Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 3/29/13
Interviews & Profiles
- LitStack interviews Mary Robinette Kowal.
- London Real interviews Maggie Stiefvater (video).
- My Bookish Ways interviews Guy Adams.
- The Oracle interviews Jeff VanderMeer.
- Chuck Wendig interviews Adam Christopher.
- Geekerati interviews Wesley Chu.
- Q&A with Game of Thrones Costume Designer interviews Michele Clapton.
News
- RIP: Paul Williams.
- RIP: Jennifer Schwabach.
- RIP: Mitchell Hooks.
- Amazon.com Will Acquire Goodreads.
- Innsmouth Magazine will no longer be available for free online beginning with issue #13.
- Just released: The 2013 Campbellian Pre-Reading Anthology.
- News from Spanish Science Fiction.
- on The science fiction and fantasy bookstore The Other Change of Hobbit, has moved to El Cerrito.
- Mini-Supernovas Discovered.
Events
Articles
- Elizabeth Bear on The map is not the territory.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: The Logic Behind Self Publishing.
- Carrie Cuinn on The Balancing Act of the Writer.
- Grady Hendrix on My Amityville Horror.
- Whatever on The Big Idea: Will Ludwigsen.
- Michael May on Tarzan 101 | Tarzan the Terrible.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (33): James Bond, Dick Smith, Predator.
- Disquieting Visions on 5 Things I’ve Learned from Book Signings.
- Guardian (Cory Doctorow) on Copyright wars are damaging the health of the internet.
- Guardian (Rick Gekoski) on Writing a book isn't supposed to be fun.
- Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Book: The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard, 1936, 1977.
- Stainless Steel Droppings on A Problem of Proportion by John Scalzi.
- Kirkus Reviews (Andrew Liptak) on Blog Post: Leigh Brackett's Planetary Romances.
- Forces of Geek on History of Science Fiction Cinema.
- Fred Kiesche on Boxes and Books.
- Daily Trojan on Fantasy, sci-fi push artistic boundaries.
- FirstShowing on A New Era of Sci-Fi is Upon Us – Looking Ahead to Worlds That Await.
- Amazing Stories on Christianity vs. Science Fiction.
- Amazing Stories on You Got Grit in my Fantasy Story.
- Amazing Stories on The Pros and Cons of Comicon.
- Smart Pop Books on The Fringes of Neurotechnology.
- WhatCulture asks Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds: Did We Really Need A Next Generation?.
- WhatCulture on 10 Horror Films For People Who Don’t Like Horror.
- Tor.com on 8 Essential Dinosaur Movies.
- Flavorwire on The Best Fantasy Novels You (Probably) Haven’t Read.
Art
- The Art Of Ken Barthelmey.
- Stephan Martiniere Gallery.
- Cover art for A Discourse in Steel by Paul S. Kemp.
- Creature Spot – The Wraith version 2.
- Star Wars The Marvel Way.
- Metin Seven – Batman – Nightwatch.
More Fun Stuff
- Extracts: The Age Atomic, The Marching Dead and Black Feathers.
- Game of Thrones in 9 Minutes (VIDEO). [via Paul Di Filippo]
- 20 Awesome Covers From The US Space Program.
- The Phoenix Project at Wondercon.
- Bloginhood gets a Logo!
- Steampunk Coffee Machine.
- Ellen Datlow’s photos from ICFA Orlando March 20-14, 2013.
- Bioshock: Infinite STEAM PUNK Live Stream.
- Ink Pen Comic Strip. [via Civilian Reader]
- Dilbert does Asimov.