SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-05-22

Interviews & Profiles

• Popular Mechanics asks Ask 10 Sci-Fi Authors to Write Star Wars Episode VII, including Karl Schroeder, Douglas E. Richards, John Hemry (aka Jack Campbell), A.G. Riddle, Nnedi Okorafor, David Brin, Aaron Rosenberg, Mike Stackpole, and Tobias Buckell.
• Rachel Bach Interviews Elizabeth Moon.
• Omnivoracious interviews Elizabeth May.
• Book Chick City Jessica Clare.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Monica Byrne.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Craig Wallwork.
• The Qwillery interviews Michael J. Martinez.
• Saraha Hoyt interviews Christopher Stasheff. [via Andrew Porter]
• Nightmare Magazine interviews Adam-Troy Castro.
• Nightmare Magazine interviews Márcio Martins.
• Staffer’s Book Review interviews KJ Parker.
• Geek Girl in Love interviews Jim C. Hines.
• The Qwillery interviews Glen Hirshberg.
• Amazing Stories profiles Mark Harrison.
• Coming Soon! George R.R. Martin’s Editor to Do Live Interview on Suvudu Universe.
• Coming Soon! Interview with Adam Christopher at the British Fantasy Society open night, 6th June 2014.

News

• ChiZine Monthly Release Sale.
• Simon & Schuster has partnered with Oyster and Scribd to offer subscriptions to its backlist e-book titles.

Events & Event News

• Today at 8:00 AM EDT! Join a live Google+ discussion with Rod Duncan, Emma Newman, Marianne de Pierres, and Mike Underwood about Cross-genre speculative fiction.
• Memorial Day Weekend in Houston, Texas: Comicpalooza! The Texas International Comic Convention.

Articles

• Eileen Gunn on How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future.
• Kim Curran on the importance of fiction in talking about issues.
• Janet Edwards on The story behind Earth Girl Trilogy.
• Robert Jackson Bennett on Authorial responsibility.
• Paul Cornell on Neil Gaiman And The Severed Streets.
• Snorri Kristjansson on An Icelander’s journey into Speculative Fiction.
• Paul Di Filippo reviews on The Boost by Stephen Baker.
• Joshua Palmatier on from Kickstarter to Antho.
• Steven S. Drachman on Why I Believe In Dragons.
• Kerry Wilkinson on Comics-the new boxsets.
• ShortList on Time Travel Is Ona>.
• Medium on Why Orphan Black Is Important.
• Wired lists The 10 Most Important Dystopian Books and Films of All Time. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Cinefex Blog (Graham Edwards) on The Five Laws of Movie Mutants.
• Kirkus Reviews Blog (me!) on Women in Space (Part 2).

Art

• Galen Dara: 2014 Hugo Nominated Artist Spotlight.
• A Brief Gallery of the Astonishing Sci-Fi Art of Frank R. Paul.
• The Art of Kim Kyoung Hwan.
• Remarkable Illustrations by Grzegorz Rutkowski.
• Fantasy Art: Eligor.
• Sci-Fi Art: Clear Blue Sky.
• The Desolation of Smaug Concept Art by Nick Keller.
• ‘Creation of Batman’ by Simone Bianchi.
• 29 Different Conceptions of What Alien Life Looks Like.
• 10 Stylish Sci-fi Space Suits.
• Darth Fester by Isaac Bidwell.

More Fun Stuff

• Lock In by John Scalzi: Chapter 1 (Excerpt) by John Scalzi.
• StarShipSofa #338 features fiction by Alan DeNiro.
• Exceprt Skin Game by Jim Butcher, Chapter 5. [via Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist]
• Open Road Authors and Staff Celebrate Geek Pride Day.
• NASA Mars Rover Surveys Huge Red Planet Crater (Photo).
• SFF Novels as LEGO.
• If Batman Were Scottish [Comic].