Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 11/30/12

Interviews and Profiles

• Hour of the Wolf interviews Richard Bowes (podcast).
• My Bookish Ways interviews Cecy Robson.
• Sense of Wonder interviews Tim Maughan.
• Locus Online Roundtable on Author Promotion.
• [SFFWRTCHT] K.D. McEntire.
• The Next Big Thing with Aliette de Bodard.

News

• Neil Gaiman is writing an American Gods pilot for HBO.
• Trent Zelazny and Warren Lapine raising funds and reading stories for Shadows and Reflections: a Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology.
• Authors get option to take their 35-year-old books back this Jan.
• Return to Rowena Cory Daniells’ best-selling fantasy world with exclusive ebook The King’s Man.
• Now available for free download: Portuguese Magazine - Dagon # 3.
• The Story Plant seeks to create magic.
• Analog and Asimov’s raise payment rates.
• U.S. had plans to nuke the moon.
• 3D printers could use Moon rocks, say scientists.
• Birth of Baby Planets Spotted Around Distant Star.
• TV’s original Batmobile to be auctioned. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Events

• Eaton Science Fiction Conference. [via File 770]

• Malinda Lo on Heteronormativity, fantasy, and Bitterblue (1, 2).
• SF Novelists (James Alan Gardner) on The Skill List Project: Theme.
• Book Life Now (Jaym Gates) on Portfolios.
• Mary Robinette Kowal (Nancy Kress) talks about Flashpoint.
• Jonathan McCalmont on Annoyed With The History of Science Fiction.
• Flogging Babel on The Origin of “Sword and Sorcery”.
• The Qwillery (Jennifer Harlow) on Transcription of a Conversation with Special Agent Beatrice Alexander, F.R.E.A.K.
• Fantasy Book Critic (Steven Montano) on Cross-Genre Writing (Or, Attack of the 50-Foot Machine-Gun Toting Vampire).
• Rudy Rucker on SFictional Higher Realities. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Jamie Todd Rubin on My Locus 20th and 21st All Century Picks.
• Kirkus Reviews (Andrew Liptak) on There and Back Again: A Hobbit’s Tale.
• Washington Post on Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi holds forth on Planet of the Apes. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Patrick Hester on Evolution of an eBook Cover.
• John H. Stevens on My First Major Story and A Note on Identity.
• The Verge on Escape to Earthship: building a home for the End of Days.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Getting Rid of the Middle Man.
• The Hollywood Reporter on Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors.
• Book Riot (Rebecca Joines) on Book Subscription Services: The Gift That Keeps on Giving.

Art

• Star Wars Celebration VI Art – David Rabbitte.
• Goblin by Jorge Gecov.
• Gibo and Roni.
• Stranded relic ship by MOZCHOPS.

More Cool Stuff

• Kurt Vonnegut’s Tips for Teaching at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (1967).
• King Kong as Epic Musical Theatre.

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