SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-12-20

Interviews & Profiles

• Amazing Stories interviews Jo Walton.
• The Qwillery interviews Cassie Alexander.
• Locus Roundtable interviews Joe Haldeman.
• Ginger Nuts of Horror interviews Jean Graham.
• The Nerd Nighters interviews Pat Rothfuss, Stefani D’Angelo and Doug Chadwick. [via Alexandre Maki]
• Reddit Readers interview Hugh Howey.
• John Marco interviews A.J. Dalton.
• This Is Horror interviews Joseph D’Lacey (part 2).
• My Bookish Ways interviews Michael Rowe.
• BldgBlog interviews Sol Yurick. [via Alexandre Maki]

News

• Emergency Appeal for David Gerrold’s Son.
• New Edition of Dungeons & Dragons Due in 2014.
• Speculative Fiction 2013: Last Call for Submissions.
• Star Wars is on Tumblr.

Events & Event News

• Angry Robot and Titan Books present: the Adam Christopher Hang Wire and The Burning Dark joint book launch.
• John Joseph Adamsis tunning a Title Contest for a Military Fantasy Anthology.
• Charles Dickens & A Christmas Carol with Neil Gaiman and Molly Oldfield.

Crowd Funding

• Blade Singer: A Fantasy Novel by Aaron de Orive and Martha Wells.
• Athena’s Daughters: Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
• Steampunk World: A multicultural steampunk fiction anthology by Steven Saus.

Articles

• A.C. Wise on Year-End Wrap-Up 2013: Reading.
• Vandana Singh on The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2013.
• Elizabeth Anne Hull on My First Blog Post in a Long Time.
• Brenda Cooper on Google Glass and me: The arrival.
• Kit Reed on Story Behind Son of Destruction.
• Heather Massey on I Want More Action Heroines—Not Just For Me, But Also For My Daughter.
• Alethea Kontis on The Young and the Darkness.
• Nancy Jane Moore on Describing What I Write.
• Brenda Clough on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: A Very Short Review.
• M.R. Carey on The Monster in the Mirror.
• Patrick Rothfuss on For the Love of Books. (See also: Charity calendar images.)
• Grady Hendrix on Haunted Holidays: The Terrible Occult Detectives.
• John Meaney on the world building of Resonance.
• Ben H Winters on Favorite Reads Of 2013.
• Jonathan Oliver on A Journey in Words to The End of the Road.
• The Guardian on Watership Down by Richard Adams: A tale of courage, loyalty, language.
• Film School Rejects on Harlan Ellison vs. Saving Mr. Banks. [via Andrew Porter]
• Rick Klaw and Mark London Williams on Nexus Graphica: Top Ten Countdown Continues.
• Bookworm Blues on Mars, Inc. Ben Bova.
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Movie Review: I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK.
• The AudioBookaneers on The Space Magic audiobook, written and read by author David D. Levine.
• Black Gate on Futuristic Myth: The Space Opera of Leiji Matsumoto.
• Black Gate on World Building Historical Fiction using Military Thinking.
• The Mary Sue on Agent of S.T.Y.L.E.: Wonder Woman in Television. [via Alexandre Maki]
• Kirkus Reviews (Andrew Liptak) on The Influential Pulp Career of Francis Stevens.
• Science20 on Trouble With Terraforming Mars. [via James Davis Nicoll]
• io9 on 2013 Was an Absurdly Great Year for Comics.
• Carol Pinchefsky on 5 Project Management Horror Stories Found in Sci-Fi Movies.
• Gareth L Powell lists 5 Essential Space Operas.

Art

• A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick.
• Dreamer by mimikascraftroo.
• Sci-fi Art: SWAT Mech.
• 2D Art: Hellgate.
• Batman Project X by Chris Skinner.
• Retro space fighter.

More Fun Stuff

• Literary Snobs: A Ranked Taxonomy.
• Japanese science fiction postage stamps.
• Can you name the Doctor Who characters based on their ‘Simpsonized’ drawings?

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