Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/30/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Angela Slatter interviews Sarah Pinborough.
• SFX interviews Kelly Sue DeConnick.
• SFX interviews Sarah Cawkwell.
• Orbit Books interviews Miles Cameron.
• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews James Enge (Part 2).
• Blue Moon Rising interviews Chris Pritchard.
• Mad Hatter interviews Myke Cole.
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Myke Cole.
• The Roundtable Podcast interviews Myke Cole.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Matthew McBride (+ Giveaway).
• Ginger Nuts Of Horror interviews Ray Garton.

News

• Allen Steele, Yoji Kondo named recipients of 2013 Robert A Heinlein Award.
• eBook Sales at Amazon Up 70% in 2012.
• BVC Announces His Majesty’s Elephant by Judith Tarr.
• Skyfall Writers And Drive Director Bringing Back Barbarella.
• BBC America to Premiere “An Adventure in Space and Time” for Doctor Who 50th.
• Lift-Off! NASA Launches Rocket To Study Jet Stream.
• Asteroid Will Fly Within 18,000 Miles Of Earth.
• ‘Habitable Zone’ for Alien Planets, and Possibly Life, Redefined.

Articles

• SFWA (Nancy Fulda) on Scientific Accuracy in Literature: The WAS Seal of Approval doesn’t get Mine.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on Graphic Story Recs for Hugo.
• Sheila Williams on The Distaff Stuff.
• Robert Silverberg on Reflections: The Year’s Best Science Fiction.
• Tor.com (Emily Asher-Perrin) on Fiction Into Reality: Why We Borrow From What We Love.
• Brian Ruckley asks Would You Like to Read Skullkickers?
• Strange Chemistry on New YA Releases in February 2013.
• Tor Books on Submitting A Novel To Tor UK.
• First Second Books on Behind the Scenes of Nick Abadzis’ LAIKA.
• Whatever on The Big Idea: Myke Cole.
• Amazing Stories (Lesley Smith) on Blind Geek For Beginners.
• Amazing Stories (Daniel M. Kimmel) asks Am I A Science Fiction Writer?
• Amazing Stories (Matt Mitrovich) on Dissecting Our Present: How SF Can Highlight Our Historical Bias.
• BBC News on What if you had a vision of the future?
• A. Lee Martinez on It Conquered the Media Property.
• Jay Lake on The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks.
• Auxiliary Memory asks Am I Losing My Memory?
• Intergalactic Medicine Show (Jamie Todd Rubin) on Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven.
• The King of Elfland's Second Cousin on In Defense of Complexity.
• A Dribble of Ink on Avatar: The Last Airbender: An Exploration.
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger.
• Pornokitsch on 50 Essential Science Fiction Novels (Part 2: 1979 – 2011).
• Ian Sales on Ian’s 50 essential sf novels, part 2.
• Topless Robot on Nine Genre Movies Not to Look Forward to in 2013.

Art

• Halo 4 concept art by sparth.
• Bob Eggleton: Some drawings…...
• Stunning Digital Portraits by Ros Kovac.
• Laboratory.
• Concept Art: Asura Hell.
• Concept Art: Journey.
• Harmony – Forest Dragon by ArkaEdri.

More Fun Stuff

• Functional Nerds Podcast #134 – The Future of Sci-Fi Television (with Carrie Cuinn).
• EXCERPT: Fade to Black by Francis Knight.
• Superman #16: Exclusive preview.
• More Images From Aborted Superman Lives Show Nicolas Cage in Costume.
• The Fringe Team Says Goodbye To Fans.
• Darth Vader Cameo Necklaces.
• Batman Belt Night Light.
• InforGraphics: The Illustrious Omnibus of Super Powers Part One and Part One.
• Wonder Woman Does not like Evil.

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