Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 12/22/12

Interviews & Profiles

• Notes from Coode Street podcast-interviews Gene Wolfe.
• The Roundtable Podcast interviews Alethea Kontis.
• Hollywood.com interviews Timothy Zahn.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Felix Gilman.
• Fast Forward interviews Edward M. Lerner.
• Books Worth Reading profiles Ursula K. Le Guin.
• SFFWRTCHT interviews Michael J. Sullivan.
• Buzzy Mag interviews R. A. Salvatore.
• This Is Horror interviews Ashley Thorpe.

News

• The Giver Film Adaptation is Finally on the Road.
• Audible.com bought the rights to M.K. Hobson’s The Warlock’s Curse and The Unsteady Earth.
• Locus “20th and 21st All-Centuries Polls Results” Results.
• Get Helen Lowe’s The Gathering Of The Lost for 99 Cents.
• PM Press Holiday Sale: 50% off all book, e-Book, CD and DVD titles until December 31st, 2012 (coupon code: Holiday).

Articles

• NYTimes.com on Young-Adult Authors Are Creating a Steamy New Genre.
• Weird Fiction Review on End of the Year Booklist: What Are Your Favorites?
• Strange Chemistry (Laura Lam) on Best of 2012.
• Guardian on Jim Hines: imitating the poses on fantasy book covers – so you don't have to. [via Andrew Porter]
• Alastair Reynolds on Year’s end.
• Jeffrey Thomas on Punktown RPG Kickstarter a Success.
• Fantasy Faction on Reboots vs. Revisions.
• Fantasy Faction on Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere – A Primer.
• Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine on Forgotten Books: Worlds of Weird — Leo Margulies, Editor.
• National Geographic Magazine on Space Exploration: Crazy Far. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The Speculative Scotsman on Top of the Scots 2012 | The Best Books: Other Awards.
• Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist lists Speculative Fiction Top 10 of 2012.
• Crime Fiction Lover on MyBookishWays: Top five books of 2012.
• WhatCulture lists 10 Embarrassing Superhero Movies Hollywood Wants You To Forget.
• WhatCulture lists 10 Awesome Apocalyptic Video Games.
• To Be Read Books on Top 10 Best Christmas Reads For Kids.
• SFX lists Top 25 SF And Fantasy Films of 2012.
• Giant Freakin Robot lists on I Feel Fine: Five Sci-Fi Flicks To Help You Ride Out The Apocalypse.
• Orbit Books on Top Ten ‘Working Class Heroes’ in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
• This Is Horror lists Five apocalyptic novels you probably haven’t read but really should.

Art

• Avengers Concept Art.
• CoolVideb – Concept Art: Bad Mech.
• Creature Spot – New Work by Andrew Baker.
• Creature Spot – Xmas.
• Iron MaSH!.

More Fun Stuff

• 50 Page Fridays: Peter F. Hamilton.
• Trust by David Moody now online in its entirety
• The dark side of Saturn revealed in a beautiful new NASA photo.