SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-07-08
Interviews & Profiles
- A.C. Wise interviews Carrie Cuinn.
- SFX interviews Rick Yancey.
- LA Times interviews Charlie Huston.
- Forthcoming: Got a question for Richard Kadrey?
News
- Grahan Joyce diagnosed with aggressive lymphoma cancer. [via Andrew Porter]
- Sheffield artist uses comics worth £20,000 for artwork. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- 2013 Van Vogt Award Submissions Sought.
- Locus Digital Edition adds Student Starter Subscription prices.
- Neil Clarke has Review Copies Clarkesworld Year Four.
- Jeff Bridges is working to adapt Lois Lowry’s The Giver.
- Raising Steam – Terry Pratchett’s 40th Discworld novel confirmed for October 2013 .
Events & Event News
- July 9: Toronto ChiSeries presents Chizine Pentaversary and Imaginarium 2013 launch.
- July 20 : Nalo Hopkinson will read at SF in SF with Deborah J. Ross and Madeline Robins. Proceeds from the event go to the Variety Children’s Charity.
Crowd Funding
- Mythic Delirium: A Magazine of Fiction and Poetry by Mike Allen.
- Upgraded: A Cyborg Anthology edited by Neil Clarke by Neil Clarke.
Articles
- Liz Bourke on SFF/Classics Conference, Liverpool, Part IX (+Index).
- Jane Frank on The Artful Collector: Handling Difficult People Part 2: The Collector (or) Why I Can’t Sell Art to You.
- Laurie Frankel on Story behind Goodbye for Now.
- Eric Brown on Developing Weird Space.
- Michael J. Martinez on Building Strange New Worlds.
- Steven Popkes on Consideration of Works Past: Norstrilia.
- Graham Edwards on Revisiting Cinefex (40): Ghostbusters II, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
- Chris Gerwel on A Healthy Dose of Professionalism.
- Ian Sales on Toward 100 Great SF Short Stories by Women.
- The Wertzone on The SF of Gaming.
- Douglas Smith on Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 24).
- Michael J. Sullivan on Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Sales for Various Print Options.
- Jason Motes on 2013 Pride – A Look At Gay Characters In Comics.
- Tor.com on A Sober and Verbose Reflection on Robert A. Heinlein.
- The Mary Sue on George R.R. Martin Race in the Game of Thrones Universe.
- The Pulp Super-Fan on Modern Doc Savage pastiches.
- Today on Author battles to unmask Batman’s secret co-creator.
- Salon on My dirty secret writing life. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Mashable on 9 Superheroines Who Deserve a Movie.
- Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam on Short Story Review: Top Ten Innovative Alien Stories (from February).
- Noahpinion on Science fiction novels for economists.
- Gearfuse on 25 Geek Books You Have to Read.
Art
- Sci-fi Art: Shhh.
- Amazing Walking Dead Cover Art by Chris Hoffman.
- Snake-Warlock by LadyOwl.
- New World Order by Xercs.
- Vertigo Releases New Art, Details For Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ Prequel Miniseries.
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt: THE CROWN TOWER by Michael J. Sullivan.
- Galactic Suburbia #84.
- Canadian Science Fiction Fanzine Archive.
- Interview with a Zombie: Zombie Speaks Out About World War Z.
- Captain Power. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Superhero Support Group.
- If Tim Burton Made Star Wars.
- File under WTF? – Star Wars Theremin Bra.
- Three words: TARDIS Octopus Necklace.
- RARRR!! A card game of earth-shaking battles between giant Japanese movie monsters..
OK, on the crowd Funding mentions: UPGRADED already met its goal (and yay!), while MYTHIC DELIRIUM is only $63 short with 15 days to go (hope they make it!).
So please consider WHAT FATES IMPOSE (also on Kickstarter): http://is.gd/BGOvm1 . “An anthology of original speculative fiction stories about the complications of predicting the future.”
Most definitely within the SF Signal remit, IMHO. They have reached $3,911 of their $5,000 goal with only six days to go, so they need your help more than both UPGRADED and MYTHIC DELIRIUM.
Please mention them, and to those who read this: consider a contribution!