Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 10/24/12
Interviews and Profiles
- When Gravity Falls (Devi-James Balcombe-Danzig) interviews Louise Morgan.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Christopher Golden.
- The Functional Nerds interviews John Mierau (podcast).
- China Daily (Kelly Chung Dawson) profiles Ken Liu.[via Andrew Porter]
- Wired (Lewis Wallace) interviews Felicia Day (video).
- Weird Fiction Review (Kat Clay) profiles Charles Beaumont.
- Weird Fiction Review interviews Peter Bebergal.
News
- BVC Announces Dispossession, by Chaz Brenchley.
- Prime Books Welcomes Steve Berman.
- ‘Star Trek’ fans tie the knot at Klingon wedding during London convention. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- All Hallows Read 2012! Win Some Amazing YA Science Fiction Books!
- Call for Submissions: Year’s Best YA speculative fiction.
- Upcoming from Subterranean Press: Good-Bye Robinson Crusoe and Other Stories by John Varley and The Best of Joe Haldeman by Joe Haldeman.
- Help Revitalize Books of Wonder. [via Andrew Porter]
- Hackers steal customer data from Barnes & Noble keypads.
Events
- Jo Anderton Book Launch, Kinokuniya Bookshop, Sydney, Thursday November 1st.
- WorldFuture 2013 Earth Sessions.
Articles
- Tansy Rayner Roberts on Hack, Slash, Squish: Gender and Sex In Season One of Game of Thrones.
- Jennifer Marie Brissett on The Eleusinian Mysteries of Octavia E. Butler: The Mother-Daughter Struggle in Parable of the Talents.
- Strange Chemistry Top Ten Tuesday – featuring Cassandra R Clarke.
- Dark Wolf’s Fantasy Reviews (Lawrence Santoro) on What Turns People into Lovers of Horror?
- Lavie Tidhar on E-books and the price of coffee.
- Canada Writes (David Nickle) on No such thing as “just lunch”.
- Canada Writes (Robert J. Sawyer) on Five myths about science fiction writers.
- John Anealio on Why Are We Obsessed With Zombies?
- The New York Times (Ginia Bellafante) on A Nightmare on Park Avenue. [via Andrew Porter]
- Topless Robot (Kevin Guhl) on The 10 Best Episodes of the 1980s Twilight Zone TV Series.
- Vandana Singh on Strange Horizons and Me.
- Book View Cafe (Deborah J. Ross) on Revisiting Nightmares: Fantasy/Horror Crossovers and Trauma Recovery.
- SF Novelists (David B. Coe) on Six Non-Writing Things That Might Improve Your Writing.
- Chuck Wendig on Why Writers Must Beware Quackery.
- io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on At Last, Official Maps of George R.R. Martin’s World, From Westeros to Qarth.
Reviews
- My Bookish Ways reviews The Weird Girls.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter reviews Diverse Energies.
Art
- Ture Ekroose’s Portfolio.
- Dontnod by Paul Chadeisson.
- Creative Paintings by David Palumbo.
- Mountain Bash by Adrian Majkrzak.
- WakfuOgrest by Philippe Colin.
- Concept ships from Buryat.
- Chris Wooding New Covers.
- Mars Attacks Judge Dredd.
- Star Trek The Original Series by *dusty-abell. [via Stubby the Rocket]
More Cool Stuff
- 40 Behind The Scenes Photos From Horror Movie Sets.
- Small Beer Podcast 14: Benjamin Parzybok’s “The Coder”.
- Cockneys Vs Zombies Infographic.
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