Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 11/6/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Sense of Wonder interviews Karin Tidbeck.
- Bookworm Blues interviews Sam Sykes.
- Locus interviews Gregory Benford.
- GeekChocolate interviews Joe Abercrombie.
- PJ Media (Patrick Richardson) interviews Tom Kratman, Sarah A. Hoyt, Larry Correia and Kate Paulk.
- Inside TV (Dalton Ross) interviews Sarah Wayne Callies.
- Writing Excuses Episode 7.45 (podcast).
- Mur Lafferty interviews Philippa Ballantine.
- Scott Edelman’s recording of 2012 World Fantasy Awards Ceremony (video).
News
- Authors Guild asks for “close scrutiny” of Penguin Random House merger.
- Redshirts Nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award.
- Announcing the Scalzi Super Bundle from Subterranean Press — This November Only.
- Fringe Will End Jan. 18.
- Strange Horizons Podcasts and pay rises.
Events
Articles
- Theodora Goss on Talent and Discipline.
- Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Help, My Writing Is Broken! (Or, How to Deal with Writer’s Block).
- Clarion (Michelle Murrain) on Is pirating books bad for writers?
- Chuck Wendig on Battle Song Of The Storyteller.
- Weird Fiction Review (Edward Gauvin) on Feeling Very Lonely in Beyond, Part II of II.
- Weird Fiction Review (John Clute) on The Darkening Garden: Serpent’s Egg.
- Discover Magazine (Phil Plait) on DC comics pins Krypton to the star map.
- Book View Cafe (Steven Harper Piziks) on Release That Punk!
- Ian Sales on SF Comics.
- Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review (Jamie Gibbs) on Complementary genres – fantasy and heavy metal.
- Kindle Daily (Christopher Paolini) on Top 10 fan interactions/and or gifts I’ve received from fans on tour.
- 40kbooks (Kassia Kroszer) on The Smartest Thing in Publishing Is to Be Flexible.
- The Observer on Book publishers have long been playing into Amazon's hands. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Tor.com (Jo Walton) on Something Else Like… Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga.
Reviews
- Brenda Cooper reveiws 6 Degrees by Mark Lynas at .
- Neal Asher reviews Prometheus.
- My Bookish Ways reviews Sealed With a Curse.
- Staffer’s Book Review on An Explosion of Young Adult Short Reviews.
Art
- Top Fantasy Illustrations by Tyler James.
- Kimmins Design – Troll Book.
- The Abnormalities of Stringent Strange – Cover Reveal!
- Game of Thrones Sigils – by Griegg Johann Ignacio.
More Cool Stuff
- How The Emperor Steals Elections – The Grand Final.
- Clown Skull.
- Awesome fan-made trailers tease that famed Doctor Who Time War.
- Richard Feynman Talks Physics with Fred Hoyle in Take the World From Another Point of View, 1973.
- Periodic Table of Storytelling.
- Periodic Table of The Empire Strikes Back.
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