Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/15/13
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- Booklist Online interviews Maggie Stiefvater.
- My Bookish Ways interviews James Smythe.
- Diabolical Plots interviews Carl Frederick.
- Head Space interviews Adrian Faulkner.
- Sam Weber interviews Dan Dos Santos.
- Comic Vine interviews Keith Giffen.
- Ginger Nuts Of Horror interviews Glen Hirshberg.
- Missed last year: Diabolical Plots interviews Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Interview: Dean Wesley Smith and Mike Resnick.
- Coming Soon: The Geeky Pleasures Radio Show interviews Pamela Sargent (January 18, 2013).
News
- Sci-Fi Version Of Homer's The Odyssey In Development At Warner Bros.
- Ellen Datlow’s Fearful Symmetries guidelines.
- Call for Submissions – The Time Traveler’s Almanac edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer.
- Prometheus Books Enters Sales And Distribution Agreement With Random House Publisher Services.
- Now posted Spring 2013 SF2 Concatenation.
- Pathfinder Online Reaches $1,000,000 Kickstarter Goal.
- Science Fiction Community Raises $40,000+ for One Writer’s Cancer Battle.
Events
- GottaCon Gaming Convention. (Jules Sherred on on GottaCon 2013 – Guests and Panels.)
- Peter V Brett UK Events.
Articles
- The Night Bazaar (Betsy Dornbusch) on Sexual Harassment within the Genre World.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts on The Third Doctor’s Day [WHO-50—1972].
- Aliette de Bodard on Author’s notes: On a Red Station, Drifting. [via The World SF Blog]
- Kate Elliott on The Creole of Expedition: Part One, Setting the Stage and Asking the Question.
- Strange Horizons (Rochita Loenen-Ruiz) on Retrieving Our Hidden Histories.
- Pornokitsch (David Bryher) on Why "Genre" is Poison.
- Fantasy Book Critic (David Hair) on Inner Selves, and Writing What You Know.
- Brenda Cooper on Reading Recommendation: The Sigil Trilogy by Henry Gee.
- John Scalzi on I Am NOT Running For SFWA President (Again) (Again) (Again).
- Jim C. Hines on The Hobbit vs. The Goblins.
- Isaac Hooke (Henry L. Herz) on The creation and promotion of ‘Nimpentoad’.
- Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on 5 Ways to Correctly Reboot The Twilight Zone.
- More Red Ink (Marty Halpern) on : Happy Birthday, George Alec Effinger (Part 3 of 3).
- Wired on HD Space Camera Will Provide Live Astronaut's View of Earth From ISS.
- ShortList Magazine on This is what hyperspace looks like.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show on Coming Soon: An Audio Skit in Honor of Jay Lake.
- io9 on 10 of the Greatest Space Technologies of the Twenty-First Century.
- Ian Sales on Books to look forward to.
Art
- Sci-Fi Concept Art by John Thacker.
- New World by ~KenBarthelmey on deviantART.
- Mr. Clone.
- Out of darkness by *cat-meff on deviantART.
- The Otherside.
- Master Chief – by George Lovesy.
- Portraits by Andre De Freitas.
- the dark knight by sumthnk .
- Future City by alextooth.
- ONE YEAR.
- Gizmos and Gadgets by James Gilleard.
- Creature Spot – New work by Josh Crockett.
- Doctor Who / Disney Fairy Tale Mash Ups by Karen Hallion.
- Gallery: Starblazer covers.
- Cover Launch: Gary Gibson Sf Adventures.
- The Qwillery: Cover Revealed – The Eighth Court by Mike Shevdon.
- Pyr-o-mania: For Your Viewing Pleasure: Earth Girl.
More Fun Stuff
- Sample: Saladin Ahmed’s Throne of the Crescent Moon: Chapter 1. [Thanks, Paul!]
- Sample of Dan Shamble #2 Unnatural Acts by Kevin J. Anderson’s Blog.
- Watch Geordi, Data, and the Cast of 'ST: TNG' Test Makeup and Costumes [Video].
- Planet of the Apes Belt Buckle.
- Starfleet Academy Ring.
- John Anealio’s Sci-Fi Songs: Download "The Talyn Sonata" For Free.
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The Sam Weber/Daniel Dos Santos interview (which starts after a three minute music intro) is EXCELLENT. The subject matter ranges across SFF cover illustration, comic books, etc. and it is very, very good.