Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/23/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Tor Books interviews Cherie Priest.
• Geeky Pleasures interviews Pamela Sargent.
• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Kelley Armstrong.
• Entertainment Weekly interviews Julie Cross.
• My Bookish Ways interviews James P. Blaylock.
• Amazing Stories interviews Kevin J. Anderson.
• SFX interviews Hugh Howey.

News

• 2012 Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot
• New books collect Damien Broderick radio and film scripts.
• C.J. Cherryh has started writing the new (final Foreigner?) book.
• All Eleven Time Lords to feature in 50th anniversary Doctor Who episode.
• BBC America bringing classic Doctor Who to America.
• Amazon Developing Zombieland TV Show.
• SPECTRUM 20: Deadline for Entries is January 25.
• Batmobile Sold!

Events

• Tuesday, February 5, 2013: The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings presents Paul Witcover & Sarah McCarry.

Articles

• Strange Horizons (Eleanor Arnason) on Me and Science Fiction: Writing What You Don’t Know.
• Cat Valente on The End of Omikuji.
• Jim C. Hines on Cover Art – So Where’s The Problem?
• Locus Roundtable (Andy Duncan) on Teachable Science Fiction and Fantasy.
• Mightygodking on World building v. narrative necessity.
• Giant Freakin Robot on Read H.R. Giger’s Angry Letter To 20th Century Fox About An Alien: Resurrection Snub.
• Bradley P. Beaulieu on Lest Our Passage Be Forgotten Update – Artwork & Story Progress.
• Cathy Yardley on Do’s and don’ts for a holiday party at Fiendish Enterprises.
• Mike Allen on Picking the Clockwork Phoenix 4 stories: The Process (part 1) and Part 2.
• Amazing Stories (Chris Gerwel) on Crossroads: Where Genres Meet in the Night.
• Amazing Stories (Chris Gerwel) on Crossroads: What is Noir, Anyway?
• John Wiswell asks Too Many Humans in Fantasy Novels?
• Travis Heerman on Kickstarter Funded! Stretch Goals Open.
• Missions Unknown on Forgotten Film: The Vengeance of She (1968).
• PopMatters on Obituary Writing from the Desk of a 'Daytripper'.
• Yahoo on Cloning Neanderthals Has Hang-Ups. [Thanks, Greg L.!]
• The Wertzone (Adam Whitehead) on Deep Space Nine at 20.
• Space.com on Scientists See Big Rewards (and Risk) in Private Spaceflight.
• Neal Asher on Necropath by Eric Brown.

Art

• Conceptual Illustrations by Ben Andrews.
• Wizard's Apprentice.
• Daily Inspiration #686.
• CTHULHU versus DINOSAURS by =DeevElliott. [via Not Pulp Covers]
• Desert hunters by ~sketchboook.

More Fun Stuff

• Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier (Excerpt) by Myke Cole
• George Takei teams up with Dick Tracy in latest storyline.
• Remember when Brooke Shields played Wonder Woman?</a
• Star Wars Cantina Song (Accordion version)!
• Skull ice cube maker.
• TARDIS Dress.