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.