SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-11-04
Interviews & Profiles
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Jaime Lee Moyer.
- My Shelf Confessions interviews Jacqueline Carey.
- Reddit readers interview Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak.
- The Functional Nerds podcast-interview Wesley Chu.
- Schlock Magazine interviews Jeffrey Ford.
- Little Red Reviewer interviews Gareth L. Powell.
- Fantasy Book Critic interviews Blake Crouch.
- Jeremy L. C. Jones interviews Bradley P. Beaulieu.
News
- Robert Silverberg Health Update from Pat Cadigan: “Bob is cleared to fly home on Monday by his doctors”.
- Orson Scott Card announces new Ender’s Game YA book series called Fleet School.
- on Bards and Sages Publishing Readers’ Choice Awards. (Congrats, James!)
- HarperCollins goes direct-to-consumer for global e-book sales.
- New Short Fiction ePubs from Paizo.
- Mary Shelley’s Handwritten Manuscripts of Frankenstein Now Online for the First Time.
- No Cloaks Allowed is a new SFF Blog & Podcast lanched by Gavin C. Pugh (GavReads) that will focus on diversity.
Events & Event News
Thursday Novemeber 7th, 2013: “An Evening With Ursula K. Le Guin,” a fund-raiser for the Salem Public Library Foundation at Hudson Hall, Willamette University.
Crowd Funding
- War Stories: Modern Military Science Fiction by Andrew Liptak.
- The 2014 John Picacio Calendar by John Picacio.
- RARRR!!! Monster-Building, City-Stomping Card Game.
- Museum of Science Fiction: Preview Location Fundraiser.
Articles
- Gail Z. Martin on When Magic is the Problem.
- Anaea Lay on Sapir-Whorf Must Die.
- Michael J. Sullivan on his different approach to publishing.
- A. Lee Martinez on A Thousand-and-One Space Wizards.
- Max Gladstone Shares Science Fiction Reading Advice.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on What I Did on My Summer Vacation.
- GF Willmetts on Fixed Points In Time.
- NPR on Providence Kindles Love Of Horror Writer H.P. Lovecraft. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Richard Derus reveiws The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman.
- Stainless Steel Droppings on Ender’s Game: A non-spoiler film review.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Shout-Out: Masks by E. C. Blake.
- The AudioBookaneers on The Shining by Stephen King and Doctor Sleep by Stephen King.
- The Daily Beast on ‘Ender’s Game’: The Military’s Sci-Fi Manual.
- The Verge on Del Toro’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ reveals his secret sketches and ideas. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Gail Carriger on 6 Questions About Curtsies & Conspiracies, Answered.
- The Geek Twins on 3 Scifi Shorts Good Enough to Score Movie Deals.
- Digital Gambit on Top 5 Fantasy Books.
- Publishers Weekly’s Best SF/F/H Books of 2013.
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 100 Science Fiction Films.
Art
- Illustrations by Ulises Serrano.
- Star Wars Invades Thomas Kinkade Paintings.
- concept ships: MONTHLY HEADER #93: Alejandro Burdisio.
- Organic Portrait by AlfonsoElola.
- EC with Sander Jansen#2 by Bernardumaine.
- Halloween 201E by fokis8.
More Fun Stuff
- 50 Page Fridays: Robin Hobb.
- Book Trailer Preview: When the World was Flat (and we were in love) by Ingrid Jonach.
- Finally, Game of Thrones Books You Can Read to Your Children.
- Skyboat Media spotlights Harlan Ellison.
- Anatomy of a Scary Film [Infographic].
- Dr. Beverly Crusher’s 1983 National Enquirer TV Commercial.
- Would you like to play a game? Try Walking Dead Risk.
- Two-Year-Old Dresses Up As All The Doctors.
Thanks for the link! Now go read the book, it’s excellent.
The Functional “Berds” indeed, eh? 🙂
Whoops! What a terrible typo. I meant to say “Functional Clowns”. 😉