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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