Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 11/26/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Fantasy Book Critic (Mihir Wanchoo) interviews Rachel Aaron.
- Duckter Yezno’s Weird Word Orb Spurts interviews Rudy Rucker.
- Robot 6 interviews Chris Roberson.
- The Guardian (Joanna Moorhead) interviews Simon Tolkien. [via Andrew Porter]
- Euradionantes interviews Lionel Davoust (podcast).
News
- Gygax Magazine: A New Gaming Magazine from TSR Games.
- Free Download: International Speculative Fiction #1.
Articles
- Muddy Colors (John Picacio) on The Making of The Creative Fire.
- Fantasy Faction (Eric Christensen) on Which Writers Are Asking The Hard Questions Today?
- Salon (Samjuel Sattin, The Weeklings) on Has the apocalypse gone the way of vampires? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Nocturnal Book Reviews (Chris F. Holm) on The Collector 101: A Syllabus.
- Wired Science (Adam Mann) on Tracking Mars: Curiosity Makes Its Mark on the Red Planet.
- Jim Van Pelt on One Paragraph Could Inspire a Career.
- Myke Cole on Librarians Rock.
- Mythic Scribes (Martin White) on What Fantasy Writers Can Learn From Horror.
- Oxford University Press (Dennis Baron) on The e-reader over your shoulder.
- Mike Allen on My ongoing free Kindle story giveaway: things I have observed and learned.
- The Inferior 4 (Paul Di Filippo) on My Brief Career as a Fanfic Writer.
- Comics Worth Reading (Johanna Draper Carlson) on I Found the Fake Geek Girl… 24 Years Ago.
- Lou Antonelli on Comprehensive survey explains all things “Steampunk”.
- WhatCulture! (David Andrew McCabe) on Doctor Who Series 7: 5 Things We Want From The Last Cyberman.
- Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on The Dreamer and the Dream: 6 Fictional Science Fiction Authors.
- Flavorwire (Tom Hawking) on 10 TV Shows Better Than the Books They Were Based On.
Reviews
- Rich Horton’s Summary: Asimov’s, 2012; Analog, 2012.
Art
- Chief vs. Knight – by John Liberto.
- Doodle Monsta by Furio Tedeschi.
- 30 Amazing Robot Illustrations.
More Cool Stuff
- What people in 1899 thought would happen to travel technology [hint: we failed them].
- Let’s Talk About Space – Sailing To The Moon.
- Ender’s Game The Movie Credits Song – Noah Silver.
- Retrofuture Street Scenes – Terry Gilliam Films His New Sci-Fi Movie, The Zero Theorem.
- KGB November 21, 2012 photos by Ellen Datlow.
- Star Wars and Star Trek Money Origami.
- Fantastic ’70s Illustrations of Futuristic Space Colonies.
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