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

• John Scalzi’s The Human Division Tour.

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.