Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 11/21/12
Interviews & Profiles
- Ideas Captured interviews Judith Tarr.
- Huff Post interviews Philip Pullman.
- Newbie Writers interviews Anthony Reynolds.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Alastair Reynolds.
- Weird Fiction Review (Marc Laidlaw) interviews Misha Nogha.
- Fantasy Book Critic (Liviu Suciu) interviews Christian Cameron.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Timothy Hallinan.
- Functional Nerds Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview Marc Hershon.
- Upcoming: BBC Radio 3 – Weird Tales: The Strange Life of H P Lovecraft with Neil Gaiman, S T Joshi, Kelly Link, Peter Straub and China Mieville. [via Paul Di Filippo]
News
- News Corp., CBS in Talks Over Merging Book Businesses.
- J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate is suing Warner Bros. for more precious money.
- Cemetery Dance Early Readers Club.
- Paul Cornell and Alan Davis launch Wolverine in March.
- Kickstarter for PUNKTOWN, the role-playing game..
- Study: A Gene Predicts What Time of Day You Will Die.
- The Stars Are Beginning To Go Out. [via Gravity Lens]
- Geoffrey Hewer-Candee wins Fantastic Books’ first art contest.
- Kindle Store Freebie from Nov. 24 – 28 – Speculative Fiction The Ultimate Collection by David K. Scholes.
- Game of Thrones Season 3 Trailer Released. (Also: HBO’s Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) is now available.)
Articles
- Strange Horizons (Eleanor Arnason)on Me and Science Fiction.
- Alastair Reynolds on Space travel’s in my blood.
- Damien G. Walter on The Density of Words.
- Jeff VanderMeer on My Three-Novel Deal with Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
- Guardian (Robert McCrum) on The rise of literary genres.
- Romance Promo Central (Lynn Crain) on Writing Sci-Fi Romance.
- Tor.com on Twelve Forever: Ray Bradbury’s New Lost Story “Dear Santa”.
- WhatCulture on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 5 Reasons to be Worried.
- Motherboard on How to Get High in the Future: A Pharmacopeia of Speculative Drugs from Science Fiction.
- Ian Sales on Five genre novels that do something interesting with narrative structure.
- Den of Geek on 10 of cinema’s most unexpected and strange robots.
- Wired.com on Best and Worst Movies Based on Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books (Sez You).
Art
- The amazing Digital Art of Pierre-Alain D..
- Muddy Colors: Werewolves of the Heartland.
- Creature Spot – Latest creatures.
- Creature Spot – “Beleven” by Konstantinos Poupakis.
- 13 Nights 2012 King Kong by *Grimbro.
- Concept robots by Jake Parker.
- PROJECT 77 concept ships by Martin Deschambault.
- Frank Frazetta’s Lord of the Rings
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