Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 12/19/12

Interviews and Profiles

• My Bookish Ways interviews Ramez Naam.
• Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) interviews Ramez Naam.
• Manga Maniac Cafe interviews Adrian Faulkner.
• This is Horror interviews Lee Davis.
• Tor.com (Stubby the Rocket) profiles Michael Moorcock.
• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Jack McDevitt (podcast).
• Hollywood (Christian Blauvelt) interviews Timothy Zahn.
• The Functional Nerds adds Carrie Cuinn to the show for the first of 4 episodes (podcast).

News

• Play D&D at Detroit’s Immortal ConFusion with 8 Sci-Fi/Fantasy authors.
• BVC Announces The Meri by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff.
• Strange Chemistry introduces Rosie Best.
• Seasons of Insanity cover and ToC reveal.
• RosettaBooks releases Arthur C. Clarke ebook collection.

Events

• The Art of Blizzard Entertainment Book Launch and Art Exhibition.
• Journey to Terreldor Book Launch.
• Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention. [via Andrew Porter]

Articles

• Fantasy Book Critic (Marianne de Pierres) on The Sentients of Orion.
• Theodora Goss on Finding Your Core.
• Janice Hardy on 10 Things to Remember About Sequels.
• The Qwillery (Diana Pharaoh Francis) on Becoming a Hero.
• Ambling Along the Aqueduct (Rachel Swirsky) on Highlights of 2012.
• Ambling Along the Aqueduct (Veronica Schanoes) on Art’s Emotional Extremes in 2012.
• Weird Fiction Review (Quentin S. Crisp) on Yuugen Goes Without Saying.
• The Guardian (Simon Dunn) on Anti-science fiction.
• The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on Satire and the Fantastic.
• David Levine on Seeking ebook reviewers.
• Wired (Jason Huggins) on Robots Are Finding the Intersection of Cool and Useful.
• Blastr (Scott Edelman) on 382 awesome holiday gift ideas for the sci-fi lovers in your life.
• SciFiNow (Martin Glick) on Top 5 best science fiction and fantasy books of 2012.
• The Galaxy Express on Does Sci-Fi Romance Need More Series To Succeed?
• David Brin on The near future of manned spaceflight.
• Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) on The Best Fantasy and Science Fiction Collections of 2012.

Art

• Cover Reveal: Black Feathers.
• Digital Artworks by Daren Horley.
• The End by Paul Chadeisson.
• Ye Pirate Muncher by Jonny Duddle.
• Stopping for Directions by Brad Rigney.
• Dave McKean Reveals Artwork for Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

More Cool Stuff

• The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker (Excerpt).
• Small Beer Podcast 15: Lydia Millet’s The Shimmers in the Night.
• Wanna play D&D with Rothfuss, Brett, Sykes, and other Fantasy authors? Get out your wallet.
• Building a Homemade Spacecraft on Devour.com.
• Swords and suds: ‘Game of Thrones’ gets official beer.
• Star Trek Pancakes.

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