SF Tidbits for 7/21/12
Interviews & Profiles
- The High Bar interviews William Gibson (video).
- Comic Book Resources interviews Felicia Day.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) interviews T. C. Tombs.
- Singularity Hub interviews Vernor Vinge.
News
- 12 dead, 58 wounded in mass shooting at Colorado screening of The Dark Knight.
- Tor/Forge E-Books Are Now DRM-Free.
- BBC News – Penguin Books moves into self-publishing. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- SFX Anime Special On Sale Now.
- Call for submissions: American Athenaeum.
- 64th Annual Emmy Award Nominees—the sf/f/h nominees.
Events
Articles
- Staffer's Book Review (Stina Leicht) on Trouble with the Troubles.
- The Book Smugglers (Ilona Andrews) on Inspirations & Influences.
- Kirkus Reviews Blog (Thea James) on Gods, Monsters and a little Gunmetal Magic.
- Gollancz blog (Joe Abercrombie) on Finishing.
- Jim C. Hines (Michael R. Underwood) on First Book Friday.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Remembering *where* I read that book.
- Mhairi Simpson (Bryan Thomas Schmidt) on How My World Travels Have Informed My Worldview & My Writing.
- Allan Cole on Two American Werewolves In Brighton
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on The Fish That Ate the Whale by Rich Cohen.
- British Film Institute (Kim Newman) reviews The Dark Knight Rises.
- The New Republic on The Bookless Library. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Salon.com on English teacher: I was wrong about Hunger Games.
- SmartPlanet on How artificial intelligence will shape our lives.
- Publishers Weekly on Ugly Covers for Great Books.
- Open Culture on The Mathematics of Spiderman and the Physics of Superheroes.
- Bit Rebels on 7 Steampunk Spider-Man Concepts.
- Nokia Connects on Batmen unmasked: Meet the 9 actors who played the caped crusader.
- Creative Bloq on The 10 greatest comic book artists of all time.
Art
- Awesome Conceptual Illustrations by Jon Foster.
- Ralph McQuarrie Empire Strikes Back Portfolio.
- Josh Kao Gallery.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” by Olaf Cuadras.
- @Minimal Movie Posters: “Prometheus” by damienwake.
- @deviantART: “Prometheus” by Antifan-real.
- @CoolVibe: “Beyond the Wall” by Eldar Zakirov.
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt from And Blues Skies from Pain by Stina Leicht (+ Giveaway).
- [INFOGRAPHIC] The Best Selling Sci-fi Books of All Time.
- [INFOGRAPHIC]: Which Summer 2012 Movie Superhero Are You?
- [INFOGRAPHIC] Gotham’s Deadliest Villains.
- Final Cover Available for The Creative Fire at Brenda Cooper. See also: Cover & Synopsis.
- Ellen Datlow’s photos from the launch party for The Sword and Sorcery Anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman (Tachyon).
- TARDIS shed and Dalek.
- Behind the scenes of Godzilla movies, 1954-1965.
