Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 4/4/13
Interviews & Profiles
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Angela Slatter.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Chandler Klang Smith.
- Civilian Reader interviews Django Wexler.
- Fast Forward interviews Ginjer Buchanan.
- Kindle Post interviews George R.R. Martin.
- Haikasoru interviews Ken Liu.
- Lifehacker interviews Cory Doctorow.
- Scott Marlowe interviews TL Rese.
- Speculate podcast-interviews Michael Sullivan.
- Black Static interviews Gray Friar’s head honcho Gary Fry.
- StarShipSofa interviews Steve Davidson of Amazing Stories.
News
RIP: Mark Evans.
- Struggling Indie SF Press, Night Shade, Pushes Asset Sale.
- Angry Robot Books signs James A Moore, author of Seven Forges.
- Scientists Find Signal in Space That Could Be Dark Matter.
Events
Crowd Funding
Articles
- The Alternative Typewriter on Ursula K. Le Guin and the First Novel.
- Karin Lowachee on “You Mean You Don’t Write Children’s Books?”
- Judith Tarr on Crowdfunding Enters Adolescence.
- Charlie Jane Anders on Another indie publisher on the ropes: Night Shade Books plans an asset sale.
- Eleanor Arnason on SF Poetry.
- Cheryl Morgan on A Hugo Cautionary Tale.
- Kevin Standlee on The Five-Percent Solution.
- Niall Alexander on I Steelheart the Best British SF.
- Angels of Retribution on Diversity in DC Comics and John Stewart.
- Michael J. Martinez on Breaking the rules.
- Flickering Myth on Operation Deception: The Making of G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
- Daniel H. Wilson on Ted Kosmatka’s new novel, Prophet of Bones.
- Weird Fiction Review on Knowing the Alien: René Laloux’s Fantastic Planet.
- Amazing Stories (Nina Munteanu) on Should You Judge a Book by its Cover?
- Solaris on Martin Sketchley's favourite short SF story.
- Guardian on Indie SF and fantasy hunt yields prize catch.
- Salon.com on The spaceship poetry of Iain M. Banks.
- Telegraph on Lawrence Norfolk on dystopian fiction.
- Whatculture on Robocop 2014: 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Excited.
- Whatculture on Doctor Who: 5 Best & Worst Companions.
- Tor.com on 10 Essential Books Featuring Dinosaurs in Science Fiction.
- Kirkus Reviews (me!) on Blog Post: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Books: April 2013 Highlights & Top Picks.
Art
- Sketch o’the Week- Doctor Who: William Hartnell.
- Death dealer by Artofinca.
- Home sweet home by Caam.
- Video Game Art: Halo 4 Spartan Ops.
- Sci-fi Art: Machinery of Light.
- Game of Thrones Houses – by Guillaume Bachelier.
- World War Z Fan Art.
More Fun Stuff
- An Exclusive Chapter from Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch.
- Read the first part of The Good, The Bad And The Infernal by Guy Adams.
- James Brown's "A Man's World" Meets The "Game Of Thrones" Theme.
- Movie Poster Mashup of Star Wars: Episode VII & Little Miss Sunshine.
- Archive of Starlog Magazine. [via Gravity Lens]
- Game of Thrones Reimagined as Other TV Shows.
- Scenes From A Multiverse – He Who Controls.
