Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/9/13
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, March 9th, 2013 at
12:05 am
Interviews & Profiles
- SciFiChick interviews Debbie Viguié.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Jennifer Harlow.
- The Qwillery interviews Liesel Schwarz.
- The Far Edge of Normal interviews Gail Martin.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Kerry Schafer.
- Dagan Books interviews H.L. Fullerton.
- Scott Marlowe interviews Michael Brooks.
- The Roundtable Podcast interviews Christopher Moore.
- Thirteen O’Clock interviews Joseph D’Lacey.
- 26 to 50 World SF Special. [via The World SF Blog]
News
- Random House accused of 'predatory' contracts for new ebook imprint.
- SFWA vs. Random House, Round Two.
- SFWA De-Lists Hydra; Random House Responds.
- SFWA Response to Hydra Letter.
- Barnes & Noble’s Nook Has Launched A Free App & Free eBook Program.
- Terry Pratchett announces new DISCWORLD book, Raising Steam.
- Random House Children’s Publishers acquires James Dashner.
- The Orbital Drop is offering the eBook version of Vengeance by Ian Irvine for $2.99.
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Kate Elliott on What Is Your Consensual Sex & Love Doing In My Epic Fantasy?
- Judith Tarr on Random Hydra and the Terrible, Horrible, Awful, No-Good, Very Bad Contract.
- Mindy Klasky asks What’s in a Name?.
- Rachel Armstrong on Where The Future Went.
- Karen Russell on Vampires, Addiction and Literary Tattoos . [via My Bookish Ways]
- Paula R. Stiles on Women in Horror Week: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Our Unnatural Mother.
- Jo Walton on What’s Reading For Part 2: Books Do Furnish a Mind.
- Beth Revis on NASA Month: Remembering the Challenger. [via My Bookish Ways]
- M.D. Jackson on Oz Don't Look Like That.
- G.W. Thomas on Not Quite Sword & Sorcery: Early Fantasy.
- Jesse Scoble on A Sword Without a Hilt.
- Tobias Buckell on Tropes in video games: damsel in distress.
- Tammy Salyer on Alternative Reality Engineer.
- Isaac Hooke on Why I Write Science Fiction.
- Stellar Four on The Joy of Steampunk.
- GalleyCat on Haruki Murakami: “Writing a Long Novel Is Like Survival Training.”.
- GalleyCat asks Have Young Adult Books Uplifted the Popularity of Short Fiction?
- Omnivoracious on Mad Scientist Cage Match: Which Talented Weirdo Will You Champion?
- Omnivoracious on Graphic Novel Friday: Sort-of Endings for Hellblazer and Swamp Thing.
- The Book Designer on 5 Top Legal Issues for Authors and Self-Publishers.
- Jaine Fenn on Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Thoughts on Hearts In Atlantis by Stephen King.
- The Guardian (Eric Brown) reviews James P Blaylock’s The Aylesford Skull, Ian McDonald’s Planesrunner, Dreadnought by Cherie Priest, Daniel O’Malley’s The Rook, The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke and Adrian Barnes’s Nod.
- WSJ.com on Wool: Sci-Fi's Underground Hit.
- TIME.com on New Study Reveals Which Authors Have Ignored Women Most.
- Businessweek on How Disney Bought Lucasfilm—and Its Plans for Star Wars.
- CNET on Read unlimited comics on your iPhone or iPad.
- Blue Moon Rising on Veronica’s Steampunk Exploration.
- Bookish on The Science of Magic: Fantasy as Nonfiction.
- Bookish on Gene Wolfe: Giants of Sci-Fi and Fantasy.
- Bookish on Politics and Thrillers: Looking Towards Our Future.
- LitReactor on A Literary History Of Oz.
- The Blog That Time Forgot on Swords & Sorority.
- Gollancz blog on Friday Reads: International Women’s Day.
- io9 on 6 Things From the Walking Dead Comic That We Need to See on TV.
- Gizmodo on The 11 Greatest Computer Supervillains in Film.
- WhatCulture on Batman: 10 Controversial Moments We’ll Never See On Screen.
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on A Giant Community Cancer Card/Hug For Jay Lake.
Art
- Fantastic Concept Art by Daniel Dociu.
- Pan Classic Covers: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.
- Fantasy Art: Dragon Castle.
- Concept robots by Paul Denton.
- Character Illustrations – Mark Fredrickson.
- Illustrations by Marija Tiurina.
- Create a Science Fiction Environment With Photoshop.
- Wallpaper: The Curve Of The Earth by Simon Morden.
- Adventures in Science Fiction Cover Art: Encased in a Pillar (of the crystal or ice variety).
- Cover Unveiled for The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan.
- Cover Art: Mermaid by Chris Howard.
- Cover Reveal: The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig, Artwork by Joey Hi-Fi.
- Space tourism posters.
More Fun Stuff
- Requiem (Excerpt) by Ken Scholes.
- 50 Page Fridays: Terry Brooks.
- Gollancz Geeks Takes Off!
- Behind-The-Scenes Pix #38: Battlestar Galactica.
- The Avengers – 50 Years of Earth’s Mightiest Super-Heroes.
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