Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 12/24/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Azra Alagic interviews Angela Slatter.
- Keith Brooke interviews Robert Freeman Wexler.
- Next Big Thing with Janice Hardy.
- Kirkus Reviews (Amy Goldschlager) interviews Adam Connell.
- Robot Six (JK Parkin) interviews Faith Erin Hicks.
- Examiner interviews Anne Rice.
- Matthew Sylvester interviews Jonathan Green.
- Weird Fiction Review (Adam Mills) interviews Justin Isis.
News
- Blue Shifting by Eric Brown.
- Speculative Fiction 2012 The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary.
Events
- Long Island, New York’s I-Con 32 Postponed.
- Syfy Channel Christmas Eve Movie Marathon.
- Win free stuff from The 2012 Science Fiction Romance Holiday Blitz!
Articles
- Weird Fiction Review (Adam Mills) on End of the Year Booklist: What Are Your Favorites?
- Book Life Now (Troy D. Smith) on Using Meyers-Briggs to Keep Your Characters in Character.
- Nora Swisher on Day Seven and Eight.
- Three If By Space (Adam P. Knave) on What to expect when you’re expecting Science Fiction finales.
- Books Worth Reading on Author Worth Reading: Octavia Butler and Madeleine L’Engle.
- Middle-earth and J.R.R. Tolkien News & Articles (Michael Martinez) on How Faithful is Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” to Tolkien’s Book?
- Orbit (James Long) on Our Top Five Monsters from Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Geek Exchange (Andrew Liptak) on 12 Dystopian Future Films to Ride Out the End of the World (if you still think there’s a chance), 7 TV Shows that Document the Collapse of (non-Mayan) Society, and 10 Post-Apocalyptic Books (and a Graphic Novel) to Read After December 21st.
- Geek Exchange (Brian Konner) on GEEK’s 20 Greatest Joker Moments Ever, Part I.
- NPR (Maggie Stiefvater) on 5 Young Adult Novels That You’ll Never Outgrow.
Reviews
- Los Angeles Review of Books (Amy Goldschlager) reviews The Fractal Prince.
- My Bookish Ways reviews The Martial War.
- Carrie Cuinn reviews Fireside Magazine.
- Andrew Wheeler reviews Dodger.
- Wall Street Journal (Tom Shippey) reviews Nexus.
More Cool Stuff
- “Building a Future on Mars”.
- The Nearest Stars to Earth.
- An Excerpt from Seven Kings by John R. Fultz.
- 29 Years of Beautiful, Inspiring and Important Images of Earth from Space.
- Star Wars Droid Leg Lamp, Inspired by ‘A Christmas Story’.
- Enterprise NCC-1701 Christmas lights.
- Ziggy Stardust and Transformers.
- TARDIS Bookshelf.
- Cthulhu Slippers.
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