SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-11-18

Interviews & Profiles

• Lightspeed Magazine spotlights James Tiptree, Jr..
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews Kelly Barnhill.
• Bleeding Cool interviews Chris Roberson.
• Bleeding Cool interviews Dan Abnett.
• Flickering Myth interviews J.W. Rinzler.
• Suvudu interviews Peter V. Brett.
• Mark Lawrence interviews Bradley P. Beaulieu.
• James Patrick Kelly interviews Robert Silberberg, Gardner Dozois, and Jeff VanderMeer.

News

• Batkid completes San Francisco mission; hero’s welcome planned.
• AMC Is Taking Preacher To Pilot.
• Asimov’s Readers’ Award Ballot.
• Analog Readers’ Award Ballot.

Events & Event News

• Authors for the Philippines – An online auction to aid those in need.

Crowd Funding

• Lastd Days! RARRR!!! Monster-Building, City-Stomping Card Game.
• The Spider King – Graphic Novel by Josh Vann.
• Statisticity: Dystopian Sci-Fi Set in China in the Year 2084 by Yaron Glazer.
• Ends of the Universe – A Science Fiction Adventure! by Charles H Penn.
• Sankofa – a film about memory that combines elements of science fiction and documentary.
• Noble Beast Classics — Creating Interactive Literature by Richard Monson-Haefel.
• Dogs Playing Magic – Full Color Poster by Jay Babcock. [via Lawrence Person]
• Inscription Magazine: Fantasy and Science Fiction for Teens.

Articles

• Tor.com on Remembering Doris Lessing, 1919-2013.
• Sarah Rees Brennan on A Female Author Talks About Sexism and Self-Promotion. [via The Cultural Gutter]
• Malinda Lo on A Second Female Author Talks About Sexism and Self-Promotion. [via The Cultural Gutter]
• Sheila Williams on A Once in a Lifetime Day.
• Kameron Hurley on the importance of banter and character-driven narrative.
• Freya Robertson on Worldbuilding Podcast – Teaser Trailer.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on Watching New Who: Vincent & the Doctor/The Lodger.
• Mur Lafferty on The Shambling Guide to New York City – THE END.
• Megan Jones asks Live action role-play, or larp, immerses adults in a vivid fantasyland. Can it save the world, too? [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Robert Silverberg on The Plurality of Worlds: A Contrarian View.
• A. Lee Martinez Demon with 10,000 Fists (An Untitled Short Story).
• Bookworm Blues says Dude, It’s All About the Prose.
• Little Red Reviewer on Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts.
• Scott Edelman on How I pitched Science Fiction Age in 1991.
• Damien G. Walter says The revolution will not be realism.
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Horse of a Different Color by Howard Waldrop.
• Mark London Williams on Nexus Graphica.
• Lawrence Person on Quick Impressions: Almost Human Surprisingly Good.
• James Wallace Harris on The Flavors of Science Fiction.
• Jason Sanford on Million Writers Award update.
• Stainless Steel Droppings on The 2014 Sci-Fi Experience.
• Flickering Myth on Turning The Page: The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi by J.W. Rinzler.
• Big Think on Elementary, Watson: The Rise of the Anthropomorphic Machine.
• Space.com on Our 10 Favorite Sci-Fi Space Stations of All Time.
• John Wiswell on The 4 Ways Marvel Really Got Thor Wrong.
• Mythcreants on Five Ways to Share Your World With Others.
• Mythcreants on Six Stunning Fantasy Settings from Casual Games.
• Vulture on 4 Movie Effects That Still Don’t Look Right. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Art

• 25 Beautiful Boris Vallejo Oil Paintings.
• Concept Art World – Phroilan Gardner.
• Narrative Art.
• MENTATS OF DUNE final cover and jacket text.
• New cover art: The Way to Babylon by Paul Kearney.

More Fun Stuff

• Space Squid Magazine.
• The Murverse Annex – ISBW NaNoWriMo Special Episode 16 – “Can I read what you have so far?”.
• Notes from Coode Street #167: On Hild, History, Genre and WFC.
• Freya Robertson’s Worldbuilding Podcast – Episode 1.
• COSPLAY: 1930s TO 1950s. [via Andrew Porter]
• Postertext – art prints for book lovers.
• ? History of Doctor Who Music Video – All in One Take.
• Erector Rocket Launcher Set.
• Timecop‘s Jean Claude Van Damme – Still the master of the Split.