SF Tidbits for 10/03/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Melanies Musings interviews Tina Connolly.
- Tor.com (Liz Bourke) interviews Michelle Sagara.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Emma Cornwall.
- The Functional Nerds interviews Mister Billy (podcast).
- SFX (Alasdair Stuart) interviews John de Lancie.
- Lightspeed (Robyn Lupo) interviews L. B. Gale.
- Lightspeed (Andrew Liptak) interviews Robert Reed.
- Angela Slatter’s BFA Acceptance Speech (video).
- Suvudu (Eric Geller) interviews Pablo Hidalgo.
- The Guardian (David Barnett) profiles Jo Walton.
News
- For the rest of 2012, all of Chizine’s proceeds from ebook sales of Every Shallow Cut purchased from the CZP store will go directly to The Tom Piccirilli fundraiser.
- Stephen King Joins Forces With Son Joe Hill For eBook.
- Space ‘harpoon’ tested in search for answer to junk in orbit.[via Paul Di Filippo]
- StarShipSofa #258 features fiction by Keith Brooke.
- Electric Velocipede is Looking for Slush Readers.
- Ansible 303, October 2012.
- Chesley- and Hugo-Winning artist John Picacio opens web store.
Events
- Write of the Living Dead Fundraising Event for Second Story.
- Osama by Lavie Tidar Paperback Launch In London This Week.
- SFF Masterclass 2013.
Articles
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Catherynne M. Valente.
- Omnivoracious (Rick Riordan) on My Favorite Mythologies.
- The Nook Blog on Justin Cronin’s Favorite Apocalyptic Tales.
- Book View Cafe (Amy Sterling Casil) on We Only Read One Book In Our House.
- Book View Cafe (Katharine Kerr) on What makes a book “dirty”?
- Chuck Wendig on 25 Ways To Get Your Creative Groove Back As A Writer.
- Nancy Fulda on How to be a Classy Panelist.
- Missions Unknown on Forgotten Film: Big Trouble In Little China (1986).
- Huff Post on Asteroid Dust Cloud Could Act As Sunshade, Fight Climate Change On Earth, Researchers Suggest. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Helen Lowe on A View from Here: My View As A Writer.
- Patrick Hester on Hugo Awards Nostalgia.
Reviews
- The Inferior 4 (Lisa Goldstein) on Joseph Anton.
- SciFi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) on The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis.
Art
- Retro Solar System Travel Posters – Luke Minner & Naomi Wilson.
- The Making of the A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar (video).
- Concept ships from Endless Space by Ronan Berlese.
- Endless Space concept art by Ronan Berlese.
More Cool Stuff
- Electric Resenter. [via Paul Di Filippo]
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Regarding the 4th item under “Articles” (“We Only Read One Book In Our House”), the given link seems to have stopped working (Google search indicates that it was working a day ago). The article (or at least a similar one) can be found at http://www.asterling.com/2012/10/we-only-have-one-book-in-our-house.html .