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

• Tuesday, June 11th in NYC: The NY Review of SF Readings presents Kate Elliott & E.C. Ambrose.

Crowd Funding

• Star Mage by JC De La Torre.

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.