Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 11/22/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Galactic Chat interviews Joe Abercrombie (podcast).
• My Bookish Ways interviews James Renner.
• Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews John Joseph Adams.
• Civilian Reader interviews James Smythe.
• C|Net (Daniel Terdiman) interviews Janice Liedl.
• David Brin video on The Postman.
• Speculate! Pyr Roundtable with Lou Anders, Brenda Cooper, Gabrielle Harbowy and E.C. Myers (podcast).
• Fantasy Book Critic (Liviu Suciu) interviews Christian Cameron.
• Chuck Wendig interviews Chris Baty.
• The Enchanted Inkpot (Erin Cashman) interviews Lena Goldfinch.
• Weird Fiction Review (Marc Laidlaw) interviews Misha Nogha.
• Whedonopolis interviews Nancy Holder.

News

• HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster in merger talks.
• Red Country is a New York Times Bestseller.
• Empire State is SciFiNow magazine’s book of the year 2012.

Articles

• Chuck Wendig on Failing Versus Quitting (Or, “Your Lack Of Confidence Is Neither Interesting Nor Unique”).
• Inkpunks (Sandra Wickham) on Writing About Fighting.
• Mary Robinette Kowal on Debut Author Lesson: Audio books.
• Salon.com (Jonathan Lethem) on Anthony Burgess didn’t read science fiction.
• The Guardian (Damien G. Walter) on London: fantasy’s capital city.
• The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Structure and Perspective in Children’s Stories and Films.
• Kirkus Reviews (John DeNardo) on How Space Travel Almost Killed Science Fiction.
• Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) on Digging Up the Past: Frankenweenie Recreated in 3D.
• Worlds Without End (Scott Lazerus) on American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s from the Library of America.
• SFWA (Steven R. Stewart) on The #1 Rule of Everything.
• The Comics Reporter on The Ten Least Powerful People In Comics.
• Annalee Newitz on Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Make Great Holiday Gifts.

Reviews

• A. Lee Martinez on Skyfall.
• Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on The Hydrogen Sonata.
• Staffer's Book Review (Justin Landon) on Tears in Rain by Rosa Montero.

Art

• Cover Art for The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett.
• War – by Kan Liu.

More Cool Stuff

• Fourth Doctor Pony Plush.
• StarShipSofa No 265 Mary Rosenblum.

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