Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/28/13
Interviews & Profiles
- CBCTv interviews Margaret Atwood about the Bibliomat.
- Suvudu interviews Corey Redekop.
- Far Beyond Reality interviews Miles Cameron.
- The Qwillery interviews Charles Gilman.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Robert Pobi.
- Guardian Books podcast interviews Hugh Howey.
News
- Horror writer Stephen King pulls 'school shooting' book from sale and releases gun control essay.
- Teachers, librarians, etc. can sign up for free copies of Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother.
- Curiosity’s camera arm snaps first night shots on Mars.
- BSG's Ron Moore new genre series is Helix. [Thanks Fred!]
Articles
- Lynne Thomas on Support the DeKalb Public Library Expansion.
- Tracy Falbe is Reflecting on her career after writing 8 novels.
- Guild of Dreams on Wandering with the Wendigo: North American Mythology in Genre Fiction.
- David Brin on It’s a Sci Fi World – moving forward from clichés to the future.
- The Daily Beast on Exclusive New Texts from Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard.
- Charles Stross on The Anthropic Stupidity Hypothesis.
- Dark cargo on Her Royal Majesty’s Steampunk Symposium 2013.
- Chip Kidd on Designing books is no laughing matter.
- Omnivoracious on Graphic Novel Friday: Chasing Alabaster: Wolves.
- Guardian on Flawed forecasting – when science fiction gets it wrong.
- Amazing Stories (Ricky L. Brown) on Some Things Are Not As They Seem.
- Amazing Stories (Ken Neth) on A New Generation of Star Wars.
- Amazing Stories (Bob Lock) on Piracy.
- Amazing Stories (J. Jay Jones) on H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, and the Social Impacts of Science.
- Spinoff Online aks Is It Time to Give ‘Fanboy’ A Rest? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Centauri Dreams on The Velocity of Thought.
- Popular Science on A History Of Spacesuits, In Pictures.[via Gravity Lens]
- Smithsonian Magazine on The Psychology Behind Superhero Origin Stories. [via Gravity Lens]
- The Book Designer on Why You Should Judge a Book By Its Cover.
- Paul Levinson on The Hobbit: A Review.
- Tor.com (Grady Hendrix) on The Great Stephen King Re-read: Pet Sematary.
- Josh Vogt reviews Exile by Betsy Dornbusch.
- Stainless Steel Droppings (Carl V. Anderson) on Tales from the Expanse by James S.A. Corey (+ Giveaway).
- Superhero Hype on Behind the Scenes of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes.
- Comic Book Resources on Drawing Crazy Patterns – Spider-Man Unmasked.
- TotalFilm on Horror Icons' Top 10 Horror Films.
- Geek Magazine on 14 Noteworthy Science Fiction and Fantasy Books – January 2013 – .
- HorrorMovies on Top 10 Horror Television Shows.
- LockerGnome on Seven TV Shows for Geeks and Nerds.
- Monica Edinger on Top Ten Things You May Not Know About the Newbery Award.
- SFX on Top 50 Sci-Fi Robots.
Art
- Cover & Synopsis: Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik.
- Writers Workshop of Science Fiction and Fantasy Cover Revealed.
- Patt Kelley Illustrates The Terrible Beauty Of Ripley, Doomed Supermodels And Marie Antoinette's Head.
- Digital Art by Oliver Wetter.
- Background Painter: Scott Wills.
- Goblin orc.
More Fun Stuff
- Extract from Robert V.S. Redick’s The Night Of The Swarm.
- Free Novel Saturday: Star Song, Chapter 11 by Edward Willett.
- Excerpt from Gabriel: Zero Point by Steve Unstead.
- Brewster Rockit Comic Strip.
- Short Film: The Apocalypse (Warning! NSFW and very graphic!).
- You Can Own King Robert’s Warhammer From Game of Thrones.
- Greedo Unmasked.
- Zombie Teddy Bears.
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Enjoyed the link to the Curiosity photos as there are some really nice daytime shots linked at the bottom of the post. So fascinating to think about the rover being up their now carrying out its assigned tasks.
Thanks for linking the Newbery article, it was interesting to read about the process and what the award attempts to do. As with any award each year brings with it the argument of whether or not they actually succeeded in doing what they set out to do. I’ve discovered some engaging YA literature through the award though so I’m happy they continue to do this every year.
Thanks for linking my giveaway. This short story and novella are great ways to get a taste of the James S.A. Corey Expanse universe or, if you’ve already read the novels, a great chance to get these extra stories free.
Thanks for the link back. 🙂
Great compilation of articles and other interesting tidbits 😉