Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 12/8/12

Interviews & Profiles

• Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Allison Pang.
• Missions Unknown (Sanford Allen) interviews J.M. McDermott.
• Dungeon Crawlers Radio podcast-interviews Paul S. Kemp.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Lavie Tidhar.
• The Roundtable Podcast interviews Lauren Beukes.
• Joystiq interviews Michael Whelan.
• The Founding Fields interviews Chris F. Holm.
• Bookworm Blues interviews Lev A. C. Rosen.
• On Hulu, an interview with Lili Bordan (Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome).
• Harriet McDougal, Tom Doherty, and Brandon Sanderson Tell the Story of Robert Jordan’s Life.

News

• Marvel sends Mike Kaluta and Elaine Lee cease and desist over creator-owned comic.
• Pan's Labyrinth To Become A Musical.
• Universal Grabs Film-rights To Best-selling Author Ernie Cline’s Next Novel
• Russian Cult SciFi Comedy KIN DZA DZA Gets An Animated Remake.
• Amigo Comics is now live.
• Save a ton of money on an SFX subscription.
• Strange Chemistry 2013 Releases.

Articles

• WSJ on Why Women Writers Still Take Men's Names.
• Tor.com (Irene Gallo) on Picturing The Hobbit.
• Whatever: The Big Idea: Adrienne Kress.
• VICE (Warren Ellis) on In The Year 2022: Looking Back At The Decade Of The Drones.
• Computer History Museum (Chris Garcia) on Gulliver’s Engine.
• Guardian on The Hobbit: A fan fights back.
• Jamie Todd Rubin on My Lord of the Rings Reread: The Fellowship of the Ring.
• Salon.com on Stephen King: My mother-in-law scares me.
• Bill Crider on Forgotten Books: A Memory of Murder by Ray Bradbury.
• Black Gate on Blogging Austin Briggs’ Flash Gordon.
• All Things From My Brain (Patrick Hester) on Friday Flick: Cowboys and Aliens.
• OUPblog on The discovery of Mars in literature.
• Tor.com on Love in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Three Good, Bad, and Star-Crossed Star Wars Romances.
• Abigail Nussbaum on Proof that Molly Gloss Deserves to Be One of Your Favorite Authors.
• Ellen Datlow on Something is coming.
• Stephen Aryan on Books That Changed My Life – Part 2.
• GalleyCat on Most Overlooked Books of 2012: A Literary Mixtape.
• WhatCulture on 5 Most Irritating Arguments Made Against Modern Doctor Who.
• The Geek Twins on 10 Surprising Facts About Chewbacca.
• Worlds Without End on Nightmare Magazine's Top 100 Horror Books.
• Pitch Dark on Ten Surefire Ways to Survive a Teen Horror Novel. [via My Bookish Ways]

Art

• Military / Sci-Fi Themed Digital Paintings by Sergey Kondratovich.
• Illustrator – Ray Frenden.
• Fantasy Photo-Manipulation – Karim Galal.
• Sci-Fi Illustrations – Shusei Nagaoka.
• Digital Painting: Mickey And His Brush.
• 5 Minimalist Poster of Disney Villains.
• Cover Art for The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett (UK Edition).
• Cover Reveal: The Big Reap by Chris F. Holm.
• Game of ThronesHouse Icons by Jie Feng.

More Fun Stuff

• Sword and Laser December Book Club: The Hobbit Kick-Off.
• Vintage SciFi Strikes back, Intend-to-read list.
• The Most Elaborate Zombie Kill Infographic From The Walking Dead You’ll Ever See.
• First Poster for Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' Spells Doom for Manhattan.
• The Futurist Magazine Releases Its Top 10 Forecasts for 2013 and Beyond
• Computer History Museum.
• 20 Geeky Christmas Cards And Holiday Greetings To Gift This Year.
• Photo: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee.
• Star Wars Coffee Makers.
• A life-sized Iron Throne + 27 more awesome Game of Thrones gifts.
• Jack Skellington Hanging Heads.

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