SF Tidbits for 6/27/12
Interviews and Profiles
- My Book Journey interviews Madeline Ashby.
- Maree’s Musings chats with Marianne Delacourt.
- Q&A with A. Lee Martinez.
- Live and Sassy Podcast episode 4.
- The Functional Nerds interviews Paul S. Kemp (podcast).
- The Shirley Jackson Awards (Charles Tan) interviews Jack Dann and Nick Gevers.
- Search Engine interviews Cory Doctorow (podcast).
- Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews Stacia Kane.
- Lightspeed (Jennifer Konieczny) interviews Seanan McGuire.
News
- Brian Ruckley’s The Godless World trilogy got optioned for film/TV.
- ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Keeps Selling Following Bradbury’s Death.
- The Sunburst Award Shortlist.
Events
- The Story Museum, June-September at the London 2012 Festival. [via Andrew Porter]
- Readercon Program.
Articles
- Graham Joyce on On Writing – Researching fairy tales & legends.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Sex.
- The Qwillery (Madeline Ashby) on Gynoid Trouble.
- Mary Robinette Kowal (Bradley P. Beaulieu) talks about The Straits of Galahesh.
- Brenda Cooper on Reading Recommendation: Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Drowned Cities.
- Blake Charlton (D.B. Jackson) on History, Fiction, & Fantasy.
- Smart Pop Boks on An Event of Ice and Fire.
- Wired.com (Bruce Sterling) on Turing Centenary Speech (New Aesthetic).
- Mental Floss (Stacy Conradt) on 11 Authors Who Hated the Movie Versions of Their Books.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Anne E. Johnson) on The Challenges of Writing Science Fiction.
- Tor.com (Liz Bourke) on Returning to Pern: Sky Dragons by Anne and Todd McCaffrey.
- Book Life Now (Ian C. Esslemont) on Why Isn’t Literary Fiction a Genre?
- Book Life Now (Monica Valentinelli) on Learn from the Stories You Hate.
- Weird Fiction Review (Nancy Hightower) on Creeping Beauty: Shane LaVancher’s Evolutionary Creatures.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) on Making Magic Magical.
- Matt Forbeck on Kickstarter Kicked.
- A. Lee Martinez on Ask a Smart Guy.
- Smart Pop Books on Beyond the Wall Introduction by James Lowder.
- Graham Edwards on The many lives of a writer – Part 5.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) reviews Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas.
- Examiner.com (Josh Vogt) reviews Wildcatter by Dave Duncan.
- Forbes on Time To Apply The First Law Of Robotics To Our Smartphones.
- Library of Congress on Books That Shaped America. [via File 770]
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