SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-06-20
Interviews & Profiles
- Scott Marlowe interviews Jenelle Leanne Schmidt.
- Clarion Blog interviews Marie Vibbert.
- A discussion Scott Lynch & Matthew Stover.
- Civilian Reader interviews Brian McClellan.
- This Is Horror interviews Joe Hill (Part 2).
- Amazing Stories on Daniel Abraham (James S.A. Corey and M.L.N. Hanover).
- Ginger Nuts of Horror interviews Bracken Macleod.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show welcomes David Annandale and Michael R. Underwood.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Soufiane Idrassi.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Joe R. Lansdale.
News
- Call for Submissions: Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol.9.
- New Smart Pop books to look forward to, July to December 2013.
- The AudioBookaneers’s on this week’s audiobook releases.
- Win a Contract to Write a Dark Crystal Novel. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Introducing Summer Shorts by University of Chicago Press.
- The First Subterranean PC Book Sale.
- New Jane Yolen eBooks.
Events & Event News
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Jane Yolen on Oldest Living Luddite Recants.
- Tonya Hurley on on Lucy The Saint.
- Chuck Wendig on On The Subject Of Diversifying Your Bookshelves.
- Chuck Wendig on The Silent Majority: Fear of Sexism is a Misogynist’s Best Friend.
- Jonathan Strahan on On putting together an anthology, or what went into Fearsome Journeys.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Michelle Dean) on Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
- Alex Shvartsman on UFO2 Table of Contents.
- Ian Tregillis on Story behind Necessary Evil.
- Regan Wolfrom on HELP! My main character’s a misogynist!
- Paul Cook on Man of Steel.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (38): Terry Gilliam.
- Bull Spec on The Exploding Spaceship goes to Con Kasterborous and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
- A. Lee Martinez on One Life (The Superman Rebuttals).
- Samantha Henry on What if Every Superman Actor Was One Man?
- Mike Brotherton shares More Videos from Starship Century.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show on The Avengers (1998) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure” w/ Ian Mond.
- The League of Extraordinary Writers on Science Fiction is Now, But Cars Are Still Ugly.
- Omnivoracious on YA Wednesday: Summer Picks from John Green, Cassie Clare & Markus Zusak.
- Tor.com on Ten Characters I Love (But Don’t Expect To See) in World War Z.
- Black Gate on The Best New Sword & Sorcery of the Last Twelve Months.
- Scientific American on 10 Sciencey Stats on the Man of Steel.
- Cracked on The 5 Most Unjustly Overshadowed Sci-Fi Classics.
- Kirkus Reviews Blog (me!) on Blog Post: 5 Tips for Finding a Good Science Fiction Book.
Art
- Awesome interior artwork from the limited edition of Steven Erikson’s MEMORIES OF ICE.
- Robot Paintings – Brian Despain.
- Tooth and Nail.
More Fun Stuff
- Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup for 6/19/2013.
- StarShipSofa #294 Caroline M Yoachim.
- Iron Sky Director’s Cut.
- 8 Superheroes Accurately Analyzed by a Clinical Psychologist.
- Superman history infographic.
- Slice – Discover and share books with friends.
- Zombie Headshots – Supercut.
- Scenes From A Multiverse – The Collected Iain M Banks.
The Cracked list on Overshadowed scifi was surprisingly agreeable. Hard Boiled Wonderland is the first Murakami book I read (I read Murakami before he was ironic and hipster-y). It is an amazing book that no one seems to want to talk about as much as Murakami’s other books.