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.
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