Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/26/13
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, January 26th, 2013 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- BookPage interviews Karen Lord.
- The Spaces between Words interviews Karen Lord (podcast).
- Apex Publications interviews Jennifer Pelland.
- Buzzy Mag interviews Peter David (video).
- The Qwillery interviews Myke Cole.
- The Roundtable Podcast interviews Myke Cole.
- Harper/Voyage Q&A with Peter V Brett.
- Scott Sigler interviews Jeff Carlson.
- Readers interview A. Lee Martinez.
- Omnivoracious interviews Gayle Forman.
- TheForce.Net interviews Timothy Zahn.
- My Bookish Ways interviews MC Planck.
- Far Beyond Reality interviews Miles Cameron.
- Zachary Jernigan interviews Michael Beeman.
- Pornokitsch interviews Joey Hi-Fi.
- Huff Post interviews Amber Benson. [via Whedonesque]
- Gyana Times profiles Slade Hopkinson (poet and father of Nalo Hopkinson).
- Hour of the Wolf interviews Keith DeCandido (audio).
- Hour 25 clips with Harry Harrison, Anne McCaffrey, Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber (From 1984).
News
- Free Download: International Speculative Fiction #3. (See also: International Speculative Fiction 2012 Annual Anthology)
- Joe Abercrombie: New trilogy in the First Law universe planned.
- Kickstarter projects, Ilona Andrews and Ian Tregillis.
- HarperCollins to Move Offices in 2014.
- Macmillan Makes eBooks Available in Libraries Via OverDrive.
- New $1,000 science-fiction award.
- WSFA Small Press Award Committee is accepting nominations for it’s 2013 Award for stories published in 2012.
- St Andrews University scientists’ Star Trek breakthrough: The Tractor Beam! [via Eoghann]
- Lego accused of racism with Star Wars set. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- REMINDER: 2013 Hugo Awards – Deadline Approaching For Right To Nominate!
Events
- [Friday 5th April 2013, Department of English, University of Lincoln] New Genre Army: An International Conference on the Writing of Adam Roberts.
- [Thursday 4th April, 2013, 6.00 – 7.00pm at Forbidden Planet] Book Launch: The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher.
Articles
- Guardian (Damien Walter) on Piracy is yesterday's worry for today's 'artisan authors'| .
- John Scalzi on A Moment of Financial Clarification.
- Forbes asks What Do Comic Books Teach Us About Gender Attitudes?
- Amazing Stories (Diane Severson) on Science Fiction Poetry.
- Amazing Stories (Leah A. Zeldes) on The Clubhouse: Five words every fan should know.
- Amazing Stories (MD Jackson) on Loving the Alien.
- Amazing Stories (John M Whalen) on Ready When You Are, JJ.
- Amazing Stories (Steve Davidson) on Steve Stiles A Retrospective.
- Orbit Books on Petrovitch is back! Presenting The Curve Of The Earth.
- Staffer's Book Review (Justin Landon) on 2012 Juice Box Award: Most Consistent Press.
- The Science of Fiction (Andrew C. Porter) on Best Rejection… EVER! Tor.com makes me want to live another day, or “How I learned to quit worrying and love the Liz Gorinsky.
- Gwenda Bond on Fast Vs. Slow.
- Jeff Carlson on Great News In 2013.
- Pippa Jay (Jessica E Subject) on Conflict of Identity in Clones. [via The Galaxy Express]
- Sharon Lynn Fisher on How about some sci-fi with your romance? [via The Galaxy Express]
- Infinite Futures on Science Fiction Stuff I Am SO Ready For. [via The Galaxy Express]
- TED on Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is. (Video).
- Space.com on Space Junk: Dealing with the Orbital Debris Threat.
- Ian Sales on Recent notable reading.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on 5 Things Every Writer Should Know About Working With Independent Editors.
- Locus Online Reviews (Paul Di Filippo) on The Complete John Thunstone by Manly Wade Wellman.
- My Bookish Ways (Kristin Centorcelli) on The Twelve-Fingered Boy by John Hornor Jacobs.
- Stainless Steel Droppings (Carl V. Anderson) on Balfour and Meriwether by Daniel Abraham.
- COSMOS magazine on 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- WhatCulture on Why The Twilight Zone Still Matters.
- WhatCulture on 10 Most Ridiculous Superheroes Of All-Time.
- WhatCulture on Star Wars Episode 7: 10 Things To Expect From JJ Abrams.
- Genevieve Valentine lists 10 Things You Should Know About Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.
Art
- Great Artworks by ptitvinc.
- Might and Magic VI by kemar.
- Hello, My hero.
- Creature Spot – Paizo Publishing: Nabusu.
- concept ships: Gravity rider from Galaxy saga by Paul Chadeisson.
- Found At Last.
- Venom Hunter.
- Batman 1938.
- Hulk by Adi Granov.
- Metroid: Samus vs. Ridley – by Stephen Nickel.
More Fun Stuff
- Read a sample from The Queen Is Dead by Kate Locke.
- Prologue: The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord.
- Friday Reads: The Casual Vacancy.
- Read An Excerpt Of The New Prequel Story To Warm Bodies.
- DAW Books Book Discussion: Skirmish by Michelle West.
- Sign up for Free Fiction from Patrick Hester!
- Sword and Laser January Book Club: Old Man’s War Wrap-Up.
- Time Lapse Video Of An Exploding Star.
- Infographic Commemorates Scientific Milestones Of 2012 .
- Inforgraphic: The Shapes of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut.
- Mary’s Angels.
- That One Room.
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Appreciate the link. Am happy to report (re: my review) that Josh Gentry of SnackReads has fixed the problems with uncorrected proofs being copied to the Kindle files for the Daniel Abraham books and is sending corrected copies to everyone who has already purchased the stories. Very stand up of SnackReads.