Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/8/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Sense of Wonder interviews Lyda Morehouse.
• SciFiPulse interviews Erin Hoffman.
• Bookslut interviews Ellen Oh.
• Buzzy Mag interviews Gail Z. Martin.
• SFX interviews Brandon Sanderson.
• Neth Space interviews Brandon Sanderson.
• The Qwillery interviews M.C. Planck.
• Lawrence M. Schoen interviews S. M. Stirling.
• Examiner interviews Paul Kemp.
• The Qwillery interviews Sarah Gilman.
• SciFiChick interviews Gregg Rosenblum.
• Secrets of Fantasy Literature interviews John Granger.
• Weird Fiction Review (Desirina Boskovich) profiles WFR’s 101 Weird Writers #18 — Leena Krohn.
• Booktryst interviews John Martin. [via Andrew Porter]

News

• Eoin Colfer writes first Doctor Who Anniversary e-book.
• Cory Doctorow’s ‘When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth’ coming to the Berlin stage.
• Bates Motel Won't Treat The Movies Or Original Book As Canon, Can Go Wherever It Wants To.
• Book robot among features at new NC State library. (Video) [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Scam Attempt Warning for SF/F Writers!

Events

• Gail Carriger – Upcoming Etiquette & Espionage Events.

Articles

• Book View Cafe Blog (Ursula K. Le Guin) on A Much-Needed Literary Award.
• Kathryn Cramer on “Am I Free to Go?” – Origins & Bibliography.
• Kate Elliott on Falling Into Books, or When Reading is like Sex.
• Orbit Books (John R. Fultz) on Epic Fantasy in a Post-Tolkien World.
• Tor.com (Irene Gallo) on A Memory of Light Being Printed, Step By Step.
• My Bookish Ways (Elle James and Jessa Slade) on paranormal and the real world.
• A. Lee Martinez on A Shadow You Never See.
• The Night Bazaar (Betsy Dornbusch) on SF/F: Ghetto or Gangnam?
• The Teeming Brain (Stuart Young) on Holding Out for a Hero: A Search for the Heroic in Lovecraftian Fiction (Part One).
• A Dribble of Ink (Mazarkis Williams) on Male, Female, or Otherwise.
• Alastair Reynolds on A snowflake, rejected.
• Marshall Ryan Maresca on Worldbuilding: Alien Perspectives and Communication.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Stories In, Kickstarters Out, and More.
• Barebones eZine on Batman in the 1970s Part 52: November and December 1977.
• LitReactor on Ask The Agent: A Look At Graphic Novel Submissions.
• USA Today on The Force stays strong for 'Star Wars' on page, screen.
• NYTimes on The Staging of Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’.
• The Verge on The future is now, the future is weird: an expedition into the dark heart of CES.
• Space.com on At Least 17 Billion Earth-Size Alien Planets Inhabit Milky Way.
• The Planetary Society asks Can you find a new planet? [via Bruce Sterling]
• Ars Technica on Binary star systems make for unstable planets.
• The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on This Earth and Others: Four Visions in Comics.
• Functional Nerds (Catherine Russell) reviews Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke.
• Staffer's Book Review on Flash Point by Nancy Kress.
• Small Beer Press on Small Beer Press Bestsellers 2012.
• The Geek Twins on 10 Ways Buckaroo Banzai Has Infiltrated Pop Culture.
• Stainless Steel Droppings on Favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy Covers of 2012.
• WhatCulture on Doctor Who: 10 Best Modern Villains.
• Genreville (Rose Fox) on Books I Loved in 2012.
• Couch Potato Club on The 5 Best Fantasy Novels That Need Their Own Movie.
• Gollancz on Top 10 films of 2012.

Art

• Cover Revealed for Brandon Sanderson’s Steelheart.
• scifi-art: Tannhauser Gate.
• Digital Art by Terry Brown .
• Rebirth.
• Spider-Man Mandala by Sam Shin.
• concept ships: MANCHU Monday: Les Enfants de l'Eternité- 2002.
• concept robots: Autumn by Travis Wright.

More Fun Stuff

• Excerpt: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson.
• Excerpt: Hellhole: Awakening by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert.
• Ganymede By Cherie Priest – The Launch And Free Extract.
• New Online Serial: Astronaut Academy.
• Photo: A Soyuz Approaches The ISS While The Moon Rises Over Earth.
• Indistinguishable From Magic: Rebooting the Justice League.
• Princess Leia And The Seven Ewoks.
• Star Wars Taxidermy.
• Zombie attack sheet-set.
• Zombie Superman.

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