SF Tidbits for 10/8/12

Interviews and Profiles

• The Coode Street Podcast with Kij Johnson.
• io9 Book Club interviews John Scalzi.
• Rose Lemberg (Mike Allen meme) interviews Rose Lemberg.
• Sword and Laser Episode 13 (video).
• HWA Blog (J Chambers) interviews Roy Robbins and Bad Moon Books.

News

• JK Rowling says next book will be for children.
• Disney to Produce Mary Poppins Documentary “Saving Mr. Banks”. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Sneak Peek at Electric Velocipede 25 Table of Contents.

Events

• Thursday, October 25 at McNally Jackson Books: Kindred Reading Series – feat. Linda Addison & Alaya Dawn Johnson.
• Sunday, November 11: How To Write Science Fiction with Joe Haldeman.

Articles

• Stroppy Author on How to speak publisher: F is for Facebook.
• Adrienne Kress On Comedy.
• Erin Underwood on Of Irony and Zombies.
• The Outer Alliance (Julia Rios) on Panel Notes from the Trans and Gender Exploration Panel at Gaylaxicon 2012.
• Tobias Buckell on Authenticity is okay. Really.
• Nancy Kress on Cranky at the Movies.
• SFWA (Jaym Gates) on Enter the Dragon*Con.
• Book View Cafe (Jennifer Stevenson) on Let us not overlook the forgotten books.
• Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on Judging book covers . . .
• Asimov’s (Robert Silverberg) on Libraries.
• Charlie Stross on Still under siege.
• Chris Beckett on About The Holy Machine and About Dark Eden.
• John H. Stevens on Autumnal Bibliomania Day (with bonus book porn).
• Black Gate (Josh Reynolds) on The Nightmare Men: “Master By Name, Master By Number”.
• Wired (Adam Mann) on The Craziest Things People Have Proposed Putting on the Moon. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Aeon Magazine (David Deutsch) on Creative Blocks.
• The Washington Post (Brad Plumer) on The economics of video games.
• The Daily Beast (Jimmy So) on Chris Ware’s ‘Building Stories’ and 10 Other Graphic Novels You Must Read. [via Litlists]

 Reviews

• My Bookish Ways on Angel’s Ink.

Art

• A Carson of Venus Poster from Jeff Doten.

More Cool Stuff

• Captain Kirk and the Wonder Computer of the 1980s.
• Steampunk Predator Mask.
• NARR8.
• Mammoth Books Presents.

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