SF Tidbits for 8/23/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Comic Book Resources (Josie Campbell) interviews Lauren Beukes.
- Lightspeed Magazine (Theodore Quester) interviews Delia Sherman.
- Lightspeed Magazine (Robyn Lupo) interviews Charlie Jane Anders.
- Last Short Story podcast Episode 1.
- The Verge (Noah Davis) interviews Neal Stephenson.
- Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Terry Brooks (podcast).
- Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) interviews Katherine Sarafian, Steve Purcell, Patrick Doyle.
- I Should Be Writing interviews Adam Christopher (podcast).
- Galleycat interviews Kelly Link, Lee Martin & Jacquelyn Mitchard.
- International Speculative Fiction (Roberto Mendes) interviews Charles Tan.
- Spinetingler Magazine (Brian Lindenmuth) interviews Nick Mamatas.
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews D. B. Jackson.
News
- Turing & Burroughs, Beatnik SF Novel, Coming Late September.
- Nicholas Kaufmann Signs Two-Book Deal with St. Martin’s Press.
- Bbc America’s Doctor Who Returns Saturday, September 1st.
Articles
Events
- Magnetic Crow on Are we making any progress yet? (On Weird Tales, Marvin Kaye, and the whole Save the Pearls debacle).
- Geekdad (Michael Harrison) on The Tome of Ideas Could Jumpstart Your RPG Campaign.
- Apex (Jessica Nelson) on The In/Human Element: The Characters Who Stare at Goats.
- Justine Larbalestier on What to Study to Become a Writer.
- Tor Books Blog (Neal Asher) on The Thing About Power.
- Lyda Morehouse on Fan Fiction Addiction.
- The Night Bazaar (Katy Stauber) on To Con or Not To Con?
- Tor.com (Lee Falin) on The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Iron and Steel.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (24): Cocoon, The Goonies, Back to the Future.
- WFS (Paul Saffo) on Looking Back: The Wonders We Didn’t Expect.
- Staffer’s Book Review on A Series of Short Audio Reviews.
- Grady Hendrix on The Long Loud Silence.
- Juliette Wade on The First/Last sentence experiment.
- David McDonald (Lisa L. Hannett) on Knowing What You Write.
- Locus Roundtable (Harry Markov) on The Act of Walking on Water.
- Paul S. Kemp on I Got Yer Readin’ Suggestions Right Here: The Legendary Appendix N.
- Smart Pop Books (Jennifer Lynn Barnes) on Team Katniss.
- Kirkus Book Reviews (John DeNardo) on Mars in Science Fiction (Part 2).
- Guardian (Jane Rogers) on Top 10 cosy catastrophes.
- The Half Price Books Blog lists 100 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels to Geek Out Over.
Art
- Cover Reveal: Shaman of Stonewylde.
- Michael Whelan’s John Carter Covers.
- Science fiction illustrations by Gilang.
- Science fiction illustrations by Nikolay Yeliseyev.
- Steampunk Tyler by Troy Packer.
More Cool Stuff
- Free Excert: Dead Mann Running by Stefan Petrucha.
- Throne of Glass (Excerpt).
- Book Trailer: In a Fix by Linda Grimes.
- A Signal from Mars, 1901.
- Video purports to show successful hover bike test flights.
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