SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-09-13

Interviews & Profiles

• Chuck Wendig interviews Gwenda Bond.
• Gollancz interviews Holly Black.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Rosie Best.
• Carrie Cuinn interviews Jessica May Lin.
• Bull Spec interviews Joel Shepherd.
• Wag The Fox on Chris F. Holm.
• SFWA interviews Django Wexler.
• Literary Escapism interviews Ramez Naam.
• Tor UK interviews Jay Kristoff.
• Fantasy Book Critic interviews Christian Cameron.
• Civilian Reader interviews James Maxey.
• Horror Writers Association Roundtable on Self-Publishing with Joe Nassise, Michaelbrent Collings, and Graeme Reynolds.

News

• J.K. Rowling to Make Screenwriting Debut in Film Series That Takes Place in the Harry Potter Universe.
• NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
• Tumblr launches book club.
• Good cause: Buy STEAMBOT RAMPAGE, Help Fight Cancer.

Events & Event News

• Nick Mamatas & Greg Bossert at SF in SF this Saturday.
• Announcing Mira Grant’s PARASITE tour.
• Upcoming: Margaret Atwood AMA September 17th.
• Complete 2013 Hugo Ceremony Now Up at Ustream.
• Crowd Funding
• RARRR!! Monster-Building, City-Crushing Card Game.
• KAIJU RISING: Age of Monsters Anthology.

Articles

• Emma Newman on Authors and conventions
• Nancy Jane Moore on Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me, Part 1: Making a Living.
• Kameron Hurley on Why Every Storyteller Should Be Watching Orphan Black.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Story Demands.
• Felicity Savage on Carniculture in Science Fiction and Real Life.
• Book Chick City on The Joy of Comfort Reading.
• Tad Williams on world-building.
• A Fantastical Librarian on Carrie Cuinn – Women and Other Constructs.
• Hugh Howey on The Best Days of My Life.
• A. Lee Martinez on The Diversity Post.
• Peter David on My Next Novel is for Amazon Books.
• Steve Umstead on My little announcement regarding “publishing” and “contract”.
• Ian Sales on Apollo Quartet 3 cover reveal.
• John R Fultz on Elements of the Fantastic.
• Andrew Liptak on Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers & The Cold War.
• Clarence Haynes on Modern Myths in Movies and What’s Missing.
• Missions Unknown on Forgotten Book: The Super Hugos presented by Isaac Asimov (and Charles Sheffield), 1992.
• Stellar Four on Hey, It’s That Guy: Greatest X-Files Guest Stars.
• Michael May’s Adventureblog on Tarzan 101 | Tarzan the Collectible.
• The Wertzone on Doctor Who at 50: The Sixth Doctor (1984-86).
• The Wertzone on Doctor Who at 50: The Seventh Doctor (1987-89/96).
• Wired.com on The Überfan Who Fact-Checks Stephen King. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Geek Magazine on Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade – Taking War Online.
• John Kenneth Muir on Reader Top Ten Greatest Science Fiction Films 2000 – 2013: Cannon.
• Buzzfeed on 25 Jokes Only Book Nerds Will Understand.

Art

• New World by Ken Barthelmey. (Plus: Loads of other great stuff from Ken Barthelmey.)
• Inspiring Concept Art by Christopher Balaskas.
• Batman Costume concept by *stevescott.
• Batman Origins: Batman Closeup by GVC.
• Ilustración.
• Dragon City by chenkai.
• Tomb guard.
• David Domingo Jimenez.
• Hulk!
• The Area 0th by Ruidan Lv.
• Spaceship art by Juan Pablo Roldan.

More Fun Stuff

• Regan Wolfrom’s Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup for 9/12/2013.
• Brandon Sanderson’s Steelheart – Chapters 2 and 3.
• VIDEO: Amazing Space Facts You May Not Know.
• A Geography Of Haarth: Hillholt.
• First Poster For Jose Padilha’s Robocop Reboot.
• Pacific Rim: Before & After VFX.
• Steampunk Phaser and Tricorder.
• Anatomy of a Dalek.