SF Tidbits for 7/12/12
Interviews and Profiles
- The First Million Words interviews Aliette de Bodard (podcast).
- The Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Michael Cisco and Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling.
- The Future and You interviews Chris Phoenix (podcast).
- The Qwillery interviews Michael R. Underwood.
- Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews John Scalzi and E.C. Myers (podcast).
- Strange & Random Happenstance interviews Gail Carriger.
- The Enchanted Inkpot (Deva Fagan) interviews Rachel Hartman.
- Rowena Cory Daniels interviews Meet Bruce Gillespie. [via Andrew Porter]
News
- Terry Goodkind publicly names and shames ebook pirate.
- 5 New Neil Gaiman Books Announced.
- Crack the crypto in Agrippa, win every William Gibson book ever published!
- Star Wars: The Old Republic now free until level 15.
- Falling Skies Gets picked up for 3rd Season.
- Tom Baker to Return to Doctor Who.
Events
Articles
- World Literature Today (Michael A. Morrison) on Fun with Your New Head: Getting into SF.
- Tor.com (Irene Gallo) on New Art Inspired By Great Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books: The Book Show.
- Tor.com (Jo Walton) on More Than Alien: Larry Niven’s Protector.
- Justine Larbalestier on The Purpose of Bad Books.
- Juliette Wade on Does worldbuilding have value? Or is it a subcultural “disease”?
- Matthew Cheney on Nonfiction and Science Fiction.
- Strange Chemistry (Gwenda Bond) on All About the Books.
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Information Density and Selecting Planks for Story Scaffolding.
- Everything is Nice (Martin Lewis) on Everything That Is Wrong With Commercial Fantasy In A Single Quote.
- Listverse (Edward Benjamin) on Top 10 Greatest Movies Never Made.
- Kirkus Reviews (John DeNardo) on Parallel Worlds: The Grass Isn’t Always Greener, But it is More Fun.
- National Geographic (Rachel Kaufman) on “Frankenstein” Bog Mummies Discovered in Scotland.
- Fanboy on The Original Star Trek Exploration Set Recreated in Lego.
- Patrick Rothfuss on Why I Love My Editor…
- The Guardian (Chris Chambers and Petroc Summer) on Science journalism through the looking glass.
- BBC on Is plastic the new digital paper? (video)
- To Be Read (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on Opening The Door To Imagination: My Discovery of Science Fiction & Fantasy.
- Nicola Morgan on What does a proof-reader do?
- Inkpunks (Ian McCaig) on wants, needs, and burning bridges.
- Locus Online Reviews (Paul Di Filippo) reviews The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker.
- Los Angeles Review of Books on The Nature Of Cinderella.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter reviews God’s War by Kameron Hurley.
- Robert J. Sawyer offers Writing Advice. [via January Magazine]
- Charles Stross on Why I’ve been quiet for the past couple of weeks.
- LitReactor asks What Do The Authors Of Serialized Works Owe To Their Fans?
Art
- Creepy Illustrations by Maxim Veherin.
- Game Of Thrones new art posters.
- UK Cover Unveiled for Red Country by Joe Abercrombie.
- All Things Urban Fantasy on Cover Art Coverage: 20 New Covers!
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Enforcer” by Marek Okon.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Clone World” by Marek Okon.
- Cool Vibe on Concept Art: 2012.6.1 wang xiaoyu.
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