SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-04-21

Interviews & Profiles

• The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Sofia Samatar.
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews K.J. Bishop.
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews Rémi Le Capon.
• ABC News interviewed George R.R. Martin.
• The Qwillery interviews Seth Skorkowsky.
• SharedWorlds asked for writing advice from Nnedi Okorafor, Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix, Karen Lord, Patrick Rothfuss, Gene Wolfe, Jeremy Zerfoss, Jody Lynn Nye, C.S.E. Cooney, David Drake, Kit Reed, Ann VanderMeer, Jaym Gates, Ekaterina Sedia, Lev Grossman, Gregory Norman Bossert, Scott Eagle, Jeff VanderMeer, Karin Lowachee, Robert V. S. Redick, Kirsten Imani Kasai, Joe Haldeman, N. K. Jemisin, Tobias Buckell, Angela Slatter, Karin Tidbeck and Sharon Shinn.
• Johnathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe chat with Tansy Rayner Roberts and John DeNardo about the Hugo ballot.

News

• Disney Announces New Star Wars Children’s Books.
• Damnation Books: Call for Submissions and Editors Wanted.

Events & Event News

• April 24 – May 4: SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival.
• For Sale: The Twelfth World Science Fiction Convention Papers (1979) featuring writing by Asimov, Heinlein, Blish, Bradbury, Dick, Williamson, Simak, Clement, De Camp, Dickson, Emshwiller, Farmer, Freas and more. [via Andrew Porter]

Crowd Funding

• Send the World SF Tour to Worldcon.
• Aghast – A Journal of the Darkly Fantastic by George C. Cotronis.

Hugo Reactions

• Abigail Nussbaum’s on Thoughts on the Nominees.
• Adam Roberts on The 2014 Hugo Shortlist.
• Carrie Cuinn on Hugos, 2014 (Where my vote is going).
• George R.R. Martin on Hugo Nominations.
• Ian Mond on I’ve been nominated for a bleeping Hugo Award and other thoughts.
• Jason Sanford on How to improve the Hugo Awards.
• John Scalzi on Quick 2014 Hugo Nomination Thoughts.
• John Scalzi on No, The Hugo Nominations Were Not Rigged.
• Kameron Hurley on Hugo Roundup.
• Larry Correia on A Blow has been Struck Against Puppy Related Sadness.
• Liz Bourke on Hugo Award Nominations List | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
• Martin Lewis on A Game Of Two Halves.
• Mieneke van der Salm on 2014 Hugo Awards Nomination Thoughts.
• Mike Glyer on on Somewhere Puppies Are Smiling.
• Natalie Luhrs on Obligatory Hugo Nomination Reaction Post.
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden on The science-fiction world’s topic du jour.
• Peter David on Hugos: Let me see if I understand this.
• Renay on Obligatory Hugo Nomination Reaction Post.
• Steve Davidson on 2014 Hugo Awards.
• The OF Blog on The fissuring of “fandoms” and the 2014 Hugo Awards finalists.
• Thomas M. Wagner on 2014 Hugo Finalists: That Awkward Moment.

Articles

• Stephanie Saulter on Gender Is Part of a Narrative; Rewrite the Narrative.
• Gail Carriger on Connecting with Gail ~ Insider Trading Information.
• Helen Lowe on Supporting A Very Special New Zealand SFF Initiative: The “A Peek Inside ‘Tales For Canterbury’”.
• Susan Karlin says Batman Turns 75: Insiders Share Sensational Stories From The Bat Cave. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Charlie Jane Anders on Transcendence Has Some Of The Dumbest Smart People We’ve Ever Seen.
• Rolling Stone on Rage Against the Machine: A Brief History of Evil Movie Computers. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Daily Dot on For young women in China, slash fanfiction is a dangerous hobby. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• SL Huang on Zero Sum Game.
• Ria Misra on In Defense Of Low-Stakes Storytelling.
• Trent Moore on Why DC should absolutely not create a shared TV-to-movie universe | Blastr.
• Ronda Lee on Sci-Fi’s Obsession with the Crucifixion & Resurrection, Part 2.
• Bookworm Blues (Sarah Chorn) on A Hearty Congratulations!
• Dave Trowbridge on Rehabilitating Our “New” Old Dog.
• Jason Krell asks Is Hollywood Addicted To Ripping Off Story Ideas From Anime?
• Steve Davidson on Expectations of Living in a Science Fiction World.
• Universe Today on What is a Space Elevator?
• Little Red Reviewer on On Speed Reading.
• Richard Bowes on Stories I Tell to Friends.
• Sam Machkovech on Everybody loves a clone: Orphan Black and its sci-fi inspirations.
• The Beat on The Best Flash Gordon Comic In Quite Some Time.
• Giant Freakin Robot on Research Reveals Americans’ Feelings About Futuristic Technology.
• Giant Freakin Robot on The Navy’s New Railgun Blows The Hell Out Of Everything.
• Lev Grossman on The Book Is the Arrow.
• Joshua Palmatier on Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch.
• Steven Piersanti on The 10 Awful Truths About Business Book Publishing.
• TIME.com on Seven A.I. Movies That Are Better Than Transcendence.

Art

• Mondo Marvel Superhero Portraits by Mike Mitchell.
• Hero Complex Gallery at WonderCon 2014.
• 9 New Ghostbusters Posters from the 30th Anniversary Art Show.
• Angst by liransz.
• Abuse by liransz.
• Jubei’thos by NikoOstertag.
• WonderCon 2014: Star Wars Rebels Panel Concept Art Gallery.
• Concept Art World features James Paick.

More Fun Stuff

• Download the Shaun of the Dead screenplay for free.
• The Severed Streets (Excerpt) by Paul Cornell.
• Giveaway: The Creative Fire and The Diamond Deep by Brenda Cooper.
• Check out Honda’s AWESOME New Version of ASIMO, The Humanoid Robot.
• Google X Confirms The Rumors: It Really Did Try To Design A Space Elevator.
• The Rover – Official Full Trailer.
• Joss Whedon’s In Your Eyes Unveils The First Three Minutes.
• Official Guardians Of The Galaxy “Behind The Scenes” Featurette.
• Colonizing Space 1970’s Style.
• The Evolution of the TARDIS Key.
• Unshelved on Science Fiction.