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
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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Glad to see the two links featuring book releases of the month. My favorite part of SF Signal is the book coverage.
Here’s a link that includes every SFF release for Sept.
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/fc.cgi?date+9+2012
Thanks, David. That’s actually one of the sources I use for the Forthcoming Books posts.