SF Tidbits for 8/24/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Unstuck interviews Amelia Gray, Aimee Bender, Rachel Swirsky, Karin Tidbeck.
- Hour of the Wolf interviews Connie Willis (podcast).
- The Qwillery interviews Rob Reid.
- [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Daniel Abraham.
- Suvudu (Lev Grossman) interviews Terry Brooks.
- Chuck Wendig interviews Doyce Testerman.
- The Agony Column SF in SF recording of Terry Bisson, Richard Kadrey and John Shirley (podcast).
- Wizards of the Coast panel on What is the Sundering? (video).
News
- Strange Chemistry and Exhibit A team up with AudioGO for Audiobook Goodness.
- SF master Eric Brown brings you the sequel to the smash-hit best-seller Helix!
- NASA Names Curiosity Landing Site After Ray Bradbury.
- Kickstarter Geek Love: An Anthology of Full Frontal Nerdity.
- Vote for Robot Hall of Fame 2012 inductees.
- Specialist NY Book Shop Launches Save The Scifi Campaign. [via Bryan Thomas Schmidt]
- Artist Guest of Honor Rowena Morrill Unable to Attend Chicon 7.
- Chicon 7 Mobile Support.
- Chicon 7 Confirms High Turnout for Hugo Awards Ballot, Announces More Ceremony Details.
Events
Articles
- io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on This Fall’s Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books.
- Locus Roundtable (Dale Knickerbocker) on Chōhei Kambayashi and Juan Miguel Aguilera.
- Mary Robinette Kowal (Rachel Swirsky) talks about her novelette “Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia”.
- Caught In the Dreaming on How To Lose An Audience.
- Tor.com (Jo Walton) on Some Thoughts on Anthropological Science Fiction as a Sub-Genre.
- Frederik Pohl on Farewell Harry Harrison – Part One and Part 2.
- Damien G. Walter asks What do we do about Lovecraft?
- New Haven Review (Jeff VanderMeer) on The Art of the Literary Fake (with Violin) On knowing a fake when you see one.
- Smart Pop Books (Tracy R. Gleason, Nancy S. Weinfield) on An Analysis of Slayer Longevity.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: The End of the Unprofessional Writer.
- Kirkus Reviews (Dean Wesley Smith) on The Self-Publishing Bestseller on ‘How I Did It’.
- Kirkus Reviews (Andrew Liptak) on Rounding out the Science Romances.
- Bare Bones e-zine (Jack Seabrook) on Ray Bradbury on TV Part Two: Alfred Hitchcock Presents “And So Died Riabouchinska”.
- Shimmer (Elise) on A Shimmer Primer.
- Chris Beckett on Intrusion, by Ken MacLeod.
- My Bookiwsh Ways on This Case is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova.
- Gamma Squad (Dan Seitz) on 5 Reasons Superman and Wonder Woman Doin’ It is A Terrible Idea.
- Justine Larbalestier on Changing My Mind: On What to Do About Cranky Authors.
- Black Gate (Sarah Avery) on Teaching and Fantasy Literature: The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens (Part I).
Art
- The Art Of Daniel Dociu.
- A millisecond’s hesitation by Kim Van Deun.
- city by ~wanbao on deviantART.
- City Docks by *Antifan-real on deviantART.
- Like in a futuristic dream by *Grivetart on deviantART.
- Cityscape by *kerembeyit on deviantART.
- The City Of Lights by `tigaer on deviantART.
- Epica by `tigaer on deviantART.
More Cool Stuff
- Read an excerpt from Osiris, a novel about revolution in a post-apocalyptic, floating city.
- The Corpse-Rat King, Seven Wonders and Mockingbird sample chapters.
- Forge of Darkness, Chapter Five (Excerpt).
- Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Starships Compared [Infographic].
- Batarang Pocket Knife.
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