SF Tidbits for 8/15/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Los Angeles Times (Alex Pham) interviews Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.
- Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester interviews Shira Lipkin.
- Intergalactic Academy (Phoebe North) interviews EC Myers.
- Lightspeed (Jennifer Konieczny) interviews Linda Nagata.
- Lightspeed (Caleb Jordan Schulz) interviews Tina Connolly & Caroline M. Yoachim.
- Bookworm Blues interviews Stina Leicht.
- The Functional Nerds interviews Adam Christopher (podcast).
- Grasping for the Wind interviews Stephen Deas.
- SFX interviews Neal Asher.
- Fantasy Literature (Bill Capossere) interviews D.B. Jackson.
- Janet Reid interviews Dan Krokos.
- Fantasy Book Critic (Mihir Wanchoo) interviews G.T. Almasi.
- HWA interviews Joshua Hale Fialkov.
- Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews G.T. Almasi.
- Marshall Payne interviews Marissa Lingen.
- BBC News interviews Matt Smith. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Shelf Awareness profiles Leo Dillon. [via Andrew Porter]
News
- Midnight and Moonshine.
- Winners of the 2012 storySouth Million Writers Award.
- Adam Niswander (1946-2012).
Articles
- Jeff VanderMeer on Editors, Influence, and You.
- Publishers Weekly (Cory Doctorow) on Doubling Down on DRM.
- Orbit (Trudi Canavan) on Trudi Canavan’s Recipe for a Delicious Sequel.
- Mike Brotherton on 10 More Classic Mistakes in Science Fiction Movies.
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Things You Should Know About Metaphor.
- io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on 10 Comic Book Characters Who Are Cooler Than Batman.
- Daily News (Dana Bartholomew) on Celebrating 100 years of Tarzan: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ legacy — and namesake of Tarzana.
- Smart Pop Books (Paul Levinson) on How Star Trek Liberated Television.
- Staffer’s Book Review reviews Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter reviews Fat Girl in a Strange Land Edited by Kay T. Holt and Bart R. Leib.
- Whatculture! (Shaun Munro) on 10 Worst Comic Book Movies Of All Time.
- Whatculture! (Stuart W. Bedford) on 10 Epic Batman Story Arcs to Adapt for Batman 4.
- Ambling Along the Aqueduct (Nisi Shawl) on Funny uncles.
- Mike Brotherton lists 10 More Classic Mistakes in Science Fiction Movies.
- Forbes on The Top-Selling Authors. [via Andrew Porter]
Art
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