Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/21/13
Interviews & Profiles
- Civilian Reader interviews Liesel Schwarz.
- SF Squeecast chats with Amber Benson.
- Fast Forward video-interviews John Scalzi.
- Book View Cafe Blog interviews Cat Kimbriel.
- The Qwillery interviews Rita Leganski.
- Scott Marlowe interviews Andi O'Connor.
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing podcast-interviews Kevin J. Anderson.
- Suvudu readers interview Terry Brooks.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Mark Alpert.
- Shimmer interviews Dennis Ginoza.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Ted Kosmatka.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Sergio Diaz.
- Brooklyn Vegan interviews Shane Carruth. [via io9]
- Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast-interviews Gregory Maguire.
- Roanoke.com (Mike Allen) interviews Peter Davison.
News
- Obituary: Daniel Pearlman.
- Indie Booksellers Sue Amazon, Big Six over E-book DRM.
- Ray Bradbury's work finally available digitally in the UK
- A live-action movie based on All You Need Is Kill starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt is now in production. [via Haikasoru press release]
- Ender’s Game‘s Orson Scott Card's Anti-Gay Views Pose Risks for Film. [via Andrew Porter]
- The 39th Annual Saturn Awards Nominations Announced..
- The nomination period for the 2013 Sir Julius Vogel Awards is now oen. [via Andrew Porter]
Events
- China Miéville’s story is being performed by the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago.
- Emma Newman’s Between Two Thorns – signing and competition details.
- The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings presents Ken Liu & Robin Wasserman, Wednesday, March 6th, at The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art in NYC (guest-hoiseted by Douglas Cohen & John Joseph Adams).
- As part of the Fantastic Fiction free reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Leanna Renee Hieber (Gothic) & Alethea Kontis (Enchanted) Wednesday March 20th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC.
- June 15, 2013: JayCon XIII!
Articles
- Bad Reputation (Alyson Macdonald) on Young Avengers #1: Sex and the Female Gaze.
- Bad Reputation (Maura McHugh) on More Women In Horror for 2013.
- Bad Reputation (Chris Farnell) on Women In Horror Month: Women Killing Zombies.
- Genevieve Valentine on Anatomy of a Movie I’m Skipping: Jack the Giant Slayer.
- RT Book Reviews (Karen Lord) on The Boundaries Of Science Fiction And Romance.
- Gail Carriger on Event Report: Steampunk & Avid Reader.
- NPR (Glen Weldon) on LGBT Characters In Graphic Novels.
- Whatever on The Big Idea: Karen Heuler.
- David Brin on Exciting possibilities in (and about) space.
- Warren Ellis on Boiling Spacetime: How Time Works In The Graphic Novel.
- Ian Sales on My trip into space.
- Ian Sales on Why Television Sci-Fi Sucks.
- Book View Cafe Blog (Steven Harper Piziks) on Mad Scientists and the Igors Who Love Them.
- Fantasy Faction (Eric Christensen) on Libraries, Readers, and The Future of Publishing.
- Tor.com (Niall Alexander) on British Genre Fiction Focus: Different Kingdoms of Faith in Fiction.
- TorUK on Your Publishing Questions Answered.
- Amazing Stories (Astrid Nielsch) on Unicorn.
- Amazing Stories (Samantha Henry) on Will Wonder Woman Finally Make Her TV Comeback?
- Amazing Stories (Zachary Clemente) on Sequential Wednesdays #1 – Rockwell's Masked Heroes.
- Amazing Stories (R.K. Troughton) on Top Ten RPG Game Systems of All Time.
- Amazing Stories (Steve Davidson) on Mouldy Old History.
- Andrew Wheeler on Borrowing E-Books.
- NYTimes on Flaws Found in Fredric Wertham’s Comic-Book Studies. [via Andrew Porter]
- Kirkus Reviews (Andrew Liptak) on John Campbell Jr., Astounding Magazine and the Start of the Golden Age.
- Kirkus Reviews (Me!) on Read All About It: Planetary Destruction by Asteroid, Meteor and Comet.
- Functional Nerds (JT Evans) on What Are Role Playing Games?.
- The Night Bazaar (Michael J. Martinez) on Of gods and aliens.
- Deadline on Behind The Boycott Of DragonCon Over Co-Founder Accused Of Child Molestation.
- The Atlantic on 'Star Wars' Needs a New Approach to Gender—Not Just More Women.
- WSJ on Cory Doctorw’ Homeland.
- Boing Boing on The Art of Dead Space: book preview.
- Timothy C. Ward on Second Shift – Order by Hugh Howey.
- Dorkly Article on The 10 Most Miserable Creatures in the Pokemon World.
- Francis Knight on Top 6 Anti-heroes in film and literature.
- Mike Brotherton on 8 Science Fiction Tropes of Convenience.
Art
- Rad Concept Art Illustrations by Alex Tooth.
- Sci-fi movie posters by Dani Blázquez.
- Green Goblin by Sheridan-j.
- To Catch A Beast by Sheridan-j.
- Underdark by Aeon-Lux.
- I saw the suns of Skyland by Aeon-Lux.
- Fantasy Art: Fantasy Illustration.
- Concept Art: Ogre Cannons.
- Avatar Characters by Yu Cheng Hong.
- Concept ships by Rico Kersten.
- The Skywalkers comic series by Renata Castellani.
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt from To Hell and Back: Hell to Pay by Matt Hughes.
- The Art of Wishing (Excerpt) by Lindsay Ribar.
- The Matrix (Excerpt) by Jo Bannister.
- DAW Books Discussion: The Silent Dragon by Irene Radford.
- Robert A. Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy Graphic Novel by Eric Gignac.
- StarShipSofa #277 features fiction by David D. Levine.
- Sword & Laser Podcast #121 – A bird too far.
- NASA – Dragon Prepares to Resupply Station. [via The Lensman's Children]
- Vampire Timeline.
- Video of launch for Gideon’s Angel by Clifford Beal.
- Batman vs. Zippy the Pinhead.
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