Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/7/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Nightmare Magazine interviews Molly Tanzer.
• Geek’s Guide To The Galaxy interviews Nalo Hopkinson.
• Civilian Reader interviews Marie Brennan.
• Rambling On interviews Seanan McGuire.
• Omnivoracious interviews Lauren Oliver.
• Scott Marlowe interviews Ginney Etherton.
• Giant Fire Breathing Robot interviews Jason Morningstar.
• The Future And You welcomes Dr. James K. Woosley.
• Palm Beach Illustrated interviews Carrie Fisher.
• Flickering Myth interviews Lynne Yoshii.
• Coming Soon: Margaret Atwood on Reddit.

News

• RIP: Editor Anne Jordan.
• RIP: Mara Brener.
• SFWA says Random House Imprint Hydra Not A Qualifying Market.
• Jim Butcher Lands Deal for New Steampunk Series.
• Strange Chemistry Now Hiring: Fiction Publicity Manager.
• Mythic Delirium opened to submissions March 1.
• The CZP / Rannu Fund offers two awards per year of $500 CDN each, one for fiction, one for poetry, granted to two writers of speculative literature.
• Reminder: Hugo Nomination Deadline is on Sunday!

Events

• The Venue for World Horror Convention 2014 is Portland, Oregon: May 8 – 11, 2014

• Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera (Science Fiction Anthology).
• Torment: Tides of Numenera.

Articles

• Apex Publications (Fran Wilde) on March Noir: School Me on Noir.
• Dana Fredsti on Warm and Fuzzy zombies.
• The Qwillery (Ramona Ausubel) on Magical Realism, Real Magic.
• Brian Ruckley on Everything I’ve Ever Written is a Failure.
• Charlie Stross on Me, talking.
• Gav Thorpe on Why Writing is Great.
• Warren Ellis on How I Came Up With Spider Jerusalem.
• John Scalzi on Note to SF/F Writers: Random House’s Hydra Imprint Has Appallingly Bad Contract Terms.
• Michael May on Tarzan 101 | The Son of Tarzan.
• The King of Elfland's Second Cousin on Crushing Conservatism in Epic Fantasy.
• Timothy C. Ward on Researching to Write the Impossible.
• John Wiswell on What Makes You Like a Protagonist?.
• My Bookish Ways on Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa.
• Andrew Liptak on A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent, by Marie Brennan.
• Wired.com on Private Plan to Send Humans to Mars in 2018 Might Not Be So Crazy.
• Tor.com (Niall Alexander) on British Genre Fiction Focus: Understanding Progressive SF.
• Gollancz blog on SFX magazine’s Dave Bradley considers how the SF world has changed in the 100 issues since he became editor.
• Amazing Stories (R.K. Troughton) on The Fuzzy Line Between Science Fiction and Fantasy.
• Amazing Stories (Samantha Henry) asks Are Modern Twists on Classics the Future?
• Space.com on Jupiter Moon's Underground Ocean Bubbles up to Surface.
• Lytherus on Brandon Sanderson shares about “an ending” and about what is still to come.
• Kirkus Reviews (me!) on Steampunk Update, Part 3—Mash-Ups and More.
• Sci-Fi Songs on Top 5 Albums of Fantasy Author Tom Lloyd.
• WhatCulture on 10 Robots That Didn’t Get The Credit They Deserved.
• Squidoo on The Best Steampunk Movies.
• io9 on The 10 Greatest (Fictional) Female Scientists We Want to Be When We Grow Up.

Art

• Realistic and Believable Character and Creature Concepts of Ken Barthemley.
• Stunning Concept Art by Adam Vehige.
• The Art of Les Edwards.
• Superhero Album Covers.
• Earth’s Mightiest Avengers – by John Giang.
• Fantasy Art: Leaf Arrow.
• concept ships: Spaceship art by Maciej Garbacz.
• Space Elevator by *Gryphart.
• Cover Reveal: Gallow by Nathan Hawke.

More Fun Stuff

• Sister Mine (Excerpt) by Nalo Hopkinson.
• StarShipSofa No 279 Rachel Swirsky.
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show #134. Hugo Nominations Discussion w/ Adam Callaway.
• Story Notes for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
• Artemis Eternal – a fan-funded film project.
• TOM THE DANCING BUG: Can Obama navigate budget battles and science fiction references in "STAR SE-TREK-STER"?. [via Paul Di Filippo]

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