SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-06-03

Interviews & Profiles

• Ideomancer interviews Sofia Samatar.
• Clarkesworld Magazine interviews Susan Palwick.
• Ginger Nuts of Horror interviews Nicole Cushing, Jenna Payne, Nicholas Vince, Toby Tate, Thomas Erb, Ray Garton, Hunter Shea, JG Faherty, Tim Marquitz, and Barry Napier.
• Horror Writers Association interviews Holly Black, Victoria Schwab, Tonya Hurley, Barry Lyga, James Rollins, Rick Yancey, Darren Shan, Charlie Higson, and Jonathan Maberry.
• Darkeva’s Dark Delights interviews Jonathan Maberry.
• The Believer interviews Alan Moore.
• Fast Forward interviews Neil Clarke.

News

• SFWA Bulletin Task Force Announced.
• New audiobook: Everett Smiles By Neil John Buchanan.
• Horror Writers Association Blog Gets a facelift.
• Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who after the anniversary special and the Christmas epsiode.

Crowd Funding

• The Confederation: An Alternate History Web Series by The Confederation.
• Scarlet Huntress Anthology.

Articles

• More SFWA Links:
  • John Scalzi on Presidential Statement on the SFWA Bulletin.
  • Mary Robinette Kowal on My very complicated reaction to issue 202 of the Bulletin.
  • Heather Massey on Out With The Old (Boys Club), In With The New (Generation of Progressive Genre Fans).
  • Timmi Duchamp on Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler.
  • Ann Aguirre on This week in SF.
  • Peter V. Brett on Why I’m Renewing My SFWA Membership.
• Helen Lowe on Supernatural Underground: Holding Out For A Hero….
• Jim C. Hines on Roundup of Some “Anonymous Protesters” (#SFWA Bulletin Links).
• Ken MacLeod on Science fiction opens up the universe.
• L.E. Modesitt Jr. on The Antiagon Fire That Almost Wasn’t.
• The Wertzone on RIP Jack Vance.
• Daniel Abraham on Another Word: The Techs Can Do It.
• Jason Heller on The Locomotive in Science Fiction Literature.
• Edward Champion on BEA 2013: Neil Gaiman.
• Michael Moorcock on Starship Stormtroopers (from 1978).
• My Bookish Ways on Joyland by Stephen King.
• Lou Antonelli on What the market will bear.
• File 770 on Starship Century Symposium: Geoffrey Landis.
• NYTimes on I Love ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ And You Should, Too. [via Andrew Porter]
• Amazing Stories Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 20).
• Amazing Stories on The Artful Collector: Should You Worry About Forgery in SF Art?
• Amazing Stories on No. 18 – C.J. Cherryh, The Faded Sun, and a World Building Ethos.
• Suvudu on New This Month from Del Rey Spectra: June 2013.
• Scientific American on New Physics Complications Lend Support to Multiverse Hypothesis.
• Gregory Benford on Maverick Genius: The Pioneering Odyssey of Freeman Dyson. [via File 770]
• EarthSky on What is a Dyson sphere? [via Gravity Lens]
• Universe Today on Hunting for Alien Megastructures. [via Gravity Lens]
• NYTimes on Orwell’s House Links Myanmar to Its Burmese Days. [via Andrew Porter]
• BBC News on Space Invaders: Blast from the past that still inspires.
• Geek Smash on 10 Books You Need To Read This Summer. [via Eoghann Irving]
• LA Times on Summer Reading Guide.
• My Bookish Ways on June 2013 New Releases: SF/F/Horor.

Art

• Conceptual Art by Changming Xu.
• Oz the Great and Powerful – Character Design by Michael Kutsche.
• Chimera by TsaoShin.

More Fun Stuff

• Ideomancer Speculative Fiction Magazine – Editor’s Note: Vol. 12, Issue 2.
• Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Abandoned Land of Oz. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Gordon Freeman and Chell Go on a Date (Portal/Half-Life Live-Action Film).
• The Empire Strikes Back Hotline Recordings (1980).
• Celebrating Superman’s 75th anniversary in pictures.
• Man Of Steel – Glyph Creator. [via Civilian Reader]