Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 11/13/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Buzzy Mag interviews Alethea Kontis (video).
- Locus interviews Tim Pratt.
- The Outer Alliance interviews Michael M. Jones (podcast).
- Ted x Rainier video with Terry Brooks.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Erec Stebbins.
- Diabolical Plots (Carl Slaughter) interviews Dean Wesley Smith.
- Locus Roundtable on Reviewing.
- Writing Excuses Episode 7.46 (podcast).
- Flickering Myth interviews Rian Johnson.
News
- Pam Fremon, F.N. Passes Away.
- Steven Silver Resigns from ISFiC Press.
- Sword and Mythos Guidelines.
- Now Posted: Sword and Laser Podcast #114 – World-builder porn.
- Now posted: Journal of Unlikely Entomology – Issue 4.
- The Black Library releases Inquisitor Ascendant.
Events
Articles
- io9 (Annalee Newitz) on 20 Essential Books About the Next Step in Human Evolution.
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Writing Meaningful Description.
- Gail Carriger on Gail’s Top 5 Tips for Coping with Writing Pain.
- Clarion Blog (Kristene Perron) on Writer’s Craft # 98 Murderous Men with Vaginas.
- Kate Elliott on Andevai’s Character Development (Spiritwalker Monday 32).
- Cheryl Morgan on It’s Not Amazon, It’s You.
- Alyx Dellamonica (Jaine Fenn) on Off my Lawn! Jaine Fenn versus “Write every day!”
- The Qwillery (Sharon Lynn Fisher) on You got Sci-Fi in my Romance.
- Brian Ruckley on Perusing the Podverse: Nerdist.
- Pornokitsch on Invisible Cities: Great Imaginary Cities.
- Bastard Books (Justin) on Urban Fantasy Anonymous.
- Wired Science (Adam Mann) on Almost Being There: Why the Future of Space Exploration Is Not What You Think. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- BBC News (Jason Palmer) on Invisibility cloaks: Will we ever really have them? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Lisa Goldstein on A Review That — Sorry — Turns into a Rant.
- SFWA (Mike Brotherton) on Ten Classic Hard Science Fiction Novels featuring Physics and Astronomy.
Reviews
- Tor.com (Brit Mandelo) on Queering SFF: Have A Little Theory, or Queer Theories by Donald E. Hall.
- Tor.com (Grady Hendrix) on The Great Stephen King Reread: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
Art
- Knight vs Undead by Alexey Zaryuta.
- Sci-fi Art: BattleTech Board Game: Era Report 3062 by Bruno Werneck.
- Brownie Coats.
More Cool Stuff
- Extract from James S. A. Corey’s Abaddon’s Gate.
- Story Time With Stan! The Littlest Shoggoth. [via Andrew Porter]
- Every Episode Of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, In Limerick.
- Star Wars Fan Creates One Of A Kind R2-D2 Engagement Ring.
- Star Trek Spock Oven Mitt.
- H.R. Giger Mouse.
- Litographs are books on posters. The entire book.
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