Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/4/13

Interviews & Profiles

• BookPeople interviews Kim Harrison.
• Goodreads interviews Kim Harrison (video).
• Helen Lowe interviews Elspeth Cooper (+ Giveaway).
• OregonLive interviews Cory Doctorow.
• The Nervous Breakdown interviews Sean Beaudoin.
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Christopher Barzak.
• SFX interviews Peter V Brett.
• Flickering Myth interviews Guillaume Rocheron.

News

• Tobias Buckell announces the UK rights sales of Arctic Rising and sequel Hurricane Fever to Del Rey UK.
• 2013 DUFF Nominations Open. [via Andrew Porter]
• NASA Solar Sail Demonstration (The Sunjammer Project) names after Arthur C. Clarke story. [via Andrew Porter and Paul Di Filippo]

Articles

• John Scalzi on Solving My Racist Sexist Homophobic Dipshit Problem.
• Neil Gaiman on The Best Advice.
• The New York Review of Books (Michael Chabon) on Wes Anderson’s Worlds.
• Amazing Stories (Michael J. Sullivan) on Don’t Quit Your Day Job – Traditional Publishing by the Numbers.
• Amazing Stories (Jane Frank) on The Artful Collector: Living in Interesting Times.
• Amazing Stories (Paul Cook) on The Lazy Apocalypse.
• Amazing Stories (Geoffrey James) on Machines that Think Are Improbable.
• Amazing Stories (D. Nicklin-Dunbar) on Science Fiction’s Self-Esteem Problem Part IV: To Boldly Go Where No Fan Has Gone Before.
• Mythic Scribes on Extensive vs. Minimal: What is Your World Building Coming To?
• The Science of Fiction (Andrew C. Porter) on Rejection over Acceptance:The Peter M. Ball Ratio.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido on hilarious summaries of some of my Trek fiction.
• DAW Books on New Releases: February 2013.
• The Washington Post (Graham Sleight) on Homeland by Cory Doctorow.
• Win Scott Eckert on Countdown to the new Philip José Farmer books from Titan! (post #7).
• Civilian Reader on Upcoming: Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura by James Barclay.
• NYTimes on Raspberry Pi, a Computer Tinkerer’s Dream. [via Andrew Porter]
• Sentient Developments on 7 Best-Case Scenarios for the Future of Humanity.
• BuzzFeed on 19 Absurd Zombie Books We Should All Read.

Art

• “Man Of Steel” by Carlos Valenzuela.
• 00:10 AM by *Eimer.
• Creature Spot – Mammon.
• The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log – Art For Art’s Sake.
• Phobia by Grise.
• Batman – Skullified by fantasio.
• The art of Conan.
• Superhero Noir Posters – Marko Manev.
• Illustrated portraits of woman astronauts.

More Fun Stuff

• Notes from Coode Street #133 w/ Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe.
• Free Novel Saturday: Star Song, Chapters 12 & 13 | Edward Willett.
• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day – Starburst Galaxy.
• Fan-Made Posters For Star Wars Episode VII.
• Chocolate Flying Machine.
• Italians on the Moon.
• Frankenstein coloring book.
• Doctor Who Marriage Proposal Cake.
• Spock Cookie Jar.
• Batman, you’re a genius.

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