Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 10/29/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Erin Underwood interviews Danse Macabre contributors.
• Black Gate (Emily Mah) interviews Melinda Snodgrass.
• About.com (Rowan Stormo-Flanagan) interviews Jasper Fforde.
• National Post (Mark Medley) profiles Michael Chabon and Junot Diaz.
• Hannah Tinti interviews Neil Gaiman (podcast).
• My Bookish Ways interviews Lee Collins and Darynda Jones.
• Fantasy Faction interviews Iain M. Banks.
• Locus interviews Kyle Cassidy.
• SFX (Nick Setchfield) interviews Russell T. Davies.
• The Coode St. Podcast episode 21.
• The New York Times (Julie Bosman) profiles R.L. Stine.
• Fantasy Book Critic (Liviu Suciu) interviews Miles Cameron.

News

• RIP: Jacques Goimard and Alan Hunter.
• Manga Author Named French Knight.
• Random House and Penguin Merger Talks.
• Doctor Who Christmas Special Prequel For Children In Need.

Events

• Karel Capek’s Rossum’s Universal Robots, Original Radio Drama on Sci Fi Lab, Nov 1, 7PM.

Articles

• BEM’s Blog on Kontrast – Swecon 2012.
• Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on Good books are portals wherever we find them.
• Book Life Now (Bear Weiter) on Priorities and Time Thievery.
• Mary Robinette Kowal on Thoughts on narrating and mistakes.
• The Outer Alliance (Julia Rios) on Djibril al-Ayad and Lori Selke on Outlaw Bodies.
• Theodora Goss on Living Intensely.
• Omnivoracoius (Jeff VanderMeer) on Graphic Novel Friday: An Anomaly in Science Fiction Storytelling.
• The Book Smugglers (Stant Litore) on The Relevance of Zombie Fiction.
• Charles Stross on Context is Everything. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• JoSara MeDia on Author’s Cuts and Software Development: Incremental changes based on feedback and knowledge.
• Irish Examiner ( Richard Fitzpatrick) on Tarzan Turns 100.
• Technology Review (Brian Bergstein) on The Deferred Dreams of Mars.
• The New York Review of Science Fiction on October 2012 Editorial: Duty Now for the Future
• Tor.com (Jo Walton) on Something Else Like… Introduction and Something Else Like… Heinlein.
• SFX (Dave Golder) on Top 10 Movie Psychics.
• WhatCulture! (Craig Stewart) on A History of Horribly Haunted Objects in Horror Films.
• WhatCulture! (Jeffrey Stewart) on 10 Ways To Make A Great Star Trek TV Show.
• MJ Wright on Learning from the master: Isaac Asimov’s future visions.
• Celluloidical (Scott) on Top 20 Batman-On-Film Moments.

Reviews

• Publishers Weekly (Susan J. Wolfson and Ronald Levao) on Why ‘Frankenstein’ Is the Greatest Horror Novel Ever.
• Locus (Gary Westfahl) reviews Cloud Atlas.
• Jvstin Style reviews The Firefly Witch.
• Kurzweil reviews Science Fiction Prototyping: Designing the Future with Science Fiction.

Art

• 30+ Out-Standing Work of Deviant Artists.
• Miniature Worlds: A Digital Collage of Hundreds of Photographs.
• Epic Alien Poster and more Art by Godmachine.

More Cool Stuff

• This Antique Skull Watch Ticks Down To Your Inevitable Demise.
• Our First View of Jupiter in the Infrared.
• Launching Halo: The Thursday War.
• Andy Porter’s FanHistorical Photos.
• 1968-1973: Miss NASA Beauty Queen. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Beware the Hairy Mango Episode 140 – Food Fight.

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