SF Tidbits for 10/05/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Locus interviews Kij Johnson.
• The Enchanted Inkpot (Jen Nielsen) interviews Lisa McMann.
• The Qwillery interviews Sharon Lynn Fisher.
• Buzzy Mag (Jean Marie Ward) interviews Joshua Palmatier (video).
• [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Paul S. Kemp.
• MTV Geek interviews George R.R. Martin and Neil Gaiman (video).
• Guardian Podcast interviews Jenny Colgan.

News

• Steampunk Book Pack Sweepstakes!
• Google, Association of American Publishers strike deal over book digitization.

Events

• SFWA Northwest Reading Series.

Articles

• Genevieve Valentine on Ten Things You Should Know about “Solomon Kane”.
• Lou Anders on The Heirs of Sword and Sorcery.
• My Bookish Ways (Merrie Destefano) on Creating a new monster.
• Alastair Reynolds on Exhaust Gases.
• Jim C. Hines on Possible Fundraiser…
• Kirkus Reviews (Andrew Liptak) on Revisiting Bram Stoker’s Horror Masterpiece, ‘Dracula’.
• PhillyBurbs.com (Jeghan Jusczak) on A love letter to science-fiction films.
• Shaun Duke (Max Gladstone) on Freedon to Name.
• Tor.com (Stubby the Rocket) on Sci-Fi/Fantasy Authors Sound Off About Banned Books and Censorship.
• Boing Booing (Maggie Koerth-Baker) on The Surface of Venus.
• Book View Cafe (Nancy Jane Moore) on ‘The First Thing a Principle Does Is Kill Somebody.’
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Why Writers Disappear.

Reviews

• SF Site (Mark London Williams) on Nexus Graphica.
• Staffer’s Book Review (Justin Landon) on The Assassin’s Curse.

Art

• Make Something Wicked by Greg Manchess Your Wallpaper in Anticipation of Halloween.
• Conceptual Art by Rafael Sarmento.
• Fantasy Illustrations by Scott Altmann.
• Steampunk Goliath by Cory Jespersen.

More Cool Stuff

• Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution (Excerpt).
• Read (and get choked up over) the last thing Ray Bradbury wrote.
• Star Wars Plush Character Hats.

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