Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 4/1/13
Interviews & Profiles
- My Bookish Ways interviews Danielle Trussoni.
- Coode Street welcomes Kij Johnson.
- Europa SF interviews Vernor Vinge.
- The Qwillery interviews Claire Ashgrove.
- NPR interviews Ian McEwan, Brian Greene, and Lawrence Krauss.
- SFX interviews Tom Baker.
- Dagan Books interviews Maria Romasco-Moore and Bear Weiter.
- 42 Webs interviews Jeff Somers.
- Literary Escapism interviews Shannon K. Butcher.
News
- Confirmed: Tennant And Piper Back For Doctor Who 50th Anniversary.
- NASA requests $100 million for asteroid-capture scheme.
- Keith Brooke releases The Greatest Game of All, a story of love and test-tubes.
- Now available: Journey Planet #15.
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Joan Slonczewski on Off the Map: Women in Science and Science Fiction.
- Jim C. Hines is Grumbling About the Hugo Awards.
- Kay Kenyon picks her favourite SF short story.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on Fiction River: Unnatural Worlds Cover and More.
- Kevin Standlee on Smooth Sailing and Frantic Paddling at the Hugo Awards.
- Michael J. Sullivan on How Kickstarter is replacing the traditional publisher.
- Richard Lee Byers on ANTI-Realism in SF/F.
- Omnivoracious on 2012 Philip K. Dick Award Finalists Weigh in on PKD and the Competition.
- Huff Post on Frank R. Paul's Vintage Illustrations Reveal What Life On Other Planets Might Have Looked Like. [via Bill Crider]
- James Nicoll on The Nebulas: 1968, 1969, and 1970.
- Black Gate on New Treasures: Gygax Magazine, Issue #1.
- Amazing Stories on Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 11 in series).
- Amazing Stories on David Fincher's Alien 3, and What It Can Teach Us.
- Amazing Stories on Fritz Leiber: Sword & Sorcery Grows Up.
- Amazing Stories on Sword & Sorcery Becomes A Sub-genre: Henry Kuttner's Elak And Prince Raynor.
- Amazing Stories on The Artful Collector: Price vs. Value.
- Stainless Steel Droppings on Purity Test by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- WhatCulture on 5 Horror Movie Sequels That Are Actually Worth Your Time.
Art
- The official SPECTRUM 20 ARTIST LIST has been posted.
- Cover reveal: Crossed Genres Magazine anthology, “Ancient Discovery” by Julie Dillon.
- EmilGoska on deviantART.
- Cover Art & Synopsis | Starship Seasons by Eric Brown (PS Publishing).
- The Art of Doctor Who.
- Adventures in Science Fiction Cover Art: The Rotating Wheel Space Station/Habitat, Part I.
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