Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/20/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Dagan Books interviews Sarah Hendrix and Zachary J. George.
• Far Beyond Reality interviews Guy Gavriel Kay.
• My Bookish Ways interviews David Walton.
• Weird Fiction Review profiles George R.R. Martin.
• Fantasy Literature interviews David Walton.
• Functional Nerds interviews Dave Robison.

News

• The Time Tribe and The Harry Potter Alliance Join Forces For Charity.
• Eric Brown’s website gets a facelift.
• Full interview: Harrison Ford hints to return to new Star Wars film.
• Jedi could perform marriages, says Free Church of Scotland. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Events

• Sunday, March 24, 2-5pm: Paul Williams: A Science-Fiction and Rock & Roll Trufan at Boo-Hooray. [via Andrew Porter]
• Thursday March 28, 2013 7:00 PM: Hellhole Awakening event with Kevin J. Anderson at B&N in Houston, TX.
• May 3 – 5: Jay Lake Benefit Auction at Gaslight Gathering.
• June 15th: Announcing JayCon XIII.
• July 21, through Saturday, August 3, 2013: SharedWorlds writing program.

Crowd Funding

• Forgotten Suns by Judith Tarr.

Articles

• Juliette Wade on Dealing with Chronological Breaks in Your Story.
• Mike Brotherton on Great and Not-So-Great Astronomical Moments in Film.
• Charles Stross on Things publishers can't do (yet).
• Michael J. Sullivan on Editing.
• A. Lee Martinez on Cooled.
• Bradley P. Beaulieu on Why I am Going Hybrid.
• Myke Cole on What PTSD is.
• Weird Fiction Review on A Brief Introduction to Carlos Díaz Dufoo.
• Arcfinity asks Is Tim Maughan's Limited Edition the best short story of 2012?
• Gollancz blog on Reflections on Arthur C. Clarke.
• Black Gate asks Was Morlock Night by K.W. Jeter the First True Steampunk novel?
• Missions Unknown on Forgotten Film: Night Watch (2004).
• Boing Boing on Heinlein on Kirtsaeng.
• Amazing Stories on Epic Fantasy Analysis March 14, 2013.
• Amazing Stories on The History of Fantasy, Part III: I Think You Got a Little Grit In Your…Everything.
• Orbit books on Exclusive Interview with The Curve Of The Earth Hero Samuil Petrovitch (Part 1).
• Tor Books on Tor Tour: A Publicity Department Exposé.
• Guardian on World's worst book covers: Stephen King leads the way.
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Machine of Death.
• Jules Sherred on This Must Be the Place by John Scalzi.
• Stainless Steel Droppings on This Must Be The Place by John Scalzi.
• Neal Asher on Necropath by Eric Brown.
• Neal Asher on Xenopath by Eric Brown.
• Neal Asher on Reviver by Seth Patrick.
• Lovecraft eZine on Three great Lovecraftian books coming soon.
• io9 on 50 Great "Doctor-ish" Moments from 50 Years of Doctor Who.
• WhatCulture on 10 Classic Books That Should Be Adapted.
• WhatCulture on 12 Villains We Want For the Next Batman Movie.
• OnStarshipsAndDragonWings on Top Ten Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Unread.
• Buzzfeed on 24 Things We Learned From The Cast And Crew Of Game Of Thrones.
• Hero Complex on Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin vs. the 10 best comic-book movie villains.

Art

• Amazing Digital Art By Kerem Beyit.
• Concept Art and Matte Paintings by Edvige Fain.
• Death – Illustration by Ryan Valle.
• Until I Say – An Illustration Featuring a Dryad and Her Lover by Ryan Lee.
• Creepy Drawings by Kirill Semenov.
• Megalodon Mech by *BrotherOstavia.
• Robot art by rd7.
• Ships by rd7.

More Fun Stuff

• Genre Authors offer writing advice written and photographed on the their hands.
• The Lives of Tao (Excerpt) by Wesley Chu.
• Wolfhound Century: Chapter Three.
• Free on Kindle for a limited time starting today: How To Save The World: An Alien Comedy by Charles Fudgemuffin.
• Star Wars Family Tree.
• Doctor Who Regeneration Comparison.
• Infographic: The Decidedly Delectable Doughnut (by Tom Holt).
• S&L Podcast #123 – Power couples.
• SF Squeecast #21: A Really Scary Bed Sheet.
• StarShipSofa #281: Steven Popkes Part 2.
• The Roundtable Podcast First Anniversary Episode, Part II.
• The Twilight Zone Board Game (1964).
• Stanley Kubrick, A Filmography.
• Half Price Books Tournament of Heroes – Vote for your favorite sf/f heroes and heroines.