Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/12/13
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- My Bookish Ways interviews Robert Jackson Bennett.
- The Qwillery interviews Amanda Brooke.
- Orbit Books interviews Francis Knight.
- Ginger Nuts Of Horror interviews Jenna Payne.
- Weird Fiction Review profiles Jamaica Kincaid.
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Shimmer interviews Cate Gardner.
News
- Amazing Stories to Publish David Gerrold Comic Script.
- Johanna Sinisalo sells new novel, The Blood of Angels.
- on Book at centre of Space Marine debacle back on sale.
- ‘Legend of Zelda’ Takes Number One Spot. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Amazon to stream Under the Dome, the CBS show based on Stephen King novel.
- 5 Cons: A 21st Century Fandom Documentary | Indiegogo.
Events
Articles
- Apex Publications (Robert Brouhard) on Women in Horror: In Celebration of Great Women Horror Authors.
- Guardian (Robert McCrum) asks Are these the 50 most influential books by women?
- Publishers Weekly (Calvin Reid) on Marvel, Hyperion Plan Women’s Fiction Starring She-Hulk and Rogue.
- The Hub on Great Fantasy YA Novels for Book Clubs.
- L.B. Gale on Why Jurassic Park is more than a Monster Movie.
- Tor.com (Arnie Fenner) on The Cavalier Fantasies of Frank Frazetta.
- A Dribble of Ink (Max Gladstone) on Broader Fantasy Foundations — Part One: A Journey from the West.
- Eoghann Irving on The History of Science Fiction Part 9: 1940 – 1949.
- Barebones (Jack Seabrook & Peter Enfantino) on Batman in the 1970s Part 57: July and August 1978.
- Motherboard (Brian Merchant) on Used Ebooks, the Ridiculous Idea that Could Also Destroy the Publishing Industry.
- LA Times on As Barnes & Noble shrinks, small bookstores are born.
- My Bookish Ways on The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke.
- The New York Review (Arthur D. Hlavaty) on Science Fiction: American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s, edited by Gary K. Wolfe.
- Timothy C. Ward on First Shift – Legacy by Hugh Howey.
- WhatCulture on Star Trek: 10 Awesome-Sounding Projects That Never Got Made.
- Lindsay Buroker on 10 Fantasy Romance Novels from Up-and-Coming Authors.
- Den of Geek on 10 fabulous foreign-language fantasy films.
- Pornokitsch on Friday Five: Comic Books You Should Be Reading.
Art
- Digital Illustrations by Veli Nyström.
- The Whimsical Art of Alexander Jansson.
- 2D Art: The Mutant.
- 2D Art: Veranda Majestic.
- Digital Painting: Gluttony.
More Fun Stuff
- The Mongoliad: Book Three (Excerpt) by Neal Stephenson,Greg Bear,Mark Teppo,Nicole Galland,Erik Bear,Joseph Brassey,Cooper Moo.
- Boxers and Saints (Comic Excerpt) by Gene Luen Yang.
- “The Verdigris Set” by Emma Newman.
- Sci-Fi Songs: Download “7 Rounds”… For Free!.
- A Quick Trip to Mars in Wil Wheaton’s #SteerTheScript.
- Explore a Living Map of Ankh-Morpork.
- How a Library of America book is born.
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Great to read Arnie Fenner’s brief tribute to Frank Frazetta on what would have been his 85th birthday. The three volume set of art book/bios by Cathy and Arnie Fenner are amazing books for fans of Frazetta’s work. They are loving tributes that are well worth owning.
I’m happy to see independent bookstores cropping up, but was thankful to see that article was not one celebrating the demise of Barnes and Noble. I saw a lot of rejoicing among those devoted to the independents when Borders closed and felt saddened by what to me is a too narrow viewpoint on what it means to see bookstores closing. What I contended with the closing of Borders is as true for the closing of Barnes and Noble stores: independent stores will not crop up every place that a BN used to be and I find the idea of any town/city being devoid of a brick and mortar bookstore to be very sad.
Okay, on back-to-back days now you’ve been given reviews of First Shift (by myself and today by Tim C. Ward). Are you guys convinced yet? Are you reading Hugh Howey?
Alexander Jannson’s art really is whimsical, and quite fun. Thanks for that link.