Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/7/13
By John DeNardo |
Monday, January 7th, 2013 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- The Asian American Literary Review interviews E. Lily Yu, interviews Charles Yu and interviews Ken Liu.
- The Luv NV interviews Melissa McPhail.
- Waylines interviews Cat Rambo and Christopher Barzak.
- Apex interviews Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.
News
- "Doctor Who" Gets 50th Anniversary E-Shorts.
- 'Teleport Us' – LitReactor's Sci-Fi Writing Challenge.
- David E. Kelley: 'Wonder Woman' Reboot Still 'Viable' for TV.
- The Australian Specfic in Focus reviews website is now closed
- NASA seeking to lease or sell space-shuttle facilities.
- Doctor Who short stories coming from children’s authors.
Articles
- Damien G. Walter on Writing and the attention economy.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts on Award-winning Australian Women (SF, Horror and Fantasy Books) 2012.
- Emma Newman on Running out of buffers.
- Book View Cafe Blog (Sherwood Smith) on Books you didn’t love.
- NPR (Saladin Ahmed) on At Home In Fantasy's Nerd-Built Worlds.
- Alex Scarrow asks When Will YA Sci-Fi Finally Arrive?
- Ken Liu on Translation.
- Edward Willett on You got fantasy in my reality!
- Jason Sanford on Dead online magazines and journals.
- Graham Edwards on Around the solar system in 90 seconds.
- Biblioklept on H.P. Lovecraft’s Advice to Young Writers.
- The Night Bazaar (Richard Lee Byers) on My (short) list of the Best of 2012.
- LockerGnome on Why It's Important That Han Shot First. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- The Atlantic on A Martian Dream: Here's What the Red Planet Would Look Like With Earth-Like Oceans and Life.
- Locus Roundtable (Karen Burnham) on Five Science Fiction Novels that I’ve Read that Handle Character Really Well.
- The Founding Fields on Top 25 Series I Want To Read in 2013.
- Spinoff Online on 5 Episodes to Get You Into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- The Guardian on One giant leap for science fiction: how Gollancz has gone digital.
- You The Designer on Superheroes and the Genius Behind Them.
- The Book Smugglers (Aidan Moher) on Three Novels You Should Read in 2013.
- Squidoo on Best Horror Movies 2013.
- To Be Read Books on 11 Great Robot Stories To Tide You Over Until Pacific Rim.
- Jump the Curve on A Futurist's Top Ten Books of 2012.
- The Atlantic Wire on Y.A. to Watch for: The Winter 2013 Preview.
- The Guardian on 2013: the year ahead in books.
Art
- Adrift conceptart 08 by ~paooo on deviantART.
- Comic Book Artist Gallery: Dave Gibbons.
- The Droids in the Desert by Ralph McQuarrie.
- BlickeDeeler – Cargo.
- Vintage Pin-up Catwoman & Harley Quinn, by voodoodad.
- Sebastien Hue’s Awesome Sci-Fi Environments and Matte Paintings.
More Fun Stuff
- Letter Reveals Why Kubrick Worried About Offending IBM With 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Starship Modeler: Gallery (2001).
- Kickstarter Boost: Sword of the Ronin – A novel project by Travis Heermann — .
- Paul Levinson: Reading from The Plot to Save Socrates – in Second Life.
- NASA video of sun eruptions is a ballet of light.
- B5 Scrolls.
- The Anime Map of Japan.
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Really enjoyed Saladin Ahmed’s article on epics and world-building and Ken Liu’s on translation. Its cool that he is involved in making sure good books get translated, but that man can write too so I hope he keeps making time for his own work.
And yes indeed, Han shot first.