SF Tidbits for 10/6/12
Interviews & Profiles
- Dave Brendon interviews Ivor W. Hartmann.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Jessica Strider) interviews Adam Christopher.
- The Qwillery interviews Max Gladstone.
- Buzzy Mag interviews Joshua Palmatier/Benjamin Tate.
- My Bookish Ways (Kristin Centorcelli) interviews Daniel Marks.
News
- 2012 Nova Awards: Ballot Form. [via File 770]
- Amazon Studios Adds a Horror Novel to Its Movie Development Slate.
- Announcing our Eclipse October Schedule!
- Rovio teases Star Wars-themed Angry Birds.
- Hodder pre-empts The Three by Sarah Lotz in a major six-figure deal.
- Apex Magazine website gets a facelift!
Events
- Signing: Ecko Rising by Danie Ware in Bristol @ Forbidden Planet – Friday 19 October.
- November is National Novel Writing Month!
Articles
- Book View Cafe Blog (Brenda Clough) on Censoring Comics.
- The Book Smugglers (Cat Valente) on Childhood and Growing Up.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts on Friday Links Will Sell Superheroes To Little Girls.
- Los Angeles Review of Books (Tim Pratt) on Other Seasons: The Best of Neal Barrett, Jr..
- Alastair Reynolds on It was twenty years ago today.
- Bookworm Blues (Bradley P. Beaulieu) on Thoughts on Writer’s Block.
- Fantasy Book Critic (Steve Bein) on Cool Samurai Trivia.
- Orbit Books on Introducing The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks.
- Missions Unknown (Scott Cupp) on Forgotten Book: The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder, 2010.
- LRB blog on Growing Up on SF.
- Engadget on Felix Baumgartner’s historic jump from the edge of space.
- Topless Robot on 7 Completely Insane Golden and Silver Age Superhero Origins.
- WhatCulture on 10 Reasons Why Looper is Best Film of 2012.
- WhatCulture oon 4 Reasons Why Doctor Who Should Return To The Serial Format.
- Guardian on Open thread: The best Halloween books.
- Guardian on Anthony Horowitz’s top 10 apocalypse books. [via Lit Lists]
- Den of Geek on 10 sci-fi films to look forward to in 2013.
- StarTrek.com on Star Trek’s 10 Biggest Jerks. [via Tor.com]
Art
More Fun Stuff
- A Sneak Peak at Eclipse Online: “The Contrary Gardener” by Christopher Rowe.
- A Sneak Peek at Eclipse Online: K. J. Parker’s “One Little Room and Everywhere”.
- 50 Page Fridays: George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle.
- Read an excerpt from Lo’Life – Romeo Spikes.
- Read the opening chapter from Resident Evil: Retribution.
- 15 Minutes of Fiction…with Fictional Frontiers, featuring James Berardinelli.
- Doctor Who Infographic: All The Doctor’s Companions At A Glance.
- Batgirl on a 1960s talkshow. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- The Princess Bride cast reunites in New York for the film’s 25th anniversary.
- Klingon Bellydancer Video.
- Video: Human-Powered Rube Goldberg Machine.
- VIDEO: Star Wars Anime.
