SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-07-09

Interviews & Profiles

• Nine Worlds GeekFest interviews Alex Dally MacFarlane.
• Book View Cafe Blog interviews Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff.
• SFX interviews Julie Benz.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Kevin Hearne.
• Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Chuck Wendig.
• Black Static interviews John Llewellyn Probert.
• Every Read Thing interviews Chris F. Holm.
• Small Blue Planet interviews Charles A. Tan and Dean Francis Alfar.

News

• Orson Scott Card Responds To ENDER’S GAME Boycott.
• DragonCon parts with Ed Kramer.
• Petition | The United States Postal Service Commemorative Panel and the White House: Honor 60 American Authors, Editors and Artists of SF, Fantasy and Horror. [via Chris M. Barkley]

Events & Event News

• July 9: Ottawa ChiSeries presents Tanya Huff, Hayden Trenholm, and Eric Choi.
• July 10: Vancouver ChiSeries presents Eileen Kernaghan, Linda DeMeulemeester, and Hiromi Goto.
• Terry Brooks on Tour Next week.
• LoneStarCon 3 to Celebrate Science Fiction with Wide Range of Special Exhibits.
• LoneStarCon 3 Announces At-Con Membership Rates.

Crowd Funding

• What Fates Impose: Tales of Divination. Anthology of Fiction by Steven Saus.
• Support the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Science Fiction Authors.
• COFFEE: Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic by Alex Shvartsman.
• Mythic Delirium is fully funded.

Articles

• Jim C. Hines on Reporting Sexual Harassment in SF/F, 2013 Edition.
• Juliette Wade on Professionalism, Waiting, and why it’s sometimes good to ask.
• Liz Bourke on SFF/Classics Conference, Liverpool, Part XIII of XIII.
• Heather Massey asks Does Sci-Fi Romance Need To Step Up Its Game?
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on The Eight Doctors (or: Uncle Terrance Cleans House) [WHO-50—1997].
• Elizabeth Massie on The Story Behind Desper Hollow.
• S.C. Barrus on Delaying Action to Build Tension.
• Charles Stross on Planetbuilding for Neptune’s Brood (Part 2).
• David Brin on Recent Sci Fi films — the okay and the meh.
• J. M. Mcdermott on If, if, if.
• Michael Flynn on Seamless Garments.
• D.B. Jackson on Confessions of a History Geek: Blending History and Fantasy.
• David Farland’s Daily Kick in the Pants—A Guide to Critiquing a Story.
• Chuck Wendig on I Don’t Usually Like To Respond To Negative Reviews, But…
• B. Morris Allen on Introduction to SFF – 1 – the mysterious Ms X.
• Geoff Wakeling on Zombies – To run or not to run.
• Tor.com on Advanced Readings in D&D: Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• Open Culture on George Orwell and Douglas Adams Explain How to Make a Proper Cup of Tea.
• Pornokitsch on Why The Terminator‘s Sarah Connor is the Best Sarah Connor.
• FEARnet on Terror Before The Talkies: Horror Films Of The Silent Era. [via This Is Horror]
• The Original Fan on When The Thing Became John Carpenters’ The Thing. [via This Is Horror]
• BBC on BFI Gothic season explores ‘dark heart of film’. [via This Is Horror]
• The New Yorker on Internet Book Fetishists Versus Anti-Fetishists. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Wired UK on Think tank counters dystopian science fiction’s ‘wet blanket effect’ on innovation.
• Waylou on 10 DC Super Heroines & Villains in Hipster Mode.
• Gail Carriger on 6 Favorite Children’s Books.

Art

• Stunning Concept Art by Michel Donzé.
• Game of Throne Characters Drawn in the Style of The Simpsons.
• Gallery by Dimitar Tzvetanov.
• Superheroes – Past/Present.
• concept ships: QuanTika 2.
• 2D Art: Red Riding Mech.
• “Mastermind” by Andrzej Sykut.

More Fun Stuff

• Regan Wolfrom’s Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup for 7/8/2013.
• Watch the trailer for Holly Black’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown.
• 15 Star Wars Cubeecraft Paper Toy Models You Will Also Want To Make.
• Superheroes never rest.
• Chewbacca’s growl played on guitar.
• How George R.R. Martin Got the Idea for Game of Thrones.