Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/23/13
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- The Roundtable Podcast interviews Leanna Renee Hieber.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Michele Lang.
- Sword & Laser interviews Peter F. Hamilton.
- Boing Boing interviews Peter Clines.
- The Qwillery interviews Richard Thomas.
- Sidebar interviews Dan Dos Santos.
- Amazing Stories interviews Michael J. Sullivan.
- Amazing Stories interviews Interview with Bruce Boston (Part 2).
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Andrew Post.
- Suvudu interviews Scott Snyder (podcast).
- Comics Beat interviews Bob Fingerman.
News
- Obituary: David B. Silva.
- Bezos Expeditions Recovers Apollo’s Engine.
- HarperCollins Children’s Books acquires sf action-adventure series, Infinity Blake, billed as “Young Bond meets Artemis Fowl meets Toy Soldiers”.
- Random House signs up two more childrens book by Lucy and Stephen Hawking.
- Barnes & – Noble-Simon & – Schuster Dispute Said to Hurt Sales.
- Neil Gaiman publishes “Down to a Sunless Sea” in the Guardian. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Columbia Picks Up Movie Rights to YA Novel Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton.
- LoneStarCon 3 will announce Hugo finalists on Saturday, March 30.
- LoneStarCon 3 membership rates to increase May 1, 2013.
- Every live-action 'Star Trek' series available for free on Hulu through end of March.
- 23 Akira Kurosawa Films Streaming Free This Weekend.
- NASA's Mars Spacecraft Go Solo Next Month.
- Harlan Ellison Coming To The Simpsons.
Articles
- Jo Walton on Inspirations & Influences.
- Marie Brennan on The folklore mode of fantasy.
- Bruce Sterling on Japanese steampunk.
- Timothy C. Ward on Quality Fan Fiction in Hugh Howey’s Wool Universe.
- Whatever on The Big Idea: Jane Yolen (and Adam Stemple).
- Heather Massey on Fun With Sci-Fi Romance Blurbs.
- David Brin on Questions I am frequently asked about… (Part IV) Prediction and the Future.
- Mike Brotherton on Science and Fiction from Springer.
- Paolo Bacigalupi, Ramez Naam, and Tobias Buckell on natural gas.
- Tor.com on 5 Nutty Things (and One Serious) About Stephen King’s Shining Sequel Doctor Sleep.
- Strange Chemistry on A How-To of Blog Tours.
- Amazing Stories on Now with even MORE Pulp.
- BBC News asks Why does Game of Thrones inspire such devotion among fans?
- Kirkus Reviews on Faltering Artificial Intelligence Aboard Prosper Space Station.
- Patrick Hester on Friday Flick: Dredd.
- Publishers Weekly on 10 Imaginary Countries in Books. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
- Hot Digital Portraits by David Gaillet.
- Concept Art by Emmanuel Shiu.
- Spaceship art by Colie Wertz.
- Concept robots from M3CH.
- Mutant Brawl by Danny LuVisi.
- SATYR SF by yayashin.
- Artwork of Tobias White: Arkham.
- Widow Mine by *Mr–Jack.
- Cool Art: 'Metropolis' by Laurent Durieux.
- Illustration Using Portrait by Igor Morski.
More Fun Stuff
- 50 Page Fridays: Juliet Dark.
- Excerpt: Supernatural: Fresh Meat by Alice Henderson.
- Baen Books Podcast.
- A graphical study of the top 100 Zombie films in chronological order.
- Blizzard reveals Warcraft-themed card game.
- Mattel’s ‘Batman Classics 1966′ Toy Line.
- Wonder Woman Bust Bank.
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