Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/8/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Agony Column Podcast features a panel discussion with with Steven Gould and Laura J. Mixon, moderated by Terry Bisson.
• My Bookish Ways interviews James K. Decker.
• Reddit Fantasy readers interview Peter V. Brett.
• The Night Bazaar interviews Nick Sharps.
• Ginger Nuts Of Horror interviews Tim Marquitz.

News

• RIP: Robin Sachs.
• Barker & Mccammon Win Lifetime Horror Award.
• Amazon Has a Patent to Sell Used Ebooks.
• Seniors find e-books easier to read than the printed page, study finds.
• JJ Abrams, Gabe Newell Partnering for Movie adaptations of games (Portal and Half-Life).
• Chris Holm’s Dead Letters is Now Live.
• Now open: Matthew Hughes’ Archonate Bookstore.

Events

• SF Masterclass 2013.

Articles

• The Roundtable Podcast (Emma Newman) on the Split Worlds.
• Hero Complex on Philip K. Dick, an uneasy spy inside 1970s suburbia.
• Brenda Cooper on Backing into Eden: Chapter 3 – The Hopeless Voice.
• Black Gate (Sarah Avery) on Teaching and Fantasy Literature: The Strange and Mysterious Unit.
• Bleeding Cool on Orson Scott Card, Superman And Here We Go Again. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Tor.com on All About Tor.com’s Original Short Fiction.
• Fantasy Book Critic (James K. Decker) on Friend And Foe.
• Islam Scifi on Female, Muslim, and mutant: Muslim women in comic books.
• The Qwillery (Lori Sjoberg) on A Day in the Life of David Anderson.
• Krantastic on Crowdfunding and Fantasy.
• Fantasy Faction (Adrian Faulkner) on Consider Worldbuilding.
• Gav Thorpe on Why Writing is Great.
• Kirkus Reviews (Andrew Liptak) on Blog Post: The Many Names of Catherine Lucille Moore.
• Amazing Stories (Felicity Savage) on The Galapagos Frontier Thesis.
• Amazing Stories (Chris Gerwel) on Romance – More Powerful than You Could Possibly Imagine.
• Amazing Stories (Gary Dalkin) on The Rise of the Zombies.
• Michael A. Burstein on When I Want Time Travel.
• Dan Abnett on TV Highlights to look forward to….
• Lawrence Person on It’s Raining Gene Wolfe Review Copies!
• The Washington Post (Michael Dirda) reviews The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• My Bookish Ways (Kristin Centorcelli) reviews American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett.
• Examiner.com (Josh Vogt) reviews Called to Darkness by Richard Lee Byers.
• Stainless Steel Droppings (Carl V. Anderson) on Last Train to Jubilee Bay by Kali Wallace.
• Flavorwire on 10 Books That Could Save Your Life.
• Rachel Swirsky on Stripped Down Short Fiction Reccs, 2012.
• Scott Marlowe on 10 Ways Readers Can Help Authors.
• LitReactor on 10 Reasons Why Dredd Is The Best Comic Book Movie Of 2012 You Didn't See.
• SFX on Top 20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movie WTF? Moments.

Art

• Concept robots by Jim Hatama.
• Books of the Raksura Compendium – Trading Lesson.
• Concept Spaceships and interior by mechaonda.
• Fantasy Art: Gollum.
• Aion by steelsuit.
• Friendly Wisp by tanathe.
• Awe-Inspiring Fantasy Oil Paintings by Michael C. Hayes.
• Doc Savage, El hombre de Bronce.
• The Shadow Knows.
• Digital Heroes by Stefani Rennee.

More Fun Stuff

• Blood and Bone (Excerpt) by Ian Cameron Esslemont.
• The Evolution Of The Zombie. [via Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine]
• Osiris by E.J. Swift, UK Book Trailer
• Doctor Who Cookie Cutters.

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