SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-07-11
Interviews & Profiles
- My Bookish Ways interviews Lou Morgan.
- Agony Column Podcast interviews Helene Wecker.
- Solaris interviews Gail Z. Martin.
- Suvudu interviews Tara Bennett.
- Jonathan Maberry interviews Melissa de la Cruz.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Maria Dahvana Headley.
- Civilian Reader interviews M.L. Brennan.
- Reddit readers interview Laurell K. Hamilton.
- Amazing Stories interviews James Gunn.
- TVOntario interviews Cory Doctrorow (video).
- A Fantastical Librarian interviews Jared Shurin.
- Travis Heermann interviews Sam Knight.
- Guide2Bristol interviews Tim Maughan.
- Paul Cook profiles John Schoenherr.
- Scott Marlowe interviews Tony Gilbert.
- Astrid Nielsch interviews Milivoj Ceran.
News
- Apple colluded on e-book prices, judge finds.
- Humble Ebook Bundle reveals second week bonus books: XKCD, Gaiman/McKean, Holly Black & Machine of Death.
- Complete Novels of R. A. MacAvoy Now Back in Print.
- Now available: Bibliotheca Fantastica edited by Claude Lalumière & Don Pizarro (DRM-free ebooks!)
Events & Event News
Crowd Funding
- FINAL HOURS! UPGRADED: A Cyborg Anthology edited by Neil Clarke by Neil Clarke —
- Atomic Robo Needs You! Tesladyne Recruitment Drive! by Tesladyne LLC. Kickstarter.
Articles
- Tor Books UK on Sexism In Genre Publishing: A Publisher’s Perspective.
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Sexism and the Slush Pile.
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Queering Poe and I’m a YA Author.
- Eleanor Arnason on Time Travel and Alternative History.
- Lisa Morton on The Horror of Small Town America.
- Orbit Books on The Making of a Cover in 13 Parts: David Dalglish’s Shadowdance Series.
- Mindy Klasky on B is for Book.
- Mary SanGiovanni on Crossing the Streams – Horror Fiction Modes Past and Present.
- John Scalzi gets One Thousand Co-signers on his Convention Harassment Policy.
- Cory Doctorow on Why I’m not boycotting Ender’s Game.
- Django Wexler on The Pursuit – Planning a Series.
- Django Wexler interviews The Day of Battle: Writing Battle Scenes.
- Bruce Sterling on More from Vintage Visions: Essays on Early Science Fiction, edited by Arthur B. Evans.
- Keith Brooke on Story Behind Lord of Stone.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on The Art of Michael Whelan.
- Joe Parrino on Names On A Train.
- @Black Gate: D.B. Jackson Interviews Ethan Kaille, Thieftaker.
- Marty Halpern on Editors/Agents: What would you like writers to stop doing?
- James Palmer on There Will Be Girls There: A Few Notes on the Changing Face of Fandom.
- Herbie Brennan on The War of Light and Darkness.
- Dark Matter on Contemporary fantasy influenced by Asian mythology.
- Wired.com on Next Mars Rover Is First Step Toward Bringing Samples Back to Earth.
- Tor.com lists Ten Great Television Episodes About Time Travel.
- Space.com on Why NASA’s New Mars Rover Won’t Hunt for Current Life.
- New Republic on Sci-Fi Will Save the Liberal Arts. [via Boing Boing]
- Ian Sales on 100 Great Science Fiction Stories by Women.
- Shaun Duke on 8 SF/F Writers Who Changed My Life.
- Salon.com on This summer’s blockbusters are really about overpopulation. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Bookish.com on Pacific Rim and New Rules for Human-Robot Relations.
- io9 on 10 Science Fiction Novels You Pretend to Have Read (And Why You Should Actually Read Them).
- Blastr on 22 great sci-fi series you can stream right now on Amazon Prime.
- Kirkus Reviews Blog (me!) on Still More SF/F Books to Read Before You See Them on the Screen.
Art
- Fantasy Art by Ivan Laliashvili.
- Sci-fi Art: Beamgun Commander.
- 2D Art: El Zombo Comic Con Pinup.
- Concept ships by Edward Del Rio.
- Robot concept art by Edward Del Rio.
- The Past And Present Of Superheroes – Khoa Ho.
- Olly Moss Releases New Official SPIRITED AWAY & HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE Posters.
- Exclusive: Myke Cole’s Breach Zone Cover is Revealed.
More Fun Stuff
- Regan Wolfrom’s Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup for 7/10/2013.
- Sword & Laser – Nerdtacular 2013.
- on Chicon 7 panel “Moral Ambiguity in Science Fiction” with Jay Lake, Charles Stross, Nancy Kress, Lissa Price and Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- StarShipSofa #297 with fiction by Alan DeNiro.
- NASA e-Books. [via Boing Boing]
- Albert Einstein’s Time Cards.
- Brewster Rockit Take on Pacific Rim.
