SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-07-30

Interviews & Profiles

• Kindle Post interviews S.M. Wheeler.
• Fantasy Faction interviews Sara Megibow.
• Tachyon interviews Joe R. Lansdale.
• My Bookish Ways interviews EC Ambrose.
• Tor Books UK interviews David S. Goyer & Michael Cassutt.
• Book View Cafe interviews Chaz Brenchley.
• PW Radio interviews Chuck Wendig. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Michael Jan Friedman.
• Bibliophile Stalker interviews John Joseph Adams.
• US User Epxperience interviews Rudy Rucker.

News

• Info on Jay Lake’s Process of Writing.
• CBS renews Stephen King sci-fi series Under the Dome.
• First Planet Discovered Orbiting a Brown Dwarf.

Events & Event News

• Richard Kadrey’s Kill City Blues Tour.
• Liaden Universe: Trade Secrets Book Tour Info.
• Brown University Library Celebrates Lovecraft with an Exhibit and New Research Fellowship. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• LoneStarCon 3 offers guided tour to Robert E. Howard House and Museum.
• September 3rd: Julie Czerneda at Flights of Fantasy.
• GentleHugs4Paws Fundraiser/Asking all authors to donate autographed books.

Crowd Funding

• CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE: Steampunk vs. Aliens Anthology by Joshua Palmatier.
• Impossible Futures: An Anthology by Pink Narcissus Press.
• Final Fantasy VII: The Web Series (Unofficial Fan Project).

Articles

• Jay Lake on JayWake, the retrospective.
• Lisa j. Goldstein on Things I Learned About Jack Vance.
• Lynda Williams on Writer’s Craft # 127 – Writing Space Travel.
• Freda Warrington on Story behind A Taste of Blood Wine.
• A. Lee Martinez on Twists.
• Michael J. Sullivan on A Question Of Quels.
• Barry Vacker on Cosmic Vertigo on the Isle of Lost.
• Bob Canada says This Man Of Steel Kid’s Book Neatly Sums Up Everything Wrong With The Movie.
• Michael Webb on The Trouble With God Powers.
• Hunter Liguore on Comic-Con 2013: Genre Movies You Won’t See This Year.
• LitStack on Speculative Fiction Sucker Punches, Part 1 – The Right Hook: Convenient Magic.
• Tor.com on Advanced Readings in D&D: Roger Zelazny.
• The Guardian on The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith.
• The Guardian on The Quarry: Iain Banks.
• My Bookish Ways on Countdown City (The Last Policeman #2) by Ben H. Winters.
• Functional Nerds (Catherine Russell) on The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty.
• Bloomberg on No, Really, How Do We Keep Robots From Destroying Humans? [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Omnivoracious on Handpicked: Our Most Anticipated Books For Fall.
• HorrorMovies on 10 Best Haunted House Horror Movies.
• Examiner.com on Top 10 Black & White horror films – National Horror Happenings.

Art

• Cover Reveal for Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance by Michael Whelan.
• Velveteen vs. The Multiverse cover reveal and update.
• Inspiring Illustrations by Eran Fowler.
• Cool Photo Manipulations by D’haese François.
• Must-See Concept Art by Tonatiuh Ocampo.
• Digital Steampunk Art – Kazuhiko Nakamura.
• Omega 5 by Lhianne.

More Fun Stuff

• “Dead Pig Collector” (Excerpt) by Warren Ellis.
• Dangerous Women: “The Girl in the Mirror” (Excerpt) by Lev Grossman.
• Sleepless Knights by Mark H. Williams exceprt and competition.
• Inflation is a Bummer: The Cost of Superhero-Dom Before and After.
• Make Your Own Tardis Door. (Thanks, Patrick!)
• Boba Fett Ice Cube Tray.