Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/24/13
Interviews & Profiles
- Wired.com (Geek’s Guide To The Galaxy) interviews Jane Yolen.
- SFFWRTCHT interviews Jay Lake.
- SFX interviews Hugh Howey.
- Carrie Cuinn interviews Fran Wilde.
- Nightmare Magazine (E.C. Myers) interviews Lucius Shepard.
- Layers of Thought interviews R. S. Belcher.
- Suicide Girls interview Cory Doctorow (Part 2).
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Gareth L. Powell.
- Ginger Nuts Of Horror interviews Jeremy Terry.
- Civilian Reader interviews Paul Witcover.
- The Future And You interviews Stuart Jaffe.
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews John Anealio.
- The Institute of Art and Ideas interviews Warren Ellis. [via Paul Di Filippo]
News
- Congratulations to Amy Sterling Casil, Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence at Scripps College!
- George R. R. Martin to Debut New Song of Ice and Fire Novella.
- Ron Howard in Talks to Direct The Graveyard Book Adaptation for Disney.
- Ray Gun Chronicles: Space Opera For a New Age Kickstarter Launched.
- Doctor Who to Premiere on March 30th.
Events
- Saturday, 26 January 2013: How To Write Science Fiction with… Spider Robinson.
- Thursday, February 7, 2013: The Apes of Wrath Release Party.
- LoneStarCon 3 Program Volunteer Form.
Articles
- John Scalzi on The eBook Path to Riches: Possibly Steeper Than Assumed.
- Dark cargo on Pseudonyms Are Stupid.
- Juliette Wade on How to keep rich worldbuilding from bogging down your story: A Google+ Hangout Report.
- Brian Ruckley on Why I Stopped Reading The Walking Dead.
- The Qwillery (Gillian Philip) on That Sinking Feeling.
- Kirkus (me!) on Free Online References for Science Fiction & Fantasy Readers.
- Tor.com on Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time Answers From #TorChat.
- Perihelion Science Fiction (Hunter Liguore) on Bracing for a Brave New World.
- Perihelion Science Fiction (Eric M. Jones) on Sizing Things Up.
- Book Riot on Margaret Atwood Says It's OK to Read Whatever You Want.
- Salon.com on Desecrating Poe. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Wired.com on Tumbling Back to Earth.
- LiveScience asks Is Space Big Enough for Two Asteroid-Mining Companies?
- The AudioBookaneers on Release Week: Miles Cameron’s The Red Knight, two from Iambik, and Scalzi’s The Human Division continues with “Walk the Plank”.
- Timothy C. Ward on Looking Forward to 2013: As a Reader.
- My Bookish Ways on Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason.
- Staffer's Book Review (Justin Landon) on Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole.
- Flavorwire on 10 Best-Selling Novels and the Directors Who Should Adapt Them.
- JarvisCity on Black Guys In Horror Movies We Wish Could've Lived.
- WhatCulture on 4 Doctor Who Dating Ideas That Should Never Be Tried Out.
- Barnes & Noble Book Clubs on 3 Things Kim Harrison's Looking Forward to in 2013.
- AbeBooks lists 50 Essential Science Fiction Books.
Art
- Greg Manchess on Painting JANE.
- Cover Reveal for Ian Tregillis’ Something More Than Night.
- Cover Reveal: Known Devil by Justin Gustainis, Cover Art by Timothy Lantz.
- French Cover: The Skybound Sea by Sam Sykes.
- Tracie Ching Fan Art.
- Welcome to Mars by dermonkey.
- approach by dermonkey.
- magic skull by CrazyX.
- Grabbed by adamkuczek.
- Berserker by SalZero.
- Concours 3Dsa Zoom 1 by Kargall.
- “Servants of Sauron” by Mike Sutfin.
- Jurassic Park by Ken Taylor.
- Dragon Age: Ogre Fight by ~tycarey.
- Christopher King – Legend – Movie Poster Art.
- World War Z Posters.
- Emshwiller Preliminaries.
More Fun Stuff
- Solaris e-novella exclusive: It’s not just gods who answer prayers in James Lovegrove’s Pantheon series….
- DAW Books Discussion: Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed.
- A deleted scene from The Red Knight by Miles Cameron.
- IBM’s Steampunk Infographic: Charting The Trend.
- Now posted: StarShipSofa #273 – “Jack Vance Part 2”.
- Now posted: Sword and Laser #119 – “Pronounce this…”
- Now posted: Functional Nerds #133 – When To Turn Your Hobby Into Your Career.
- Boba Fett Keys.
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