- Stu Shiffman Hospitalized.
- eBook Revenues Top Hardcover.
- On July 6th, Kevin McGill is giving away 1000 print signed copies of Nikolas and Company: The Merman and The Moon Forgotten, shipping included, for anyone between 10 and 17.
- Arc Submission Guidelines.
- George Orwell’s 1984 Gets a Remake.
- Tarkovsky Films Now Free Online (including Stalker, which is loosely based on Boris and Arkady Strugatsky’s Roadside Picnic). [via Paul Di Filippo]
Articles
- Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on History, Worldbuilding, and Bricolage.
- Mike Brotherton on The Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop: A Founder’s Perspective.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Fantasy.
- Inkpunks (Wendy Wagner) on Yes, But- No, And.
- Suvudu (Zoe E. Whitten) on Writing Trans Characters and YA Fiction.
- CSE Cooney On Villains.
- Neil Gaiman on Why defend freedom of icky speech?.
- Salon.com (David Brin) on How will the world end?
- David Brin on Sci Fi Forever! Quirky Thoughts from recent Brinterviews.
- GalleyCat on Thomas Pynchon’s Trystero Spreads Around the World.
- L.B. Gale on First Chapters and Hooking your Reader.
- The Beat on Dynamite’s Pulp Revival: Two Months In. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Daily Galaxy on “Dark Energy” –Does the Mysterious Anti-Gravitational Force Really Exist?
- The Onion on Peter Jackson Opens Up About His Personal Hobbit Friends In Beginnings Of Genius Marketing Campaign Or Full-On Mental Breakdown. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
- Paintings by David Palumbo.
- Krazy Kreatures From Outer Space, 1970.
- @LittleChimpSociety: “David Bowie as Nikola Tesla / The Prestige” by Brad Albright.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Avengers” by Ollie Boyd.
- @deviantART: “Godzilla Vs. Cthulhu by” by PaulHanley.
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