SF Tidbits for 6/28/12
Interviews and Profiles
- The Shirley Jackson Awards (Charles Tan) interviews Livia Llewellyn.
- Geekstarter interviews Kat Howard and Megan Kurashige.
- Fantasy Matters (Jen) interviews Megan Kurashige and Kat Howard.
- Jamie Todd Rubin interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) interviews Daniel H. Wilson.
- The World SF Blog (Charles Tan) interviews Federico Schaffler.
- Grace Dent interviews George R. R. Martin (video).
News
- New Deal For Peter F Hamilton.
- StarShipSofa No #244 features fiction by Peter Watts.
- EMP Museum is now accepting entries for the 2013 Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival.
- Galahad series ebooks on sale for $2.99 each.
- Robert McCammon — Read the ebook of BAAL for only $2.99.
Articles
- Locus Roundtable on Geek Culture.
- Kirkus Reviews (John DeNardo) on 9 Top Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books for July.
- Tor.com (Brit Mandelo) on Reading Joanna Russ: What Are We Fighting For? Sex, Race, Class, and the Future of Feminism (1998).
- The Millions (Carolyn Ross) on Not Ready to Gush About It: A Brief Book List for Young Readers.
- Alastair Reynolds on Pushing Ice Timeline.
- Layers of Thought (Alma Katsu) on Taming the Writing Process.
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Fourth Street Fantasy 2012: Thoughts After the Con.
- Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on The Importance Of The Responsible Use Of History In Fiction.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter spotlights Mark Adamus.
- The Qwillery (J.K. Beck) on When Darkness Hungers.
- Book View Cafe (Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) on Writing and Activism.
- Book View Cafe (Laura Anne Gilman) on Practical Meerkat Returns: On Self-Rising Characters.
- Book Life Now (Lev AC Rosen) on A Love Letter (to My Writing Group).
- Book Life Now (Sarah Chorn) on Special Needs in Strange Worlds.
- Book Life Now (Tammy Brackett) on Promote Yourself Like a Rockstar.
- Inkpunks (Tina Connolly) on In Which We Consider Flash.
- Tricia Sullivan on Double Vision.
- NPR (Annalee Newitz) on Summer’s Best Sci-Fi: Planets, Politics, Apocalypse. [via Andrew Porter]
- SciFi Ideas on An Idiot’s Guide to Teleportation.
- A Fair Substitute for Heaven (Jessica Strider) lists 5 Canadian Fantasy/SF Authors you should read.
Art
- CGHUB Production Challenge 2012 Roundup.
- Battleship concept art by George Hull.
- @CoolVibe: “Naga” by Armandeo.
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