Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/16/13

Interviews & Profiles

• ABC interviews Karen Lord.
• Sword & Laser interviews R.A. Salvatore.
• Locus Online interviews Lavie Tidhar.
• Locus Roundtable’s Small Blue Planet interviews Fábio Fernandes & Jacques Barcia.
• Every Read Thing interviews Adam Christopher.
• Zachary Jernigan interviews Asher Ellis.
• The Comics Reporter interviews Gary Groth. [via The Forbidden Planet International Blog]
• The Qwillery interviews Clifford Beal.
• Readers interview A. Lee Martinez.
• Fantasy Book Review interviews Adrian Faulkner.
• Amazing Stories interviews Diane Severson.
• Amazing Stories interviews Interview with Bruce Boston (Part 1).

News

• Blake Charlton to become a resident physician in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
• David Herter’s First Republic Trilogy now complete on Kindle.
• Jeff Carlson’s New “Name Game” Contest.
• NASA Spacecraft Snaps Last Photos of Icy Saturn Moon.

Events

• Joe Hill’s UK Tour for NOS4R2.
• Terry Brooks Tour.
• July 14-21, 2013: Launch Pad astronomy workshop.
• June 14: Neil Gaiman in Bath for The Ocean at the End of the Lane event.
• August 22 – 25: NecronomiCon Providence – Providence's H. P. Lovecraft Convention.

Crowd Funding

• The Flames of Shadam Khoreh by Bradley P. Beaulieu.

Articles

• Anna Gregson on “Pimp My Airship” – Reclaiming Airships for Epic Fantasy.
• Julie Crisp on Tor Tour: It’s Not Just About the Editing.
• Suvudu on Dear Readers: A Letter from Liesel Schwarz.
• Whatever on The Big Idea: Deb Taber.
• Guardian on Douglas Adams is still the king of comic science fiction. [via Locus Online]
• TIME.com on Why Doctor Who is Pop Culture Sci-Fi At Its Best.
• The Atlantic Wire on What Did 1988 Los Angeles Think 2013 Los Angeles Would Look Like? [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (32): RoboCop, Innerspace.
• Book Riot on Book Discovery Through Literary Awards, Part Two: Genre.
• JarvisCity on 7 Superhero Movies That Will Never Happen (But The Child Inside Of Us Wishes They Would).
• Boing Boing on Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project: how you can help save historic space data.
• Blastr on 14 minor sci-fi film characters who are worthy of their own movie.
• The Geeky Nerfherder on Help Make Final Fantasy VII: The Web Series A Possiblity.
• BuzzFeed on The 7 Other Ways TV Series Continue After Cancellation.
• Sci-Fi Romance on 10 Star-Crossed Lovers From Fantasy Films.
• Science Fiction on Top 10 Girl-Power Moments in Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Art

• Cover Design: Drakenfeld by Mark Charan Newton.
• Scrapyard Crawlers by ~Zaithy.
• Fantasy Art: Saltmine.
• Fantasy Art: The Necromancer.
• Heights by ~Ellixus.
• Breathe by ~korbox.
• Minimalist Gaming Posters.

More Fun Stuff

• Bruce Sterling SXSW Interactive 2013 Keynote Address. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Friday Reads: We Are Here by Micahel Marshall (Smith).
• 50 Page Fridays: Robert Masello.
• Giveaway: Abraham Lincoln Dinosaur Hunter-Land of Legends (early reader scifi).
• Preview of BBC Radio Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere.
• 3 Short fiction stories by C.L. Moore. [via File 770]
• Futurology Reading List.
• Short Cthulhu Mythos Themed Movie: “Ryleh”.
• J.G. Ballard Gets Paid to Plug Taco Bell.
• Face Paintings.
• Game of Thrones / Princess Bride Mash-Up.
• Star Wars: BFFs.
• Spider-Man Beard.
• Kurt Vonnegut Finger Puppet and Magnet.
• Andrew 12-Sided Dice Clay.
• Beware the Hairy Mango #149 – The Piñata Club.

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