Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/2/13

Interviews & Profiles

• The Qwillery interviews Marie Brennan.
• SF Site interviews Kathleen Goonan.
• Comics Beat interviews Gail Simone.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Sean Ferrell.
• Geeks of Doom interviews R.A. Salvatore.
• Chuck Wendig interviews Max Allan Collins. [via My Bookish Ways]
• Pornokitsch interviews Vincent Sammy.
• The Roundtable Podcast interviews Michael R. Underwood.
• TrekCore Blog interviews Roger Lay, Jr.

News

• Obituary: Judy Gerjuoy.
• RIP: Fan writer and editor Richard E. Geis.
• Call for Norton Jury Volunteers.
• PodCastle Call for Submissions: Science Fantasy!.
• Frank R. Paul for sale.
• Tim Lebbon signs with Titan Books for two novels.
• Tom Hanks buys film rights to The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman.
• US Schedules Stamps of SF Writers.
• Galaxy Magazine, a free online science fiction magazine, is now online!

Events

• Steampunk Events for March 2013.

Articles

• The Alternative Typewriter (Carrie Cuinn) on The Balancing Act of the Writer.
• Smart Pop Books (Tanya Huff) on It’s All in the Numbers.
• Supernatural Underground (Helen Lowe) on High Romantic Fantasy & The Gathering Of The Lost.
• Whatever on The Big Idea: Alaya Dawn Johnson.
• Seanan McGuire on Sponsorship: Velveteen vs. The Epilogue..
• Seanan McGuire on InCryptid Q&A, Part VIII: Bogeymen..
• A Fantastical Librarian (Julianna Scott) on What the Library Means to Me.
• Michael Whelan on The Inspiration of Anne McCaffrey.
• SciFiChick (James K. Decker) on I Want To Believe.
• Mark Teppo on The History Behind The Mongoliad.
• Derek Johnson on Watching the Future: What We Expect — and We’re Expecting.
• Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (31): Spaceballs, The Witches of Eastwick, Masters of the Universe.
• Book View Cafe Blog (Dave Smeds) on Designing Ebook Covers.
• Walker of Worlds on March SFF Releases | My Picks.
• Neal Asher on Xenopath by Eric Brown.
• Andrew Wheeler on The Moon Moth by Jack Vance and Humayoun Ibrahim.
• Thea James on A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan.
• RevolutionSF (Rick Klaw) on Jack the Giant Slayer.
• Tor.com on Michael Whelan Will Add One More Dragon to Anne McCaffrey’s Menagerie.
• Tor.com on Fiction Affliction: March Releases in Urban Fantasy.
• Suvudu on New This Month from Del Rey Spectra: March 2013.
• Amazing Stories (Zachary Clemente) on Dynamo – Unsuccessful Wooing, Decrees from Rashmon & A Silent, Bearded Man.
• Amazing Stories (M.D. Jackson) on Now with more Pulp!.
• Amazing Stories (G.W. Thomas) on The James Allison Stories: Dreaming of the Past.
• on Now with more Pulp! – Amazing Stories.
• News From ME on Getting Dressed in a Jif.
• Slate Magazine on Hugh Howey and Wool: How the self-pubbed sci-fi writer relates to fans. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Carrie Cuinn’s Guide to Conventions #1: The Five Best Questions To Ask A Panel of Writers.
• Slate Magazine on Len Deighton’s Bomber, the first book ever written on a word processor.
• Mental Floss on King Kong Turns 80: 10 Things to Know About the Groundbreaking Film. [via Bill Crider]
• SFX on 30 Greatest Sci-Fi Siblings.
• SciFiNow on Top 10 best horror sequels you thought were rubbish.

Art

• Trantorian Dream (1983) by Michael Whelan.
• Wind Up Girl by *Raphael-Lacoste.
• Fantasy Art: Eggs.
• Your Move by Madbat.
• superhero by sava53.
• Early art sketches of The Flames of Shadam Khoreh.
• Dracula by Alastair Reynolds.

More Fun Stuff

• Frost Burned (Excerpt) by Patricia Briggs.
• Mars Direct (Excerpt) by Robert Zubrin.
• Sword & Laser: March Book Club Kicks Off with Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh.
• Ansible 308, March 2013.
• Amanda Palmer’s TED Talk – The Art of Asking.
• 3 Most Common Types of Time Travel in Movies.
• What's Dr. Who's TARDIS worth in real life?.
• First Poster for New Doctor Who Episodes Revealed—Plus, Hints About What’s to Come.
• The SF Site: Vote For Your Favourite Books of 2012.
• Bear in Space (1970).
• Star Wars Fruits and Vegetables.