Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/16/13

Interviews & Profiles

• My Bookish Ways interviews Cat Adams.
• Lytherus interviews Gail Carriger.
• The Roundtable Podcast interviews Tobias Buckell.
• Locus Online interviews Brian Slattery.
• NewHampshire.com interviews James Gurney.
• The Qwillery interviews Patricia Eimer.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt interviews T.M. Hunter.
• Scientific American Podcast interviews Mark Alpert.
• Shimmer interviews M. Bennardo.
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter spotlights Isaac Marion.

News

• Videos of Meteorite Crash In Russia.
• AMC Developing Drama based on Dan Simmons’ book The Terror.
• Chris & Paul Weitz Adapting Neal Stephenson’s Reamde For Fox TV.
• Stephen Donaldson delivers last-ever Thomas Covenant novel.
• Orbit announces acquisition of bestselling self-published fantasy series.
• Titan Comics Launches IT CAME! A 1950s B-Movie Comedy From The Vaults of Movie History.
• The BBC Presents a New Dramatization of Orwell’s 1984, with Christopher Eccleston as Winston Smith.

Events

• Joe R. Lansdale @ Brazos Bookstore in Houtson, TX to promote Edge Of Dark Water. [Thanks, Sam!]

Articles

• Whatever on The Big Idea: Hannah Strom-Martin & Erin Underwood.
• Fantasy Faction (Emma Newman) on The Evolution Of The Spilt Worlds Novels + A New Spilt Worlds Short Story.
• Emma Newman on Between Two Thorns Launches, Prizes and Parties.
• Suvudu on Dear Readers: A Letter from Karen Lord.
• Francis Knight on Buildling a vertical city.
• Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on The Whys, Whats, and Wherefores of Story Arcs.
• Civilian Reader (Tom Lloyd) on An Appreciation of Terry Pratchett.
• Guardian (Damien Walter) on Adam Roberts: last of the SF writers.
• James D. Macdonald on The Importance of Pie: Cooking the Books.
• Joshua Palmatier on jBook Discussion: Sword-Bound by Jennifer Roberson.
• Lavie Tidhar on Central Station.
• Tor.com on Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss Duel Through Book Signatures.
• Tor.com on Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for February.
• Tor.com (Myke Cole) on Centuries Ago, a Man Made a Piece of Armor That Changed the Course of My Life. [via My Bookish Ways]
• The Daily P.O.P. on Doctor Who – An Adventure in Space and Time production photos.
• Amazing Stories (Steve Davidson) on T*Zers: David Gerrold's – Doctor on the Enterprise.
• Amazing Stories (G.W. Thomas) on Conan the Cimmerian: Sword & Sorcery Superstar.
• Amazing Stories (MD Jackson) on The Art of the Shaver Mystery.
• Amazing Stories (Alastair Savage) on Halo Jones Interview with Ian Gibson.
• Amazing Stories (Mike Brotherton) on The Difference Between Thinking Like a Scientist and a Science Fiction Writer.
• Peter V Brett on Peephole In My Skull.
• Space.com on Russia Meteor Explosion: 7 Questions Answered | Asteroids & Near-Earth Objects | Space.com.
• Space.com on Today's Asteroid Flyby a Wakeup Call, Scientists Say.
• io9 (George Dvorsky) on Why we'll probably never build a space elevator.
• Moviefone on Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, 'Beautiful Creatures': 5 Things They Want Fans To Know.
• Buzzfeed on The 25 Best Super Powers From The Tick.

Art

• VIDEO: The Art of Illustration.
• If Pixar Made Star Trek.
• Fan Art Friday: Batgirl.
• Cool Art: 'The Wicker Man' by Dan Mumford.
• Fantasy Art: Goliath.
• 2D Art: Yogurt.
• Avengers by Javier Burgos Arroyo.
• Boba Gains the Edge by CristiB.

More Fun Stuff

• Unremembered (Excerpt) by Jessica Brody.
• Extract from The Mongoliad: Book 3.
• Science Fiction Studies #119Special Issue On Chinese Science Fiction. [via Jay Lake]
• SF Squeecast #21 (w/ Amber Benson).
• The Empire Strikes Back Uncut: The Jedi Kids Are Alright.
• Stan Lee’s How it Should Have Ended.
• Star Wars Fan Wraps for Cars..
• The SF Site: Vote For Your Favourite Books of 2012.

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