Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/1/13
By John DeNardo |
Friday, March 1st, 2013 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- My Bookish Ways interviews Betsy Dornbusch.
- New Jedi Order Encyclopedia interviews Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff & Shelly Shapiro.
- Zena Shapter interviews Tim Lebbon.
- The Qwillery interviews Jess Macallan.
- COSMOS magazine interviews Thoraiya Dyer.
- Readers interview A. Lee Martinez.
News
- Obituary: Cuban science fiction author Angel Arango.
- The Title for Brandon Sanderson’s Second Stormlight Archive Book Has Been Revealed.
- Hugo-winning podcaster Tony C. Smith (Starship Sofa) launches new podcast: Technically Fit and Healthy.
- One rat brain 'talks' to another using electronic link. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Portland Will Host 2014 World Horror Con.
- REMINDER: Hugo nominations deadline is on March 10th.
Events
- Monday, March 4: Science Fiction Writer Ted Chiang to Speak at UC Riverside.
- CopperCon will be held on August 8-11th, 2013 in Mesa, AZ. Guests include Mike Grell, Trina Robbins, Steve Leialoha, L.E. Modesitt Jr. and more.
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Mary Doria Russell on the perils (and rewards) of being a midlist novelist. [via Tansy Rayner Roberts]
- Angela Slatter on The Writing Life: A Really Big Echo Chamber. [via Tansy Rayner Roberts]
- Mary Robinette Kowal on Debut author lessons: Writing is no longer a hobby.
- Ruth Nestvold on Cover art for the next book in the Pendragon Chronicles, "A Wasted Land".
- Tor.com (Brit Mandelo) on Queering SFF: While I Was Away… (Now with Added Theory!)
- Pippa Jay (Heather Massey) on Cover Love.
- Literary Escapism (Jax Garren) on The Decision to “Go There”.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: The Death of Publishing.
- Whatever on The Big Idea: Peter Clines.
- On Starships and Dragonwings on Authors of Color Challenge.
- Tor UK (Adrian Tchaikovsky) on The Politics Of Insects.
- Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on How Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire Turned Star Wars into Science Fiction.
- The World in the Satin Bag on Literary Explorations: Epic Fantasy = Crushingly Conservative? (A Sorta Response to Liz Bourke).
- Timothy C. Ward on February Spec-fic-fetti.
- John Kenneth Muir on Forbidden Planet (1956).
- Andrew Wheeler on Batman: Death by Design by Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor.
- Orbit Books on The Ultimate Epic Fantasy Author for the Ultimate Epic Fantasy Fan.
- Smart Pop Books (Martin Shuster) on What It Means to Mourn.
- Concord Monitor on An amazing revival: Classic sci-fi magazine makes its way to web.
- Amazing Stories (Felicity Savage) on The Impossibility of Escaping the Palm of Buddha's Hand.
- Amazing Stories (C.E. Martin) on Kids n’ Zombies.
- Amazing Stories (Chris Gerwel) on SFF's Relationship with Romance.
- Staffer's Book Review on 2012 Juice Box Award: Most Disappointing Book of the Year.
- Ron Miller on Why Frank Kelly Freas was possibly the greatest science fiction artist who ever lived.
- NPR on String Theory: Fascinating, Not Science Fiction.
- Charlie Jane Anders on 10 Greatest Handguns in All of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Listverse on 10 Unsolved Mysteries of Science.
Art
- Stunning Digital Illustrations by Julie Dillon.
- Fantasy Art: Dream Catcher.
- Vampire Hunter by yigitkoroglu.
- concept ships: Docked by Jaime Jones.
- concept robots: Destiny by Jaime Jones.
- A Gallery of Batman Artwork.
- The UK cover for Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal.
- Cover wrap for The Flames of Shadam Khoreh by Bradley P. Beaulieu.
- Dust Jacket Illustration for Subterranean Press edition of Joe Abercrombie’s The Heroes.
More Fun Stuff
- Small Blue Planet Podcast #02: China, with Cheryl Morgan, Karen Burnham, Ken Liu, Chen Qiufan.
- Galactic Suburbia Podcast #76.
- I Should Be Writing #275 – Rapid Fire – The Great Agent Hunt.
- Free Preview: ALTER EGO magazine #115 [PDF].
- Secret of the Stars – A New Song By Symphony Of Science.
- James Maxey reads from Witchbreaker.
- Yasutaro Mitsui and his steel humanoid.
- King Kong Lives! Get a Haunting Look at the Giant Gorilla in a Sneak Peek for the New Australian Musical. [via Bill Crider]
- King Kong (1976) TV Guide Ad.
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So many teases in Sanderson’s post about the new Stormlight Archives book. It is a killer waiting so long between books.
Sad and scary to read about Maria Doria Russell’s experience with her publisher. As we know, publishing is a business, but it is unpleasant to be reminded of it in that way when it comes to discussing products that are of the creative variety.
After listening to the podcast with Mary Robinette Kowal I’m going to have to order a UK version of Shades of Milk and Honey as I’m curious about her changes to the story. And it would be nice to have books with matching covers, despite the fact that I liked the first cover.