Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 10/20/12
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, October 20th, 2012 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- Terribleminds interviews Margaret Atwood.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Tim Lebbon.
- My Bookish Ways (Kristin Centorcelli) interviews Jesse Petersen.
- Kindle Post interviews Kim Harrison and Jocelynn Drake.
- SFFWRTCHT interviews Lavie Tidhar.
- Tor.com interviews Madeline Ashby.
- COSMOS magazine interviews Trent Jamieson.
- Wired.com’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy (John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley) interviews Mike Mignola.
- GalleyCat interviews William Joyce.
- Canada Writes interviews Cory Doctorow.
- Canada Writes interviews Alison Sinclair.
- Canada Writes interviews Steve Stanton.
News
- Congratulations to Ellen Datlow, New Consulting Fiction Editor for Tor.com.
- Free copy of Elizabeth Hand’s Errantry anyone?.
- CultureLab: Send us your short stories!
Events
Articles
- David Brin on Has 21st Century Science Fiction gone cowardly? Or worse… nostalgic?
- Richard K. Morgan on Something Beginning with P. [via The Cultural Gutter]
- Black Gate on Blogging Austin Briggs’ Flash Gordon, Part Three – “War on Earth”.
- Black Gate on Cover Your Naked Books, Please.
- HBook on Rembering Margaret Mahy: March 21, 1936-July 23, 2012 — The Horn Book.
- Gollancz on Friday Reads: Riddley Walker.
- John H. Stevens on And Now, A First-Edition Copy of Dandelion Wine.
- Canada Writes (Margaret Atwood) on Tinkering with reality.
- Edward Willett on Creating a strange new world.
- Canada Writes (Matthew Hughes) on Don’t get it right; get it done.
- Canada Writes (Hayden Trenholm) on The writer’s toolkit.
- Canada Writes (David Annandale) on Respect your subgenre.
- My Bookish Ways (Kristin Centorcelli) reviews Year Zero by Rob Reid.
- Examiner.com (Josh Vogt) on Vampyric Variations by Nancy Kilpatrick.
- BBC News on The gadgets taking inspiration from science fiction. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter’s Superpowers Reading List.
- Topless Robot lists The 15 Greatest Mad Doctors in Nerddom.
- Giant Freakin Robot lists Six Sci-Fi Shows That Deserve A Do-Over.
- WhatCulture lists 7 Doctor Who Monsters Who Most People Forget.
- Flavorwire on 10 More Scathing Early Reviews of Classic Novels.
- Gail Carriger on Top 10 Geeky Things That Have Changed Gail’s Life.
- SFX lists Top 10 Sci-Fi And Fantasy Sidekicks.
Art
- Incredible Concept Art by Jon McCoy.
- Surreal Digital Art by Max Mitenkov.
- Create incredible B-movie poster art.
- The Awesomely Geeky Artwork Of Inshoo.
- Clever Artworks by Tim Maclean.
- Concept ships by Paul Chadeisson.
- concept robots: Urban Pacification Unit by Anthony Jackson.
- James Bond Book Covers.
- The Ewoking Dead.
More Fun Stuff
- First Look: Sharon Lynn Fisher’s Ghost Planet.
- Excerpt: The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson.
- 50 Page Fridays: H.P. Lovecraft.
- The Wizard of Oz Flying Winged Monkey Costume Test Photo from 1938.
- Magazines for Sale in Blade Runner.
- Doctor Who Salt & Pepper Shakers.
- R2D2 hoodie that zips up all the way.
- Human Steampunk Puppet.
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