Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 1/31/13

Interviews & Profiles

• LitStack interviews Jay Lake.
• Shimmer interviews Helena Bell.
• Patrick Satters interviews Paul Levinson.
• Civilian Reader interviews James Barclay.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Myke Cole.
• Small Blue Planet (Chertl Morgan) interviews Jukka Halme & Marianna Leikomaa.
• Flickering Myth interviews visual effects supervisorBill Westenhofer.
• Forthcoming on on Reddit: Howard Andrew Jones.

News

• Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble in Dispute over Terms.
• 2013 Printz Winner and Honor books.
• Julie Kagawa Lands 7-Figure Deal with Harlequin Teen.
• Daniel H. Wilson’s Tor.com Short Story “The Nostalgist” Will Become a Movie.
• Gareth L. Powell to sequelize Ack-Ack Macaque for Solaris.
• New Genre Army call for papers.
• Duncan Jones to Direct Warcraft, based on the popular Blizzard videogame world.
• Peerbackers | The World SF Travel Fund. [via Andrew Porter]

Events

• Steampunk Events for February 2013.
• Texas Lottery Star Trek Launch Event with William Shatner.
• Friday, March 8th: Jay Lake Kalimpura reading at Powell’s Cedar Hills location.

Articles

• Deborah J. Ross (Lois Gresh) on Paranormal Romance.
• Helen Lowe on My Favourite Fantasy Standalone Novels.
• The Qwillery (Francis Knight) on Women in SFF and how they shaped my life.
• Tor.com (Brit Mandelo) on Short Fiction Spotlight: Opening the Conversation.
• Tor.com (Niall Alexander) on Short Fiction Spotlight: Reading the BSFA’s Best Short Shortlist, Part 1.
• Tor.com (Niall Alexander) on British Genre Fiction Focus: A Cold Season for Artisan Authors.
• Amazing Stories (Chris Garcia) on Yeah Rite.
• Amazing Stories (Jimmy Rogers) on Synthetic Voices’ Top Podcasted Stories of 2012 .
• Amazing Stories (Samantha Henry) on More Sci-fi Shows to Hit Screens in 2013.
• Ian Sales on Essential SF Novels – The Analysis.
• Brian Keene on On Writing Full-Time (circa 2013).
• Hal Duncan on Euthanise Your Novel: Letters from an Evil Book Doctor #1.
• Mary Robinette Kowal’s “My Favorite Bit” features Cassandra Rose Clarke and David D. Levine.
• Smart Pop Books (Joshua Pantalleresco) on The Modern-Day Perceval.
• The Independent on Today's vampire – a needy, neurotic wimp.
• Cinema Pots on John Carter 100 years in the making.
• Gail Carriger on FAQ the Second.
• Beyond The Beyond (Bruce Sterling) on Kickstarter science fiction movies.
• io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on This gallery proves Frank R. Paul still rules science fiction art.
• io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Who Served in the Military, and How it Changed Their Work.
• io9 (George Dvorsky) on 5 Essential Frank Herbert Novels That Aren't About Dune.
• Google on Google Science Fair: Looking for the next generation of scientists and engineers to change the world.
• The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log on Hugo nominations, for your consideration…
• The OF Blog on Steampunk and Retro-Futurism: Three Anthologies and Three Approaches.
• Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (30): Little Shop of Horrors, The Gate, The Golden Child.
• The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul Di Filippo) on The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi.
• Justin Landon on 2012 Juice Box Award: Cover of the Year.
• Topless Robot on Ten Genre Movies to Look Forward to in 2013.
• My Bookish Ways on Top Ten Must Read Titles of February 2013 (SF/F/Horror).
• WhatCulture on 5 Artists Who Know How To Draw Comic Book Girls.
• Kirkus Reviews (Me!) on Science Fiction & Fantasy Reads to Look Forward To in February.

Art

• The Last Scream from the Hell by kene11.
• The Birdcatcher.
• The Rescue Assaulted.
• Train.
• Concept mech art by John Park.
• concept Spaceships by RSI.
• Creature Spot – Crunchy.

More Fun Stuff

• Laura J. Mixon Reads from Child Left Behind at SF in SF on January 19, 2013.
• Without a Summer (Excerpt) by Mary Robinette Kowal.
• Fade to Black (Excerpt) by Francis Knight.
• StarShipSofa #274 features fiction by Jerry Oltion and Lewis Shiner.
• 2012 Apex Magazine Story of the Year Readers Poll.
• Angels of Retribution: The Reading List Poll.
• The 10 Rights Of A Reader.
• Infographic: The Science of Smart.
• The eleven female incarnations of Doctor Who.
• Blade Runner Animated Trailer Project From The Animation Workshop.
• Star Trek Desilu Studios Production Call Sheet 1966.
• Beware the Hairy Mango #146: “Bisonety Sax”.