Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 4/9/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Keith Brooke interviews Linda Nagata.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Nina Post.
• Tor Books UK interviews Lauren Beukes and Jeff Noon.
• Gollancz interviews Charlaine Harris (video).
• Far Beyond Reality interviews Lev Grossman.
• Amazing Stories interviews Interview with Stephanie Osborn.
• Del Rey and Spectra has a video interview with Terry Brooks.
• Los Angeles Review of Books interviews Alastair Reynolds. [via Locus Online]

News

• The finalists in the 2013 Indies Choice Book Awards.
• Hodder announces acquisition of three novels from Nnedi Okorafor.
• John Norman’s Gor Series Gets Reissued.
• Strange Chemistry’s New YA Releases for April 2013.
• Penguin/Random merger approved.
• New eBook: Witchcraft & Satyrs Now Available.
• 'Star Trek': Captain Kirk's phaser sells for $231,000.
• Doctor Who 'element of sexuality' criticised by director. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Events

• SFWA Pacific Northwest Reading Series with David D. Levine: Seattle area Apr. 23, Portland Apr. 24.
• LoneStarCon 3 Announces Additional Program Participants.

Articles

• The Alternative Typewriter on [Women in Genre, Day 8] Angela Slatter & the Retelling of Fairy Tales.
• Fantasy Cafe on Women in SF&F Month: Sue from Coffee, Cookies, and Chili Peppers.
• Juliette Wade on Beyond the same-old fantasy culture: Nine authors worth reading.
• Marie Brennan on Writing Fight Scenes: Dialogue.
• Kylie Griffin on The First Kiss….
• Brian McClellan on Learning to Write from Brandon Sanderson.
• Max Gladstone on Broader Fantasy Foundations — Part Three: Mahabharata.
• John Picacio on How To Change A Worldcon.
• Jay Lake on Commentary on the Hugos continues.
• Martin Lewis on What I Want, Exactly.
• James Davis Nicoll on The Nebulas: 1972.
• Neal Stephenson on the Tall Tower hieroglyph (video). [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Andrew P. Mayer on The New Star Wars: The Rebel Masses vs. Disney Empire.
• Nathan Bransford asks In the Future, Will Everyone Be a Publisher?
• Neal Asher on Final Days by Gary Gibson.
• Functional Nerds (Catherine Russell) on The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman.
• Scientific American on Voyager’s Exit To The Stars…In 17,000 Years.
• NYTimes on The Slow Death of the American Author. [via Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine]
• io9 on A Better Deal for Night Shade Books' Authors.
• Percolator on Historians, Dabbling in Science Fiction, Evoke a Climate Collapse.
• Amazing Stories on William Gibson's formulae for success: No rayguns.
• Book Chick City on The best books you should be reading right now! (#6).
• JarvisCity on 4 Movie Doctors You Would Never Want To Visit.
• Guardian on Ten ways self-publishing has changed the books world.

Art

• Shades of Milk and Honey’s original art.
• Sci-fi: Project 77.
• Creature Spot – Lubash the Ogre – The Village of Hommlet.
• 25 Stunning and Futuristic 3D Robot Character designs.
• Check out Chip Kidd’s Before Watchmen deluxe edition covers.

More Fun Stuff

• Virginia TV horror hosts from the 1960s. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• For the book collector: Preview SF First Editions in Heritage Auctions’ April 10th Offering.
• Best of Pioneer: A Look at Mankind's First Encounters With Jupiter and Saturn.
• Book Trailer: Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal.
• Sci-Fi Songs: Download "Hoptimus Prime"… For Free!
• Hugh Jackman Visting Wolverines at the zoo.