SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-12-07
Interviews & Profiles
- Nicky Peacock interviews Cassandra Clare. [via Alexandre Maki]
- Speculating Canada interviews Ada Hoffmann.
- Speculate interviews Patrick Rothfuss (Part 1).
- My Bookish Ways interviews J. Lincoln Fenn (& Giveaway).
- Notes from Coode Street interviews Paul McAuley.
- SciFi Chick interviews Gregg Rosenblum.
- Omnivoracious interviews Mike Mignola (Part Two).
News
- Scottish fan Jim Barker Wins 2014 Rotsler Award for best fan artist.
- New Terminator TV Series to Tie-In with Movie Reboot Trilogy.
- Amateur Photographer Shoots Largest Ever True Color Photo of the Night Sky. [via Jim C. Hines]
- Zap! NASA’s Curiosity Rover Fires 100,000th Laser Shot on Mars.
- Stephen King on Twitter. [via Alexandre Maki]
Events & Event News
Community
Sarah at Bookworm Blues could use a little financial help.
Articles
- N.K. Jemisin on Concern trolling and “gratuitous diversity”. [via Radish Reviews]
- The Other Side of the Rain on Amazing Stories Continues to be anti-Amazing. [via Radish Reviews]
- Kelly Meding on I Was Thirteen My First Time.
- Violette Malan on This Will Be On The Test.
- Sarah Pinborough on Story Behind The Language of Dying.
- Jessica Strider on If You Like… Try….
- Chuck Wendig on Here’s How You Ruin Wonder Woman For The Movies.
- Charles Stross on Notes from the coal face. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Mike Brotherton on Space Psychology, Future Shock, and Human Tenacity.
- Neal Asher on Theodore Berger: Neuroengineering – The Future is Now.
- Damien G. Walter asks Had. Or, why do we accept sub-standard prose?
- John O’Neill on Battletech: The Crescent Hawk’s Inception.
- John O’Neill on Vintage Treasures: The Coming of the Rats by George H. Smith. [via Bill Crider]
- Hank on The Hunger Games. [via Alexandre Maki]
- Bill Crider on Forgotten Books: 12 Great Classics of Science Fiction, Groff Conklin, Editor.
- Suvudu on Timothy Zahn And The Birth Of The Expanded Universe.
- Bookworm Blues on The Prince of Lies by Anne Lyle.
- Thea James on Zombies and Alien Space Elevators.
- Rob H. Bedford on The Other Lands (Acacia Book 2) by David Anthony Durham.
- Leah Schnelbach on Fairy Tales for the Modern Age.
- Richard Lea on Literary fiction has a problem with happy endings.
- The AudioBookaneers on Dangerous Women, Ian Tregillis’ Something More Than Night, Helen Marshall’s Hair Side, Flesh Side, and John Gwynne’s Malice.
- The Qwillery on The Pros and Cons of Being an Angel.
- Jessica L. Price on Con Harassment: How to Help. [via Radish Reviews]
- Motherboard on New Math Suggests Zombies Won’t Kill Us All. [via The OutRamp]
- Space.com on Excitement Builds for NASA Probe’s 2015 Encounter with Dwarf Planet Ceres.
- Bookish on ‘Batman vs. Superman’ Announces Wonder Woman Casting and Comic Book Inspiration.
- io9 on Don’t Miss December’s Most Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books.
- Sreen Invasion offers The Ultimate Gift Guide For Doctor Who Fans.
- Bookish on Year-End Fiction Roundup: The Best Novels of 2013.
- BuzzFeed on 7 Disney Princesses Who Actually Belong In “Star Wars”.
- Patty Jansen on Six scientist myths in fiction.
- PWxyz on Our Favorite Books We Read in 2013.
Art
- The Art of Sparth.
- Cool Concept Illustrations by Noah Bradley.
- Fantasy Spaceship Concept Art by MeganeRid.
- Sci-fi Art: Fifth Alsakan Conflict.
- Awesome Film and Video Game Concept Art.
- The Last Days on Mars lander concepts by Christian Pearce.
- Cover reveal: what would you do for the chance to live forever?
- Star Wars Christmas Cards.
- Harry Potter’s new image revealed.
- IRONMAN by Orlando Arocena.
- Picturing The Hobbit.
More Fun Stuff
- Friday ReReads: The Language of the Dying by Sarah Pinborough.
- 50 Page Fridays: Emma Jane Holloway.
- Archive of Warren Publishing’s Comics-Code-beating transgressive magazines. [via Boing Boing]
- Largehearted Boy: Online “Best Books of 2013” Lists Updates.
- Issue 28 of Lovecraft eZine is online.
- Cthulhu Does Stuff #7, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson.
- The OutRamp Guide to Geekdom: Episode #9.
- Infographic: Homes of Classic Literature.
- How China’s Chang’e-3 Moon Rover Yutu Works (Infographic).
- Infographic: See Just How Popular The Most Popular Books Ever Written Are. [via The OutRamp]
- Headlines from a Mathematically Literate World.
- Darth Vader Nutcracker.
- SpongeBob MailPants.
- ‘Stealthy Hobbit’ [Comic].
