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
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?
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