Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 4/15/13
Interviews & Profiles
- Philadelphia Weekly interviews Gardner Dozois. [via Andrew Porter]
- Robot 6 interviews Paul Cornell.
- Odyssey Workshop interviews Patricia Bray.
- Friday After Work interviews Dani & Eytan Kollin.
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Jessica Steiner.
- Shelf Awareness interviews Guy Gavriel Kay.
- Darkeva's Dark Delights interviews John Joseph Adams.
- Forbes interviews Wil Wheaton.
News
- RIP: Nick Pollotta.
- New magazine: The Eaton Journal of Archival Research in Science Fiction #1. [via Andrew Porter]
- Stephen Hawking predicts end-of-Earth scenario. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- 2012 sales figures show spike in YA hardcover and e-books.
- Research suggests that the devices can prevent readers from wholly absorbing longer texts.
Events
Crowd Funding
- Massive Fiction Project – Three Novellas and Story Stubs by RobisonWells, Marion Jensen, David Wiley.
- Alex Cox directs Bill The Galactic Hero by Alex Cox.
- Puffed Shoggoths – A H.P. Lovecraft Art Zine! by Trevor Henderson and Kathryn Bright.
Articles
- Fantasy Cafe on Women in SF&F Month: Deborah Coates.
- Fantasy Cafe on Women in SF&F Month: Angie from Angieville.
- Linda Nagata on The Fumes of Mordor & Other World Building Models.
- Hugh Howey on To those whom I’ve offended.
- Tobias Buckell on Don’t punch down.
- Alasdair Stuart on Fail Better.
- Scott Edelman on Another reason I love Dave Gibbons (and continue to hate Roy Lichtenstein).
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (34): Beetlejuice, Batteries Not Included.
- Philadelphia Weekly on Michael Swanwick: "In a Generation, the World Will Be Unrecognizable". [via Andrew Porter]
- The Underground Bunker on Scientology's Big Party for Sci-Fi Writers Who See No Evil. [via Andrew Porter]
- Auxiliary Memory on The Defining Science Fiction Books of the 1980s.
- Black Gate on Are You Going to Eat That?
- Cleveland.com on Superman at 75 video: The story of the Man of Steel's roots in Cleveland. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Los Angeles Times on Carmine Infantino: An appreciation by Mark Waid.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews Orson Scott Card.
- Josh Vogt reviews The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley Beaulieu, The Straits of Galahesh and The Flames of Shadam Khoreh by Bradley Beaulieu
- Stainless Steel Droppings on “On 20468 Petercook” by Andy Duncan.
- Amazing Stories on Individualism, Atheism, and the Search for God in Cormac McCarthy's The Road.
- Amazing Stories on Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 13 in series).
- Amazing Stories on IT'S (NOT) ROCKET SCIENCE: Distant Habitable Moons.
- Amazing Stories on Discovering Planet Stories.
- Amazing Stories on No. 13 – The Number Thirteen, Black Magic, Mysticism, Swordplay and Sorcery.
- Amazing Stories on The Artful Collector: In Praise of Tangibility.
- Amazing Stories on Epic Fantasy Analysis April 8, 2013.
- FirstShowing.net on A New Era of Sci-Fi is Upon Us – Looking Ahead to Worlds That Await.
- Stuff on The return of science fiction.
- Newsarama.com on The 10 Best Time-traveling Villains Of All Time.
Art
- Neil Gaiman leaves guerrilla artwork on NY street – and the Guardian finds it. [via Andrew Porter]
- The Amazing Dragon Illusion [Video].
- Feeling Spacey.
- Stunning Collection Of Movie HD Wallpapers.
- Behind The Scenes: Batman (1966).
- Darling Illustrations of Star Wars Imperial Walkers Reimagined as Buses and Taxis.
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