SF Tidbits for 9/6/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Karen Thompson Walker.
• Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Alastair Reynolds (podcast).
• Sword and Laser interviews R.A. Salvatore (podcast).
• The Story Board with Patrick Rothfuss, Amber Benson, Bradley Beaulieu, and Mary Robinette Kowal (video).
• John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Morgan Keyes.
• The Enchanted Inkpot (Cindy Pon) interviews Kenneth Oppel.
• 2012 Site Selection WSFS Business Meeting (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (video).
• My Bookish Ways interviews Paul Goat Allen.
• Speculate! interviews Mary Robinette Kowal and Michael Underwood (podcast).
• Omnivoracious (Maggie Stiefvater) Chats with Elizabeth Wein.
• Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) interviews Haskell Wexler.
• The Future and You interviews Michael Z. Williamson, Philip R. Cox and Janet Morris (podcast).
• The Qwillery interviews Alex Hughes.
• Blog Talk Radio interviews Matt Forbeck.
• Apex Magazine interviews Adam-Troy Castro.

News

• Ellen Datlow’s Photos from Chicon VII.
• The Empire Tele-Calls Back: Indian Science Fiction in the Global Age.
• ChiZine Publications Will Launch a YA Imprint in 2014.
• SubPress Ebooks on Sale for $.99 to $2.99.
• StarShipSofa No 254 Allen Steele.
• Apex Magazine Issue 40 is live!
• Call for submissions: Spellbound – a fantasy magazine for children, reopened and now electronic.
• Judge Dredd returns, this time with helmet.
• Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Backs 100 Year Starship.
• 2014 Worldcon: London Wins Bid, Announces Guests of Honour.
• 2012 Parsec Awards Winners.

Events

• Titan Books Signing Bonanza!
• How to Write Science Fiction With… Joe Haldeman.
• The Kitschies present… Beukes, Miéville and Ness.
• Neil Armstrong memorial on September 13 to be livestreamed.

Peer Funding

• Cthulhu + The Orient Express = An Anthology Announcement!

Articles

• Theodora Goss on Teaching Fairy Tales.
• Chuck Wendig on The Death Of Genre: Drifting Toward A Post-Genre Future.
• Cheryl Morgan on Facts Are Not Opinions, Forthcoming Worldcons.
• Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) on The 2012 Hugo Awards Ceremony: A Newbie’s Perspective.
• Golden Gazette News (Paula R. Stiles) on Edgar Rice Burroughs—A World of Pulp Fiction Adventure.
• The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on A Reaction to Klein’s Pyramid of Literary Quality.
• Secretcrush on Worldcon Report: China and India’s Fast Rising SF Market.
• A. Lee Martinez on Transformed.
• Locus Roundtable (Gary A. Braunbeck) on Appreciation for Adam Niswander (1946-2012).
• My Bookiwsh Ways on Bitter Seeds (Milkweed #1) by Ian Tregillis.
• Staffer’s Book Review on The City’s Son by Tom Pollock.
• David Mayeux on The lexical treasures of M. John Harrison.
• File 770 on Fan Hugos: Random Numbers.
• Locus Online (Cory Doctorow) on Why Science Fiction Movies Drive Me Nuts.
• Paul Di Filippo on Le Guin & PLayboy.
• The Night Bazaar (Nathan Long) on Take Me Back!
• Black Gate (Scott Taylor) on Art of the Genre: The Art of Robotech and a lifelong affair with Giant Robots.
• L.B. Gale on 10 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Fight Settings.
• Fandomania on Geeky Cover Songs, Part Four.
• io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on The Most Thrilling Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Coming in September!
• Kirkus Reviews (John DeNardo) on 10 Must-Read September Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books.
• Tor.com Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for September.
• Shimmer on How Shimmer Falls in Love With Fiction.
• Chuck Wendig On Creepy Creepers Who Creepily Creep.
• Kat Howard on A Delicate Balance.
• Aliette de Bodard on Physical descriptions of Asians.
• Lou Anders on Dragon*Con 2012.
• Nick Mamatas on Worldcon Report, in Bullet Points.
• Lynne M. Thomas on WorldCon and the Hugos [picspam ahoy!].
• J. Kathleen Cheney on Now the WorldCon Report…
• Seanan McGuire on Chicon set list.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on What Happened During The Con.
• Stina Leicht on Post WorldCon Post and Other Stuff.
• Black Gate (Howard Andrew Jones) on Worldcon Wrap-up.
• Lawrence Person on Pictures from the 2012 Chicago WorldCon: Wednesday & Thursday.

Art

• The Black Pearl by =ErikShoemaker.
• Concept spaceship art by Long Ouyang.
• Concept robots by Long Ouyang.
• A Lava to Construct Robotic Giant Factory by Afried Li.

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