Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/18/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Racebending interviews Holly Black and Sarah Rees Brennan.
• Sword & Laser interviews Trudi Canavan.
• Readers interview David Brin.
• Dab of Darkness interviews Barbara Friend Ish.
• Write 1 Sub 1 interviews Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
• Evelyn Paige video bio. [via Andrew Porter]
• Cory Doctorow at Flyleaf books in Chapel Hill, NC.

News

• DragonCon issues statement on its connection to Ed Kramer.
• The 2013 Fan Activity Achievement (FAAn) Awards ballot is now available. [via Andrew Porter]
• Arthur Conan Doyle Estate Sued To Show That Sherlock Holmes Is Public Domain.
• Hyperion to Publish Romantic Novels Starring Marvel Superheroes.
• Gay sci-fi author asks DC for ‘balance,’ offers to write Superman.
• Indiegogo: Godmachine feature film.

Events

• The Steampunk Worlds Fair.
• February 17 BSFA London Meeting: Elizabeth Hand interviewed by Farah Mendlesohn.

Articles

• SF Novelists (Marie Brennan) on An Open Letter to the Creators of Sexist Fantasy and Comic Book Art.
• Black Gate (Nick Ozment) on The Weird of Oz Recalls his First Visit to Barsoom.
• NYTimes (Leslie Kaufman) on A Good Fit for Small Screens, Short Stories Are Selling.
• The Underground Bunker on Scientology Mythbusting with Jon Atack: And With Help From Harlan Ellison. [via Andrew Porter]
• Publishers Weekly on TOC 2013: Startups, Sharing, And the Future of Publishing.
• Forces of Geek (Salvatore S. Cucinotta) on Symbolism and Biology of King Ghidorah.
• Amazing Stories (D. Nicklin-Dunbar) on SF Weapons 101: An Introduction.
• Amazing Stories (Gene Mierzejewski) on The Fed Puts Stamps of Approval on Science Fiction Authorship.
• Amazing Stories (Ricky L. Brown) on In the Beginning…
• Amazing Stories (Jane Frank) on The Artful Collector: Collecting Strategies Part 1 “The Completist”.
• Amazing Stories (Michael J. Sullivan) on Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Editors and Their Roles.
• Amazing Stories (Paul Cook) on What Science Fiction Lacks.
• BBC asks BBC News – How will our future cities look? [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on Jay Lake’s Kalimpura.
• Carrie Cuinn on David Marusek’s Getting To Know You.
• My Bookish Ways on Sentinel by Matthew Dunn.
• Stainless Steel Droppings on “Abyssus Abyssum Invocat” by Genevieve Valentine.
• John Anealio asks on Which TV Show Inspires You?.
• JarvisCity on 6 Things Bride Of Chucky Taught Us About Love.
• WhatCulture on 10 Best Sci-Fi Films Of The 21st Century So Far.

Art

• Awesome Digital Characters by Ashraf Ghori.
• Bryan Marvin P. Sola on deviantART.
• Altered Carbon.
• Batman.
• LMS – ABADDON – by `DanLuVisiArt.
• RED by sumthnk.
• Krylidon – Graphika Manila 2013 by xjosh2k6x.
• Bane juggernaut by mouseroom.
• The Sci-Fi and Character Illustrations of Patrick Reilly.
• Star Trek reimagined by Pixar .
• New Character Images & Concept Art For Lego Marvel Superheroes Released.
• Dune Fan Art.

More Fun Stuff

• Extract from Jeff Somers’ Trickster.
• Free Novel Saturday: Star Song by Edward Willett, Chapters 16 & 17 | .
• Beware the Hairy Mango #147: Fudgethrower.
• Christopher Nolan Animated Tribute [VIDEO].
• March Reading List Poll – Comics.
• SciFiChick.com’s 8th Anniversary!

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