Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/8/13
By John DeNardo |
Friday, March 8th, 2013 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- My Bookish Ways interviews Ariel Djanikian.
- Chuck Wendig interviews Emma Newman.
- The British Fantasy Society interviews Robin Hobb.
- TheForce.Net interviews Michael Reaves.
- The Qwillery interviews Michele Lang.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Julianna Scott (+ Giveaway).
News
- SFWA De-Lists Hydra; Random House Responds.
- Random House Responds to SFWA Slamming Its Hydra Imprint.
- British Academy Games Award Winners Announced.
- George Lucas confirms “final stages of negotiation” with original Star Wars actors.
- Subterranean: 50% Off Preorder Sale.
Events
Crowd Funding
Write The Future – A new micro-conference on science, technology, communication and fiction, organised by the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Articles
- Marie Brennan on More thoughts on the epic fantasy thing.
- Tor.com (Karina Cooper) on LGBTQ Characters: If They’re In My Life They Should Be in the Fiction I Read.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Binge Reading.
- Deborah J. Ross on The Feathered Edge: Editing Tanith Lee, With Sword and Chameleon.
- Black Gate (Sarah Avery) on Teaching and Fantasy Literature: Taking the SAT? Montag to the Rescue!
- Whatever on The Big Idea: Deb Coates.
- Salon.com asks What happened to Orson Scott Card? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Krzysztof K. Kietzman on Constructs Of Innocence In Selected Works Of Cyberpunk Fiction (PDF).
- Warren Ellis (Rachel Armstrong) on Where The Future Went.
- David Brin on Questions I’m often asked. Part II: About Science Fiction.
- Michael May on Tarzan 101 | Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.
- Cory Doctorow on Ten Years On.
- Steve Umstead on My view on authors tweeting/retweeting – you may not like this.
- Lawrence Person on Problems in Fantasy Perception.
- Michael Stackpole on 7 Traits of Enduring Characters.
- Smart Pop Books (David Hopkins) on The Hero Wears the Hat.
- Missions Unknown (Scott Cupp) on Forgotten Book: The Constantine Affliction by T. Aaron Payton.
- Amazing Stories (Joshua S. Hill) on Fantasy as History.
- Amazing Stories (Felicity Savage) on Ora Pro Nobis. The Zombies Are Coming.
- Amazing Stories (Chris Gerwel) on Riding into Space – Westerns and Speculative Fiction.
- BBC News asks What if you could mine the Moon? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Guardian on The Book of the New Sun: science fiction's Ulysses?
- Wired.com on Sun Tzu Would Have Ruled at StarCraft.
- Kirkus (Patrick Hester) on Marvel Adapts 'Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz' in Comic Form.
- Tammy Salyer on Top 5 Inspirations For Why I Write Science Fiction.
- WhatCulture on 10 Fantastic Asian Horror Films You Must See Before You Die.
- Apex (Lesley Conner) on March Noir: Top 10 Classic Film Noir Clichés that aren’t Clichés.
- This Is Horror on Must Read Horror Books for World Book Day.
Art
- Comic Book Artist Gallery: Tim Sale.
- Creature Spot – Recent stuff by Brent Hollowell.
- Robotic rescue ship by Vitaly Bulgarov.
- Brandon Sanderson’s The Rithmatist UK Cover Reveal.
More Fun Stuff
- Blood of Dragons (Excerpt) by Robin Hobb.
- The Lost (Excerpt) by Vicki Pettersson.
- Read an exclusive excerpt from Joe Hill's scary new novel NOS4A2.
- In Transit – an extract from the novella by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown.
- Fahrenheit 451 Book Design Includes Match & Striking Paper.
- A Library for the Subway.
- Warren Ellis – Scatterlands 014.
- Joss Whedon does William Shakespeare!
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