SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-10-10
Interviews & Profiles
- Charlie Rose interviews Margaret Atwood.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Kaaron Warren.
- Lytherus interviews James Dashner.
- Suvudu interviews James Dashner.
- The Future And You with Stephanie Osborn, Dr. Ben Davis, Lillian Price, Daniel M. Hoyt, Sarah A. Hoyt, Robert Hoyt, Stephen Euin Cobb, and Dr. Tedd Roberts.
- The Word Nerds interviews Chris Holm.
- StarShipSofa interviews Stanley Schmidt.
- A Fantastical Librarian interviews Tim Powers.
- A transcript of the SF Signal Podcast Interview with John Joseph Adams, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Forbeck and Tobias Buckell on HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY anthology.
News
- Obituary: Larry Tucker.
- Sarah Hall wins the BBC National Short Story Award.
- Robin Hobb announces The Fool’s Assassin.
- Angry Robot book sharing (for free!) in the UK and Ireland.
- Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Sci-Fi Novels Get Manga.
- Coming soon: a Fantastic Four film reboot.
- ‘Ray Bradbury’ Viral Sensation Rachel Bloom Sells Musical Comedy to Showtime.
- Purchase FADE TO BLACK by Francis Knight for only $2.99.
Gollancz announces the Discworld Collector’s Library.
Events & Event News
- October 11 -12 in London: The Wood Green Literary Festival.
- Saturday 16 November from 6-8pm at The Big Green Bookshop, London: Book Launch of Chalk with Pat Cadigan, Robert Shearman, Barbie Wilde and Jasper Bark.
Crowd Funding
- The Great Way, an epic fantasy trilogy by Harry Connolly by Harry Connolly.
- Statisticity: Dystopian Sci-Fi Set in Near-Future Shanghai by Yaron Glazer.
- Neverland’s Library – A Fantasy Anthology by Roger Bellini.
Articles
- Cheryl Morgan on Women in SF&F: The Cycle of Negative Feedback.
- Linda Nagata on Why I Self-Published The Red: First Light.
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff on When Writers Can’t Write.
- Nina Munteanu on Make Your Openings Count.
- Paula Guran on 31 Days of Halloween: Day Nine.
- Silvia Moreno Garcia on Story behind This Strange Way of Dying.
- Lesley Conner on The Horror of Apex.
- Tim Powers on Falcata Times: GUEST BLOG POST: Not a Sequel, But Inadvertently the Same World.
- Charles Stross on Another deceptively simple question.
- Jon Sprunk on To Elf or Not To Elf: Races in Fantasy Lit.
- R.K. Troughton on Superhero Films by the Numbers.
- P.C. Cast on Introduction: Nyx in the House of Night.
- John Dodds on Clinging to the Wreckage: How to Save Science Fiction.
- Craig DeLancey on Story behind Gods of Earth.
- The AudioBookaneers ceberates Release Week with James Gunn’s Transcendental, Dave Eggers’ The Circle, Gordon Van Gelder’s Welcome to the Greenhouse, and Brenda Cooper’s The Diamond Deep.
- Innsmouth Free Press on Edgar Allan Poe: The Visionary Genius.
- Ronald H. Balson on Bestseller Success Stories that Started Out as Self-Published Books.
- The League of Extraordinary Writers on Digitizing the Analog: Writer’s Resources.
- Bleeding Cool on Bill Willingham Goes Steampunk With Dynamite Characters.
- Michael Swanwick on 11 Words of Wisdom from Tom Purdom.
- Tor.com on Top Ten Horror-Sci-Fi Films: A Primer And Pseudo-History.
Art
- Nighmare by wizyakuza.
- Rayguns Over Texas: The Covers.
- New Wallpaper: A DANCE OF CLOAKS by David Dalglish..
- Cover Reveal for The Silvered and Valour’s Choice by Tanya Huff.
More Fun Stuff
- Regan Wolfrom’s Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup for 10/9/2013.
- Watch William Shatner ‘Ponder The Mystery’ Music Video.
- A new SF community on Reddit: r/sciencefiction.
- Self-immolating edition of Fahrenheit 451.
- How to make creepy zombie pops with cake brains.
- summerotaku: I made an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. bingo.
Intense Portal Short Film Will Give You Chills, For Science.
