SF Tidbits for 7/14/12
Interviews & Profiles
- Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Paolo Bacigalupi.
- Suvudu interviews Daniel H. Wilson and Lissa Price.
- Civilian Reader interviews D.B. Jackson and Chuck Wendig.
- Speculate interviews Ian Tregillis (podcast).
- SFFWRTCHT interviews Stephen Wallenfels.
News
- Clarkesworld editor Neil Clarke Suffers Heart Attack. (Get well soon, Neil!)
- Daniel Radcliffe To Star In Film Adaptation of Joe Hill’s Horns.
- Classic Sci-Fi Novels Get Futuristic Enhancements From Library of America.
- The Walking Dead Premieres Oct. 14; Talking Dead and Comic Book Men to Follow.
Events
Articles
- LitReactor on The Blagger’s Guide to Shirley Jackson.
- LitReactor on A ‘Bot Bestiary: The Robotic Tradition In Science Fiction.
- Omnivoracious (J. Michael Straczynski) on Why Comic-Con Matters.
- Damien G. Walter (Andrez Bergen) on A New Pulp think tank.
- James Enge on Keep It or Chuck It?
- Blastr on Newly discovered 1927 program goes behind the scenes of Metropolis.
- Allan Cole on The Silver Bullet Sanction.
- From the Muse (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on World-Building: Vehicles Of The Davi Rhii Universe.
- Digital Book World on A New Form of DRM: A Legal and Pragmatic Solution for Protection of E-Books.
- The Bowery Boys on New York as seen through 50 years of Amazing Spider-Man comic book covers. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
- on Early Attempts to Bring Superheroes to Life Onscreen.
Art
- More Fantastic Illustrations by Admira Wijaya.
- Concept mech by Alex Jaeger.
- Concept ship by Alex Jaeger.
- @CoolVibe: “Sci-Fi: 2099 Telluseclipse” by John Liberto.
- @CoolVibe: “Summoning Trainer” by Derek Herring.
- @CoolVibe: “The Dragon Race” by Vincent Tan Teck Wee.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Star War Prequel Trilogy” by Travis English.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “The Avengers” by Joe Warburton.
- @deviantART: “Cyberwhite” by Hellstern. [via Illustrations Inspiration]
- @deviantART: “Bounty Hunter” by AlexTooth. [via Illustrations Inspiration]
- @deviantART: “A Brave New World” by sundragon83.
- @deviantART: “Boba Fett” by ukitakumuki.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: “Under the bridge” by Andres Silva Blanco.
More Fun Stuff
- Illuminating Behind-the-Scenes Set Photos from Metropolis. [via Francesca Myman]
- Kim Stanley Robinson reads from 2312.
- 50 Page Fridays: Hitman:Damnation by Raymond Benson.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter: Video Game High School.
- Vision of the future, from 1969 Japan.
- Watermelon Dragon.
- Superhero Ice Lollies.
- Zombie Wine Bottle Stopper.
