Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/9/13
By John DeNardo (SF Signal) |
Saturday, February 9th, 2013 at
12:05 am
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.]
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Was heartbroken to learn, on the otherwise excellent Sword and Laser video interview with Brandon Sanderson, that the second book in his Stormlight Archive series is not going to come out until 2014.