SF Tidbits for 7/3/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Writing Bar interviews Margo Lanagan (video).
- Sense of Wonder interviews Madeline Ashby.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Jane Rogers (podcast).
- The Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Jason Ockert.
- Reddit interviews Charles Stross.
- Salon interviews Junot Diaz. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Battle Hymns interviews Jeff Salyards (Part 1).
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Andy Stewart.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Jamie Todd Rubin.
News
- Ansible 300, July 2012.
- Andre Norton Award Jury Announced.
- Tobias Buckell Update: The Apocalypse Ocean eBook delivered to backers.
- BBC News – Children's bookshops 'buck UK High Street decline'.
- Science fiction author Mike Resnick is part of the inaugural Seventh Street Books mystery line with Dog in the Manger: An Eli Paxton Mystery. [via Pyr newsletter]
- Coming Soon: The Devoured Earth, the special ebook-only release of the conclusion to the Sean Williams’ Books of the Cataclysm quartet. [via Pyr newsletter]
- Paul Di Filippo’s webiste gets a facelift.
- Reminder: EMP Museum is now accepting entries for the 2013 Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival (SFFSFF).
Events
- July 5th @1:30 AM Eastern Time: David Brin will be discussing his new novel Existence and taking live phone calls on Hour of the Wolf.
- Random House Audio Invites Fan Fiction Authors to Record Their Stories at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Articles
- Bookslut (Colleen Mondor) on Young Indiana Joneses.
- Weird Fiction Review (Peter Straub) on Various Encounters with Karl.
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Character by Design: Three Steps to Creating Distinct Personalities.
- Locus Roundtable (Karen Burnham) on French Graphic Novels.
- Juliette Wade on Can I use signature phrases to distinguish between characters?
- Janice Hardy on Going Both Ways: Outlines for Plot, Pantser for Character.
- Angry Robot Books on The Copyeditor – what they do.
- Book Life Now (Kathe Koja) on What Humans Do.
- Book Life Now (Jason Heller) on Taft-Pedaling.
- Inkpunks (James Sutter) on Masters of the Controverse: Why Authors Should Speak Their Minds.
- The Enchanted Inkpot (Leah Cypress) on TOTW: Craft Books for Fantasy Writers.
- Jim C. Hines (Myke Cole) on Uniform in the Closet: Why Military SF’s Popularity Worries Me.
- Justine Larbalestier on Bad Reviews & Being Nice.
- Smart Pop Books (Vera Nazarian) on A Kinder, Gentler Vampire.
- Brian Ruckley on News Epilogue! Giving Away Signed Books on Facebook.
- Kevin J. Anderson on Dune Chronology for free download, and Soul Catcher.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on Redshirts by John Scalzi.
- Auxiliary Memory (James Wallace Harris) on Forgotten Science Fiction: A For Andromeda by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot.
- Apex Publications on The Apex Books Gateway Guide: The Book of Apex Series.
- Functional Nerds (Paul Weimer) reviews James Maxey’s Greatshadow.
- Daily Galaxy on Black Widow Pulsar–At the Top of Freaky Phenomena in the Universe? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Blastr lists 8 comics heroes that show Steve Ditko is more than just Spider-Man.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) on Nine Reasons Why ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Will be a Blockbuster.
- Tor Books (Adam Nevill) on My Top Five Ghost Stories.
Art
- Illustrations by Kyoung Hwan Kim.
- Illustrations by Lora Zombie.
- @DailyDesignInspiration: DC test page color Batman by Admira Wijaya.
- @ItsArtMag: “Fury” by 88grzes.
- @Illustrations Inspiration: “Battlefield” by Dragos Jieanu.
- @@Illustrations Inspiration:: “First Lesson” by Kerembeyit.
- @deviantART: “Student Body” by namesjames. [via Illustrations Inspiration]
- @Artist’s site: “The Awakening” by Alex Popescu.
- @CoolVibe: “The Journey Repairs” by Andrzej Sykut.
- @CoolVibe: “Dwarf” by Armandeo.
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