SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-07-31
Interviews & Profiles
- Tor.com interviews Kate Elliott.
- Innsmouth Free Press interviews Ada Hoffmann.
- Nerdist interviews George R.R. Martin.
- Bradley P. Beaulieu interviews Joshua Palmatier.
- Tom Rizzo interviews Bill Crider.
- Functional Nerds interview Jeff Patterson.
News
- BVC Announces The As You Wish Series by Mindy Klasky,
- A Fall of Princes, Avaryan Rising Vol. III, by Judith Tarr and Death and the Lady by Judith Tarr.
- Star Trek’s Shuttlecraft Galileo to Be Unveiled at Houston Museum Today.
Events & Event News
- Book launch for Edward Willett’s Right to Know at When Words Collide in Calgary August 10.
- Sep 28, 2013: Guardian Masterclasses on How to write science fiction.
Crowd Funding
- Daily Science Fiction Fall 2013 by Daily Science Fiction.
- CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE: Steampunk vs. Aliens Anthology by Joshua Palmatier.
Articles
- BookSworn (Helen Lowe) on When Characters We Love Die.
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia on V.C. Andrews and Lovecraft: A Love Story.
- My Bookish Ways on Undead and Unsure by MaryJanice Davidson: “The 12 Days of Betsy” Tour.
- Mary Robinette Kowal on My Favorite Bit: Chris F. Holm talks about THE BIG REAP.
- L.B. Gale on Profiles in Parts & Wholes: Battlestar Galactica Edition.
- Andrew Fox on Pacific Rim: Building the Modern Kaiju.
- Brad R. Torgersen on Influences: Allan Cole & Chris Bunch.
- A. Lee Martinez on Present Tense.
- Cory Doctorow on Kill City Blues: Sandman Slim versus the elder gods of the dead mall.
- Anthony Ryan on Story behind Blood Song.
- Missions Unknown (Scott Cupp) on Forgotten Film – The Call of Cthulhu (2005).
- Boing Boing on 75 years of Superman: How the boy in blue continues to leave his mark on pop culture.
- Patrick Hester on Awkward Interviews.
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on The Uses and Value of Realism in Speculative Fiction.
- The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin on The Convergence of Utopia and Science Fiction.
- Suvudu on A Great Fall With Greater YA Books.
- Tor.com on Brain Power: What Makes A Superhero?
- LiveScience on Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse: Just Do the Math.
- On Starships and Dragons on Top 10 Favorite Book Beginnings and Endings.
- Laura Lam on 10 Books that Shaped Pantomime.
- BuzzFeed on 19 Book Cover Clichés.
- Stanley Kubrick’s List of Top 10 Films (The First and Only List He Ever Created).
- War Stories website lists 16 Military SF films.
- My Bookish Ways on Top 10 (+3) Must Read Titles of August 2013 (SF/F/Horror).
Art
- The Chase by Tham Hoi Mun.
- Star Trek Art at Geek-Art Store.
- SUPERHERO – HEAT by JohnAslarona.
- THE MASK by JohnAslarona.
- XLII by JohnAslarona.
- BRUCE ALMIGHTY by JohnAslarona.
- THE CREATOR by JohnAslarona.
- Concept spaceships with environments by YongSub Noh.
More Fun Stuff
- Free at Amazon.com through August 3rd: Sword of the Ronin (The Ronin Trilogy) eBook by Travis Heermann.
- Read the first chapter of Right to Know by Edward Willett.
- Dangerous Women: “The Princess and The Queen, or, The Blacks and The Greens” (Excerpt) by George R. R. Martin.
- Giveaway: Night Pilgrims (Saint-Germain) by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
- 37 Things Only “Star Wars” Fans Will Find Funny.
- Space History Photo: Launch Preparation.
- Gallery: 55 images for NASA’s 55th anniversary.
- J.R.R. Tolkien Reads From The Two Towers, the Second Book of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
- VIDEO: Star Trek Galileo Shuttlecraft – How It Was Restored To Flight Status.
- Early SFBC Advert.
- Star Wars Character Coaster Set.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #187: “Nuts Aur Us” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- StarShipSofa #300 w/ fiction by Harry Turtledove. Hear SF Signal get whooped by Geeks Guide to the Galaxy!