Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/29/13

Interviews & Profiles

• My Bookish Ways interviews Cassandra Rose Clarke.
• Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Cassandra Rose Clarke.
• The Qwillery interviews Cassandra Rose Clarke.
• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews James Enge (Part 1).
• AudioTim 44: Chicon 7 Panel “Conquering Writer’s Block” with Russell Davis, Tom King, Eldon Thompson, Monica Valentinelli and Gene Wolfe.
• Shimmer interviews Charlie Bookout.
• Weird Fiction Review interviews Jean Ferry.
• Nerdist interviews Mark Hamill.
• Anthony Cardano interviews Donnie Reynolds, director of LAKESIDE.

News

• Coming Soon: A new trilogy from Charles Stross set in the Merchant Princes universe.
• Barnes & Noble Plans to Close a Third of Its Stores.
• Steve Bissette Urges Attention To Nancy Collins’ Call For A Boycott Of Ed Kramer-Involved Dragon*Con.

Events

• Baltimore Science Fiction Society continues writing workshops in 2013.

Articles

• David Brin on The Flynn Effect: are we getting smarter?
• Jim C. Hines on One Consequence of Creeping.
• Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on The Whys, Whats, and Wherefores of Story Arcs.
• Deborah J. Ross (Jeannie Davide-Rivera) interviews Writing From Our Strengths: Autism's Insights Into Fictional Characters.
• Deborah J. Ross (Juliette Wade) on The Internet Trap and What To Do About It.
• Amazing Stories (Fran Friel) on Fiction and the Happy Brain.
• Amazing Stories (Michael A. Burstein) on The Importance of Actually, You Know, Doing Stuff | Amazing Stories.
• A Dribble of Ink (Tom Lloyd) on Gods: What Are They Good For?
• Lou Antonelli on Update on Raygun Chronicles.
• Scott Edelman on Which science fiction author did you most want to marry and murder in 1991?
• Marshall Ryan Maresca on Space Opera Worldbuilding: Building the Non-Humanocentric Universe.
• Peter David on What my day is like.
• Tor.com on Edgar Allan Poe and the Cult of the Unusual.
• S.R. Bissette.on Of Dragons & DragonCon There Are All Kinds of Monsters….
• Science Fiction on What Ray Bradbury Short Stories Should Be Made Into Movies.
• Harper Voyager Books (Nick Cole) on How I Destroyed the World.
• Smart Pop Books (Marie-catherine Caillava) on Magneto the Jew.
• Staffer's Book Review on 2012 Juice Box Award: Editor of the Year.
• TeleRead on How to Deter Piracy of E-Books.
• ScriptPhD on Artificial Intelligence: The Risk of Robots on the Rampage.
• Space.com on ATK (Alliant Techsystems): Pursuing Private Space Taxi.
• Space.com on Monkeys in Space: A Brief Spaceflight History.
• Salon.com on Technology should make us optimistic.
• WhatCulture on 11 Most Ludicrous Superhero Origin Stories Of All-Time.
• Mindhole Blowers on 20 Facts About The Thing That Might Leave You Suspiciously Eyeing Your Dog. [via This Is Horror]
• Pornokitsch on 50 Essential Science Fiction Novels (Part 1: 1812 – 1979).
• Ian Sales on Ian’s 50 essential sf novels, part 1.

Art

• Sci-Fi Songs: Download “Scavenger” For Free.
• Cover Reveal: Veil of the Deserters by Jeff Salyards.
• Slenderman – by Mattias Fahlberg.
• Star Trek vs. The Planet of the Apes.
• concept robots: Mech painting by Tom McDowell.
• concept ships: La Mort du Melkine.
• Riding a dragon.
• Dies Irae.
• Terminal Velocity.
• The Skybound Sea by kemar.
• The Justice League of Rodents.
• 10 Marvel Superheroes if Designed by Pixar.
• Cyberpunk 2077.

More Fun Stuff

• Cory Doctorow reads from Homeland.
• Excerpt: Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal.
• Excerpt: Read a sample from Fade to Black.
• The SFFaudio Podcast #197: Dig Me No Grave by Robert E. Howard.
• Supernova Remnants: Dazzling Entrails of Violent Stellar Death.
• Lunar rover image stabilized video at Tobias Buckell Online.
• INFOGRAPHIC: The Future of Libraries.
• Dark Skies website.
• PULP-O-MIZER: the custom pulp magazine cover generator. [via Amazing Stories]

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