Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/9/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Roqoo Depot interviews Martha Wells.
• Chuck Wendig interviews Laura Lam.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Gaie Sebold.
• In Conversation at Orbit: Ian Tregillis and Charlie Stross.
• Sword & Laser interviews Brandon Sanderson.
• Readers interview A. Lee Martinez.
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Lee Collins.
• Every Read Thing interviews Lavie Tidhar.
• Jen's Book Thoughts interviews Chris Holm.
• Shimmer interviews William Jablonsky.
• AMC viewers interview Kevin Smith.
• Kylie Griffin interviews Kristin Centorcelli of My Bookish Ways.

News

• HWA 2012 Specialty Press Award Goes to Centipede Press.
• Macmillan Settles with the DOJ Over Price Fixing Lawsuit. (See also: A Message from John Sargent.)
• Lee Harris promoted at Angry Robot.
• Stephen King slams proposed Shining prequel.
• Scientists Predict Which Cities Around the World Will be Underwater in 100 Years.
• Con or Bust – Helping Fans of Color Attend SFF Cons. [via Jay Lake]
• REMINDER: Sequence a Science Fiction Writer – Acts of Whimsy Fundraiser for Jay Lake.

Articles

• BBC News on 1984: George Orwell's road to dystopia. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Whatever’s The Big Idea on Laura Lam.
• Angels of Retribution (Aliette de Bodard) on The Appropriateness of Names and Naming Customs.
• Anne Lyle on A Game of Bones: the finding of Richard III.
• Evie Manieri on Speechless: Writing Dialogue for Characters Who Don’t Speak. [via My Bookish Ways]
• Maurice Broaddus on Captive Audience.
• The Qwillery (Karen Heuler) on Realism, Magical and Otherwise.
• Apex Publications (Jessica Nelson) on Women in Horror: Judging a Book by its Cover.
• GalleyCat on Fantasy Fiction Writers to Pose for Charity Calendar.
• Tor.com on Jules Verne’s Love of Adventure Took Us From the Center of the Earth to the Surface of the Moon.
• Blastr on Neil Gaiman’s revealing Doctor Who episode title confirmed.
• Amazing Stories (Mike Brotherton) asks Is Science Killing Science Fiction?
• Amazing Stories (G.W. Thomas) on Dark History: Bran Mak Morn.
• Smart Pop Books (Andrew Zimmerman Jones) on Of Direwolves and Gods.
• The World in the Satin Bag on If You Could Teach It: The Space Opera Edition.
• Comics Beat on The Safe Haven of Batman.
• Scott Marlowe on Introducing the World of Uhl.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Write Tip: 8 Tips For How To Approach Editing Your Work.
• Big Think on Seeing Earth from Space: How True Awe Changes You.
• Big Think on Neil deGrasse Tyson Reflects On Our Space Odyssey.
• Heroes and Heartbreakers on Urban Fantasy 101.
• Space.com on How Saturn's Moon Titan Gets Its Smog.
• Mental Floss on 11 Geeky Snow Creations We Love.
• WhatCulture on Batman Reboot: 10 Essential Villains And Who Should Play Them.
• The Book Case on 10 modern horror masterpieces.

Art

• Superhero Noir Posters – Marko Manev.
• Sci-fi Art: Giant Mech.
• Fantasy Art: Mantis Queen.
• Digital Painting: Gluttony.
• Reine Avan Final retouche by Kargall.
• Dracolich by Ciruelo Cabral.
• Concept Spaceship concept by Nick Maradin.
• Concept robots by Nick Maradin.

More Fun Stuff

• 50 Page Fridays: The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord.
• The Daylight War (Excerpt) by Peter V. Brett.
• Supernova Flashback Space Wallpaper.
• VIDEO: Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets that it’s as strong as 3 billion elephants. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Raygun Chronicles T-Shirt Revealed.
• Homemade TARDIS Snuggie.
• Strange Frame: the first animated sci-fi lesbian rock musical.
• A dance remix of The Star Trek fight music from “Amok Time”, The Mos Eisley Cantina Band, and Queen’s Flash Gordon Theme. [via Wil Wheaton]
• INFOGRAPHIC: The Changing Face of Superman. [via MonkeyBrain, Inc.]