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.