SF Tidbits for 8/7/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Walter Jon Williams, Nancy Kress and Michael J. Winegar (podcast).
- Diabolical Plots (Carl Slaughter) interviews Lois Tilton.
- CNN (Christian DuChateau) interviews Charles Yu.
- Fantasy Book Critic (Robert Thompson & Mihir Wanchoo) interviews Anthony Ryan.
- Weird Fiction Review (Adam Mills) interviews Simon Strantzas.
- Weird Fiction Review (Edward Gauvin) profiles Marcel Schneider.
- Tor/Forge interviews Edward M. Lerner.
- The Awl interviews Lycia Naff, The Original Three-Breasted Prostitute From Total Recall. [Thanks, Kevin!]
News
- Mythopoeic Awards: 2012 Winners Announced.
- Damages Could Exceed $1 Billion in Authors Guild Case Against Google.
- Tim Pratt’s “Impossible Dreams” film.
- Neil Gaiman Announces The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
- Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch announce new anthology series.
Events
- Ellen Datlow’s Summer Book Sale.
- Baltimore Science Fiction Society hosts roundtable talk by local female authors on Fantastic Heroines of Sci-Fi and Fantasy.
Articles
- Jeff VanderMeer on Dreaming Well: Does the Future of Publishing Need More Imagination?
- Barbarienne’s Den on not really a fontiff post….
- Justine Larbalestier on Getting Started.
- Kat Howard on The Nice and Accurate Reviews of Critic X.
- Seanan McGuire on Adventures in Self-Promotion.
- Lou Anders on 2012 Of course they’ll be giant robots…
- Brian Ruckley on I Like Getting Photos From Mars.
- Tor.com (Brit Mandelo) on .
- Austen Authors (Vera Nazarian) on Austen on my Mind.
- Chris Beckett on Words and worlds (2).
- Tor/Forge Blog (Carrie Vaughn) on London: The Ideal Setting.
- Tor/Forge Blog (Col Buchanan) on The Wildness of My Head.
- Bar Bones e-zine (Peter Enfantino & Jack Seabrook) on Batman in the 1970s Part 30: April, May and June 1974.
- Ian Sales on Starcombing, David Langford.
- Slate (Robert L. Park) on Why Are People Not on Mars?
- Flavorwire (Emily Temple) on The 10 Best End of the World Novels.
Art
- Ben Baldwin – The Hanged Man.
- Ben Baldwin – The Hermit.
- Les Sonneurs Noirs.
- Nosferatu by Guillaume Vasseur.
- 2D Art by Svetlin Velinov.
- Concept Art by Byz Wader.
More Cool Stuff
- Amanda Hocking’s Wake.
- Trust – Chapter 4 now online.
- A list of free Lovecraftian movies.
- Designs for The Great Tower for London, 1890.
- The Birth of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series.
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