Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/17/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Publishers Weekly interviews Gail Carriger (podcast).
• Civilian Reader interviews Laura Anne Gilman.
• Paperback Princess interviews Marianne de Pierres.
• She-Wolf Reads interviews Mary Robinette Kowal.
• Speculating on SpecFic interviews Lenore Appelhans.
• The Atlantic interviews Iain M. Banks.
• The Machine Stops interviews James P. Blaylock.
• Orbit Books (Gail Z. Martin) interviews John R. Fultz.
• Carrie Cuinn interviews E.C. Myers.
• Nightmare Magazine interviews Tamsyn Muir.
• Nightmare Magazine interviews Chelsea Knight.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Chris Ewan.
• The Qwillery interviews Adrian Faulkner.
• Baen Books interviews Ron Miller.
• MTV Geek interviews Andrew E.C. Gaska.
• TrekWeb interviews Jeffrey Hunter. [via Blastr]
• In 1982, Tor Books interviewed Julian May.

News

• A Memory of Light Debuts at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List.
• Marianne de Pierres’ Epic “Sentients” Quartet Released.
• Kids’ Ebook Reading Nearly Doubled Since 2010, Scholastic Reading Survey Finds.
• Syfy cancels Alphas after two seasons.
• The SF Site: Vote For Your Favourite Books of 2012.

Events

• As part of the Fantastic Fiction free reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Cecil Castellucci & Gordon Dahlquist Wednesday February 20th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC.
• Saturday 16 March: Australian Speculative Fiction Festival 2013. [via Angela Slatter]
• Gearing up for 2013: A Steampunk Convention Listing.

Articles

• Smart Pop Books (Diane Duane) on Eating in Narnia.
• Tor.com on British Genre Fiction Focus: UK Publishing News and New Releases.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Found Information.
• Jane Friedman asks Do Publishers Need to Offer More Value to Authors?
• Cory Doctorow on Liability vs. leverage – Tools of Change for Publishing. [via Gwenda Bond]
• Fantasy Faction (Myke Cole) on The Magic of Shadows Ops Universe (+ Contest).
• Void.cut on Africa in Science Fiction.
• Rick Klaw on Nexus Graphica.
• Steven Gould on The Big Idea.
• Teresa Frohock on a book exchange with Helen Lowe.
• AudioBookaneers Release Week: The Human Division, Glamour in Glass, Shades of Earth, and Impulse.
• John R. Phythyon, Jr. on Why I Write Fantasy Literature Part 1: Why Fantasy?
• Curiosity Quills on Writing Contemporary Horror.
• Kirkus (Me!) on Drawn to the Pages of Doctor Who.
• John H. Stevens on Some Personal Reflections On Diversity and Fantastic Literature.
• CSMonitor on Why do e-books cost so much?
• The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on The Apocalypse Ocean by Tobias S. Buckell.
• Locus Online on Paul Di Filippo reviews Steve Aylett.
• Andrew Liptak on The Kassa Gambit.
• Justin Landon on Review of Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed.
• HorrorMovies on Musical Madness: Top 10 Horror Movie Songs.
• Mystery Theater on The Songs of Comic Books.
• Mental Floss on 11 Tips H.P. Lovecraft Had for Novice Writers.

Art

• Download Original Todd Lockwood Art for National Appreciate a Dragon Day.
• Cover for Soulless the Manga Vol III (a.k.a. Blameless).
• Bad.Sisters by ~marcelobastos on deviantART.
• Creature Spot – Cantoris by Ken Barthelmey.
• Creature Spot – Crabman by Alessandro Baldasseroni.
• Ancient guardian by Artofinca.
• concept ships: 3D ships by Alan Quiroz.

More Fun Stuff

• Excerpt: The Aylesford Skull by James P. Blalock.
• Now posted: StarShipSofa No 272.
• Watch Raimi's creepy 30-min short film that inspired Evil Dead.
• Storm Trooper Cake.
• Baby Bender.
• Skull Plush Earmuffs.