Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/21/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Notes from Coode Street welcomes Nancy Kress.
• A Fantastical Librarian interviews Laura Lam.
• Zachary Jernigan interviews Malissa Kent
• Mur Lafferty interviews James Patrick Kelly.
• Lovecraft eZine interviews Jason V. Brock.

News

• RIP: Jacques Sadoul (1934-2013)
• The new Amazing Stories is now live!
• Spectrum 19 Deadline is January 25.

Articles

• The Guardian (Margaret Atwood) My hero: George Orwell
• Book View Cafe Blog (Sherwood Smith) on Rising Action, Falling Interest.
• Book View Cafe Blog (Steven Popkes) on Private Enterprise and Space Travel
• Brenda Cooper on Reading Recommendation: The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson.
• Marly Youmans on Bookish Memory.
• Tor.com on Edgar Allan Poe and the Cult of the Unusual.
• The Little Red Reviewer (Carl V. Anderson) asks Does the Rise of Ebooks mean the Fall of SFF Cover Illustration?
• A Fantastical Librarian (Adrian Faulkner) on How I came to Have An 82 Year Old Protagonist.
• Timothy C. Ward on Health, Cash, and More Podcasts.
• George R.R. Martin on Swords and Daggers and Helms, Oh My.
• GalleyCat on How R.L. Stine Discovered Ray Bradbury.
• Gothic.net on Top 10 Horror Movies of 2012.
• Flavorwire on 10 Literary Board Games for Book Nerds. [via Bill Crider]

Art

• The Matte Paintings and Environments of Nat Monney
• 25 Awesome Steampunk Artworks
• Mongolian Dragons
• A pair of portraits
• Alternative Android Logos
• Darksiders – Death by Marat Ars
• Archangel – by Jacinthe
• Sci-Fi City by Frank Hong
• Death and Dust by Engelszorn
• ChosenOne by Sanskarans
• Alien artist by aladecuervo
• EvolverArt project 1 stage3 by evolver
• Docking procedure by adamkuczek
• Faction by ~djahal
• Wizard Of Oz Travel Posters by Steve Thomas
• PKD Cover Gallery

More Fun Stuff

• Beware the Hairy Mango Episode 145 – Steamunk!
• SF SqueeCast #20
• Free Novel Saturday: Star Song by Edward Willett, Chapters 9 & 10.
• SNL: More Hobbit
• Portrait of a Bookstore Owner: Cellar Stories Book Store in Providence. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Short Film: Guilt.