Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/7/13

Interviews & Profiles

• My Bookish Ways interviews Gail Carriger.
• Nightmare Magazine interviews Sarah Langan.
• SciFiChick interviews Piper Maitland.
• Geeks Guide to the Galaxy interviews Karen Russell's Vampires in the Lemon Grove Is a Darkly Surreal Treat.
• Hollywood.com interviews Timothy Zahn.
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Nir Yaniv.
• Civilian Reader interviews Zachary Jernigan.
• The Future And You interviews Stuart Jaffe.
• Tor Books UK interviews Jaine Fenn, Gary Gibson, Peter F. Hamilton, Cheryl Morgan and Paul Raven about the books of Julian May.
• Locus Roundtable interviews Paul Graham Raven.
• Ginger Nuts Of Horror interviews Hunter Shea.

News

• Star Wars make-up artist Stuart Freeborn dies aged 98. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• “Service to SFWA Award” to be Renamed “The Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award.”
• Frankenstein’s Army to invade several territories.
• Sci-fi writer John Scalzi makes $50,000 for charity off of his “troll”.
• World of Warcraft e-book series kicks of Feb. 19, preview online now.
• ChiZine Publications Releases Short Stories as Individual eBooks.
• Orbital Drop: Pick up The Legend Of Eli Monpress by Rachel Aaron for only $2.99!

Events

• February Events from Orbit Books.
• Round Table on science fiction magazines ‘From Slush to Sale’ at BSFS on February 23.

Articles

• Seanan McGuire on Yo ho, heave ho: International Please Don't Pirate My Book Day.
• John Scalzi on Space Marines and the Battle of Tradem Ark.
• Guardian on English literature's 50 key moments from Marlowe to JK Rowling.
• Omnivoracious on Best of the Month in Scarlet.
• Voyager Online on Comfort Books.
• Orbit Books asks Can you shoot an arrow through an epic fantasy novel?
• Whatever on The Big Idea: Betsy Dornbusch.
• The Night Bazaar (Michael J. Martinez) on Awaiting judgment.
• The World in the Satin Bag on Literary Explorations: Jack London's The Iron Heel and the Political Dystopia.
• Kirkus Reviews Blog (me!) on Blog Post: Steampunk Update, Part 1—Following Up.
• Michael May on Tarzan 101 | An Introduction.
• SFX on BLOG Why I Prefer Luke Skywalker To Han Solo.
• NYTimes on J. G. Ballard’s Memoir, Miracles of Life.
• Matt Cardin on » Book Review: Wiley-Blackwell’s The Encyclopedia of the Gothic.
• Amazing Stories (Samantha Henry) on The Battle of the Paranormal Romance.
• Amazing Stories (R.K. Troughton) on The Top Ten Roleplaying Games of All Time.
• Nick Harkaway on Ten Ways To Be A Literary Rogue (Response).
• WhatCulture on 10 Obscure Cult Horror Films.
• WhatCulture on 10 Scenes In The Dark Knight Trilogy That Should Have Been Cut.
• Amazon.com on Editors' SF/F Picks This Month.
• io9 on 10 Most Incompetent Space Captains in the Universe.

Art

• Digital Art by Julie Dillon.
• Concept Art: Stronghold.
• Fantasy Art: Dark Kirin.
• Fantasy Art: Defense of Estarim.
• Bio-Machines by Benjamin LOUIS.
• concept ships: Star Citizen craft concepts by Kemp Remillard.
• “Fearless” by Reid Southen.
• John Picacio Loteria cards for La Sirena, El Pescado, and La Rosa. [via MonkeyBrain]

More Fun Stuff

• American Elsewhere (Excerpt) by Robert Jackson Bennett.
• When We Wake (Excerpt) by Karen Healey.
• Dreams and Shadows (Excerpt) by C. Robert Cargill.
• Ex-Heroes (Excerpt) by Peter Clines.
• Fantasy Series Charted by Increasing Page Count.
• Terrifying Joker GIFS Are An Unsolved Internet Mystery.
• Now posted: StarShipSofa #275 w/ fiction by H.G. Stratmann.
• Death Star Lollipops.
• Robot Orchestra.
• Zombies for Valentine's Day.
• Zero Dark Knight Thirty.