Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/1/13

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/1/13

Here’s wishing everyone a healthy, happy New Year…in spaaace!

Interviews & Profiles

• Derek Pearson interviews Brandon Sanderson (video).
• Suvudu readers interviews Terry Brooks.
• Aine's Realm interviews Morgan Keyes.
• Draumr Kópa interviews Mark Lawrence.
• Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Julia Dvorin.
• A. R. Silverberry interviews Tricia Drammeh.

News

• New Online Magazine: Indian SF – Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories.
• Space Radiation Could Accelerate Alzheimer's in Astronaut Brains.

Articles

• John Scalzi on The Offer on Old Man’s War: A Ten-Year Retrospective.
• Forbes on Why Robots Would Make Lousy Middle Managers.
• DAW Books on Book Discussion: The Complete Keeper Chronicles by Tanya Huff.
• Paul McAuley on Prometheus Warps The F Ring.
• Paris Review on A Stowaway to the Thanatosphere: My Voyage Beyond Apollo with Norman Mailer, Rex Weiner.
• Three If By Space on Dude, Where’s My Starship?
• Barebones on Batman in the 1970s Part 51: September and October 1977.
• NPR on Neuromancer by William Gibson.
• My Bookish Ways (Kristin Centorcelli) on The Infects by Sean Beaudoin.
• Functional Nerds (Cathy Russell) on Broken by A.E. Rought.
• WWEnd on Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge.
• Only The Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy on Why You Should Read The Malazan Book of the Fallen, or A Love Note to Steven Erikson.
• Jonathan Green on The Final Assessment.
• io9 on Thank goodness for a YA heroine who doesn't have a romance.
• Listverse on 10 Issues That Are Hindering a Voyage to Mars.
• Strange Chemistry (Kim Curran) on Best of 2012.
• The Night Bazaar (Betsy Dornbusch) on Trends from 2012.
• Locus Online on Lois Tilton’s 2012 Reviews in Review.
• Slate Magazine on New Year’s resolutions: Reading a book every day. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• LitReactor on Best Books of 2012: Friends of LitReactor Edition with Irvine Welsh, Jack Ketchum, Douglas Coupland, and Stephen Graham Jones.
• Telegraph on Top 10 YA books of 2012.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on 2012 in Review.
• The Wertzone on The Wertzone Awards 2012.
• Sense of Wonder on Top 5 novels of 2012 (and a honorable mention).
• NPR on 2012 In Review: 4 Great Graphic Novels We Haven't Told You About Yet.
• Universe Today on Most Awesome Space Images of 2012.
• GeekDad on And the Winner Is… Reader's Choice for Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies.
• Chuck Wendig on 25 Writer Resolutions For 2013 (And Beyond).
• The Ranting Dragon on Fifty Fantasy and Science Fiction Novels to Look Forward to in 2013.
• Book Riot on Book Cover Trends That Should Die Before 2013.
• Ain't It Cool on Nordling's 10 (Now 12) Most Anticipated Movies Of 2013.
• LA Times on 15 literary resolutions for 2013.
• Space.com on 13 Space Missions to Watch In 2013.

Art

• Gallery of Paintings by Michael Whelan.
• The Hobbit Expulsion.
• Digital art images by Stefan Hürlemann.
• Concept Ships by Simon Williamson.
• concept robots by Lewis Fischer.
• Art Is Immortal.
• Iron Man & Thor by Jimbo Salgado.
• Fat Zombie.

More Fun Stuff

• Read a Bram Stoker Lost Story. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Stunning Photos of Saturn and its Moons.
• Jim C. Hines – Two More for the After Dinner Crowd.
• The War Between Marvel and DC Television Infographic By The Geek Twins [Infographic].
• Every Batman Actor's Face Morphed into One Perfect Bruce Wayne.
• Little Shop of Horrors Skeleton by Tim Price.
• Listen to J.R.R. Tolkien Read a Lengthy Excerpt from The Hobbit (1952).

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