Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/14/13
Interviews & Profiles
- Sword & Laser (Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont) interviews Tad Williams.
- Timothy C. Ward interviews Tom King.
- Isaac Hooke interviews Hugh Howey.
- Isaac Hooke interviews Daniel Abraham.
- Odyssey Workshop interviews Jack Ketchum.
News
- PayPal Apologizes For Freezing Science Fiction Writer Jay Lake’s Cancer Fundraiser, Promises Greater Transparency.
- Sentients of Orion by Marianne de Pierres now avilabale in E-Book in USA.
- Astronomers Find The Largest Known Spiral Galaxy.
- U.S. Petition to assign NASA to do a feasibility study and conceptual design of the Gen1 USS Enterprise interplanetary spaceship. [Thanks, Michael]
Articles
- Jay Lake on The PayPal kerfuffle.
- John Scalzi on Jay Lake v. PayPal.
- Jim C. Hines on Reading my Very First Story, IN COSTUME, for Jay Lake.
- Heather Massey on Lesbian Steampunk.
- L.B. Gale on Judging Fiction: What Television Teaches Us.
- Locus Roundtable on Five Golden Things – Jeffrey Ford.
- Agony Column Podcast on Update:Time to Read Episode 80: Laird Barron.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on I Once Received a Personal Rejection From Algis Budrys.
- Mike Allen offers this Teaser Clockwork Phoenix 4 Post.
- A. Lee Martinez on A. Lee Martinez Appreciation Day.
- ZDNet on Open letter to Audible and Amazon: Stop the DRM.
- Book View Cafe Blog (Chris Dolley) on Do It Yourself Libraries.
- Engadget on Yep, there's now a 'seal of approval' for the scientific accuracy of novels.
- Variety on Of lords and ladies — and zombies.
- WhatCulture on What Your Favourite Batman Movie Says About You.
- WhatCulture on Total Recall: A Retrospective.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on Recommended Reading List: December, 2012.
- WSJ on Outer Space Needs a Serious Makeover. [Thanks, Greg!]
- The Qwillery on Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars – 2012 Cover(s) of the Year.
- The Guardian (Eric Brown) reviews Osama by Lavie Tidhar, Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor, Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L Powell, and Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck.
- Life Crits on My Top 10 Science Fiction Movies.
- Listverse on 10 More Reasons To Be Terrified Of Robots.
- Tangent Online on 2012 Recommended Reading List.
Art
More Fun Stuff
- John Scalzi sings a lost Bob Dylan song for Jay Lake.
- Spider Robinson sings the Beatles.
- “Thor: Legends Of Valhalla” trailer.
- Ten Billion Earths. [Thanks, Fred!]
- Radio Times Doctor Who Night 1999.
- Author Neal Stephenson Slices Up Stuff With a Longsword, Captured in High Speed Video.
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