Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/18/13
Interviews & Profiles
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Linda Nagata.
- The Horror Zine interviews Ellen Datlow.
- Expand interviews Veronica Belmont, Daniel Wilson and John Scalzi (video).
- Europa SF interviews Alastair Reynolds.
- Fantasy Faction interviews Liesel Schwarz.
- Amazing Stories interviews Alan Tucker.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Jake Kerr.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Karen Joy Fowler.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Holly Phillips.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Matt Tkocz.
- Filmmaker Magazine interviews Kohl Glass.
- All Things Trek interviews Patrick Hester.
News
- 2013 Bram Stoker Award Recommendations open for submissions.
- Free eBook! Agent of Change (Liaden Universe) by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller.
- Doctor Who anniversary script “under lock and key”.
- Telos Publishing announces launch of Telos Moonrise, a new digital and POD imprint.
- CONTEST: $1000 Top Prize for best Speculative Fiction written by Person of Color.
Crowd Funding
- FSL Tonight, Season 3 – fantasy sports.
- Hollow World: A novel by Michael J. Sullivan.
- Kickstarter for HP Lovecraft Bronze Bust Project goes live on May 1st.
Articles
- Marie Brennan on Welcome to the Desert of the Real.
- The Future Fire editors' blog on FeministSF and IWD.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on Recommended Reading: February 2013.
- Hugh Howey on My Advice to Aspiring Authors.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on A Confession About Name Invention In My Stories.
- Rick Klaw on Nexus Graphica: Original Comic Art Is His Thing.
- SFFaudio on To The Best Of Our Knowledge: S.T. Joshi on H.P. Lovecraft (and Cosmicism).
- Speculative Faith Blog on A brief introduction to Gene Wolfe, my favorite contemporary author.
- The Hindu on Why I see Dune in everything.
- Amazing Stories on Resurrecting the Literary Dead.
- Amazing Stories on Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 9 in series).
- Amazing Stories on No. 10 Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and Self-Reliance.
- Amazing Stories on Hybrid Authors: The Best of Both Worlds.
- LitReactor on The Prometheus Effect: Examining The Film's Literary Ancestry.
- LitReactor on A Literary History Of Oz.
- Hello Giggles on Can YA Books Ever Be “Inappropriate”?
- Gav Reads on Quick Long List Thoughts: The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013.
- Tor.com on The Most Legitimate Redemption in All of Star Wars: The Last Command.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews on Necessary Ill by Deb Taber.
- HorrorMovies on Top 10 Horror Films of all Time.
- Nerd Approved on Five Of The Greatest On Screen Robots/Androids Of All-Time.
- Zujava on 6 Key Factors in Dystopian Fiction.
Art
- The expedition by JonathanDufresne.
- Creature Spot – A couple new ones.
- Breathtaking Space Art by Josef Barton .
- Robotic rescue ship by Vitaly Bulgarov.
- Sci-fi Art: Invasion.
- Under the Wing by Jan Urschel.
- Pathfinder Animal Archive.
- A Gallery of Pirate Artwork.
- Gargoyles Gallery.
- Justice League posters by Adam Thompson.
- Awesome Collection of Superhero Digital Art By Mehmet Ozen.
- Star Trek Minimalist Movie Poster Set.
More Fun Stuff
- SF Site Readers' Choice Best Read of the Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Extract from Ian Tregillis' Necessary Evil.
- An excerpt from Gabriel’s Return by Steve Umstead.
- Excerpt: The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley Beaulieu.
- Free Novel Saturday: Star Song, Chapters 24 & 25 by Edward Willett.
- Planets Large and Small Populate Our Galaxy (Infographic).
- VIDEO: Life On Mars.
- Masters of the Universe Compendium.
- Mini Millennium Falcon Papercraft.
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Whoa! I’ve been following the SF Site’s “Best Of” Lists for many years and I’ve never ever seen such a horrible list! It sure looks like the voting has been stacked. What’s going on over there?
Thank you for the link to my Star Trek Minimalist Movie Posters. They were fun to make.