Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/22/13

Interviews & Profiles

• LA Times profiles Nalo Hopkinson.
• SciFiNow interviews Lauren Beukes.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Peter Higgins.
• Geek Syndicate interviews Weston Osche.
• Amazing Stories interviews Tom Merritt.
• Reddit readers interview Lev Grossman.
• Tom Doherty interviews Harriet McDougal.

News

• RIP: Rick Hautala.
• Top Authors Contribute to Shared Worlds.
• Neil Gaiman is Writing Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Simon & Schuster To Share Piracy Stats with Authors & Agents.
• New Epic Fantasy by Freya Robertson coming from Angry Robot.
• Pre-Order U.S. Edition of Blood Of Dragons & Get FREE Signed Bookplate.
• Worldcon and NASFiC Candidates.
• George R.R. Martin pitched a Game of Thrones prequel series to HBO.
• George R.R. Martin gets Game of Thrones Season 4 Cameo.

Events

• Once Upon a Time Challenge VII.
• Friday April 26th at the Massachusetts Library Association conference: The State of the Book in the Digital Age.

Crowd Funding

• Littlest Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu by Tro Rex & Eyo Bella. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Articles

• Adam Nevill on James Herbert.
• David Moody on James Herbert.
• The Bookseller on Trade tributes to James Herbert.
• Kaaron Warren on Awards, readings, stories.
• Jenna McCormick on The Keeper Shelf.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: The Bad Book.
• Charles Stross on Why I don't self-publish.
• Django Wexler on The Fantasy Language Problem.
• Robert Jackson Bennett on Excessiveness.
• Whatever on Moses Gates.
• Bee Ridgway on The River of No Return.
• A J Dalton on How to write a beast of a novel.
• io9 on Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Creators Who Started Out Writing Comedy.
• Omnivoracious on The Mysteries Behind Gwenda Bond's Blackwood.
• Peter Bebergal on The Mummy’s Curse by Roger Luckhurst.
• Missions Unknown on Forgotten Book: The Sorcerer’s House by Gene Wolfe.
• Geek Exchange on Mad Scientist's Guide To World Domination edited by John Joseph Adams.
• Amazing Stories on World-building in Westerns and Speculative Fiction.
• Futurismic on Science fiction and science, part II: smashing the crystal ball. [via Amazing Stories]
• NYTimes.com on Marvel's 'Age of Ultron' Features Controversial Angel. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Kirkus Reviews (Patrick Hester) on Dark Horse’s Ode To Robert E. Howard: ‘savage Sword: Volume One’, A Comic Anthology
• Open the Future on Open the Future: Futures of Human Cultures. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• BBC News asks Why do we invent monsters? (podcast). [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The Atlantic Wire on Books are Becoming Less and Less Emotional.
• KurzweilAI on Amazingly realistic digital screen characters are finally here.
• The Economist on How to build a multiverse.
• WhatCulture on 10 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Of All Time.
• The Fix on The 10 Strangest Drugs in Fiction.

Art

• John Picacio’s art for Button Man and Murder Tree by Cherie Priest.
• Concept ships by Daryl Mandryk.
• Concept robot art by Daryl Mandryk.
• 2D Art: Pincers.
• Concept Art: Cannon Girl.

More Fun Stuff

• Stung (Excerpt) by Bethany Wiggins | Tor.com.
• Excerpt: The World of Ice & Fire by George R. R. Martin.
• You Know What You Have To Do (Excerpt) by Bonnie Shimko.
• Cover Art & Synopsis for Night Creatures Series by Marianne de Pierres.
• Game of Thrones Crossed with The Princess Bride.
• Fritz Lang directing the crowd on the set of Metropolis.
• on 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Turns 50.
• Googly Eyes on Books. [via Look At This]

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