Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/28/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Dagan Books interviews Polenth Blake, Amanda C. Davis, Camille Alexa, Paul A. Dixon, Corinne Duyvis, and M. Bennardo.
• Strange Horizons interviews Nalo Hopkinson.
• Nightmare Magazine interviews Caitlín R. Kiernan.
• Nightmare Magazine interviews Norman Partridge.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Max Allan Collins.
• Civilian Reader interviews Karen Heuler.
• SciFiPulse interviews Matt Jorgensen.
• Scott Marlowe interviews R. Doug Wicker.
• Flickering Myth profiles Hal Couzens.

News

• Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books to offer physical e-book vouchers.

Events

• TableTopDay.com is Saturday, March 30th, 2013. [via Jules Sherred's Geeky Pleasures]
• Burlesque Doctor Who on Stage in Chcacgo through March. [via SF Site]

Crowd Funding

• Robots versus Slime Monsters: An A. Lee Martinez Collection by A. Lee Martinez.
• SYMBIOSIS: A Creative Commons art book by Steven Sanders.

Articles

• Seanan McGuire on InCryptid Q&A, Part VII: Luck be a Lady..
• L.B. Gale on The Essence of Fantasy is the Essence of Great Storytelling: Removal.
• Karen Heuler on Way Inside the Story.
• Apex (Michael A. Burstein) on Women of Horror: Why I Love Jennifer Pelland.
• Grady Hendrix on NSS: Asian Science Fiction & Fantasy.
• Brian Ruckley on On the Subjects of Luck, Writing and Getting Published.
• Bruce Sterling on Olafur Eliasson and his solar-powered lamp. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The Night Bazaar (Michael J. Martinez) on Politics and SF/F: Like peanut butter and chocolate.
• Lavie Tidhar on Some thoughts on the World SF Blog and the Kitschies Award.
• A. Lee Martinez on Demi-Famous, Semi-Successful.
• J.M. McDermott on Collecting Books in a Small Way.
• E.C. Meyers on My favorite time machine.
• Whatever on The Big Idea: J.A. Kazimer.
• The Qwillery (Suzanne Palmieri) on Finding Magic.
• Literary Escapism (Selah Janel) on Character Development.
• Bibliophile Stalker (Charles A. Tan) on The Perils of the Bookshelf.
• Funcaional Nerds (Don Pizarro) on Repurposing Nostalgia.
• Michael May on Tarzan 101 | The Beasts of Tarzan.
• Bad Reputation (Emily McQuade) on The Countess Is Waiting For You: Daughters of Darkness.
• Ars Technica on To save science, try celebrating “high quality ignorance”. [via Jay Lake]
• Black Gate on Modern Space Opera With a Classic Feel.
• SFX (Alasdair Stuart) on Coyote Tales.
• Omnivoracious (R.A. Salvatore) Looks Back Before The Last Threshold.
• Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) on Bestselling Author Julianna Baggott Returns with Fuse.
• Jules Sherred on The Human Division Episode #7: The Dog King by John Scalzi – Laugh-Out-Loud Funny.
• Stainless Steel Droppings (Carl V. Anderson) on The Dog King by John Scalzi.
• Amazing Stories (Zachary Clemente) on Sequential Wednesdays #2 – To Stand The Gap: The Secret Truth of S.H.I.E.L.D..
• Amazing Stories (R.K. Troughton) on Living in a Glass House.
• Amazing Stories (Nina Munteanu) on The Careful Writer: Some Notes on Composition.
• Smart Pop Books (Susan Vaught) on Eldest Does Not Equal Wisest.
• Tor.com (Niall Alexander) on British Genre Fiction Focus: A Conversation About Community.
• SFX on BLOG Sorako: A Beautiful Slice Of Life In Manga.
• Kirkus Reviews Blog (me!) on Science Fiction & Fantasy Books—March 2013 Highlights.
• Space1970 lists 70s Sci-fi Sidearms.

Art

• Futuristic Digital Fantasy Art Illustrations.
• Sam Burley Gallery.
• Outstanding Digital Art by Nick Deligaris.
• 3D Art: The Alien Interview.
• Sci-fi Art: Desnoyers-Ville.
• Infernos The Immolator.
• concept ships: The Eudora from Dead Space 3 by Jehan Choo.
• Famous Robots Project by Daniel Nyari.

More Fun Stuff

• Beware the Hairy Mango #148: “The Slow and the Furious” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
• StarShipSofa #278 features fiction by Theodora Goss.
• The Future And You with Stephen Euin Cobb, February 27 2013 episode.
• “Everything and Nothing” – free Dog Blood prequel story by David Moody.
• NARR8, a mobile app and content channel that delivers a diverse array of interactive stories, articles, and motion comics.
• Female Super Hero Fan Film. [via io9]
• Doomed: a biological cartoon. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Why can’t all commercials be as cool as this one with a Surya Robot?