SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-12-18
Interviews & Profiles
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Maureen McHugh.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Siobhan Carroll.
- Brad R. Torgersen interviews L. Jagi Lamplighter.
- The Barnes & Noble Review (Paul DiFilippo) interviews Gene Wolfe.
- The Hindu interviews Samit Basu.
- The Functional Nerds interview Ian Tregillis.
- Ken Scholes interviews Jay Lake.
- Angry Robot Books interviews Wesley Chu.
- Buzzy Mag interviews Almost Human‘s Karl Urban.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Elizabeth Heiter.
- Smart Girls love SciFi interviews Mike Phillips.
- My Shelf Confessions interviews Max Gladstone.
- Sword & Laser interviews Sam Sykes.
- Hide and Create interviews Jim C. Hines (part 1). [via Alexandre Maki]
News
- The Future of Frederik Pohl’s The Way the Future Blogs.
- BVC Announces Razzmatazz by Patricia Burroughs.
- Dark Horse announces the Official Hellboy 20th Anniversary Celebration: March 22, 2014.
- Stephen King’s serial killer tale Mr. Mercedes coming in June 2014.
- On the Books: Hugh Howey to publish Kurt Vonnegut-inspired book. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Broaddus and Schmidt Team With Alliteration Ink For Urban Fantasy Noir Anthology.
- Arc moves to bi-monthly publishing schedule in 2014.
Events & Event News
- Odyssey Writing Workshop announces it 19th summer session.
- The Speculative Literature Foundation Announces a Working Class Writer Grant.
- io9 Book Club reminder: Meeting 1/7 to discuss Ancillary Justice.
- Worldbuilders Auction (and Patrick Rothfuss on Manuscripts Critiqued, Cameos Auctioned, World Improved).
- Night Shade’s Sci Fi Writing Contest.
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Martha Wells on Fanfic and the Sherlock Q&A Incident.
- Ann Leckie’s Fanfic Policy.
- Sally Jane Thompson on Favorite Reads of 2013.
- Jacqueline Koyanagi on Favorite Reads of 2013.
- Laura Lam on Winter Holidays in Ellada.
- Susan Gray on On Writing SF Theatre Part 2: Minding the Info Dump.
- Sarah Chorn on Books I’m Eyeing.
- Jessica Strider on The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi and The Executioness by Tobias Buckell.
- Veronica Scott on How I Fell Into Self Publishing or Blame It On The Titanic.
- Alice Sola Kim on Bummed Out And Ugly On the occasion of Philip K. Dick’s birthday. [via Alexandre Maki]
- Nick Mamatas on All Hail Hurley!
- Mike Resnick on The Resnick/Malzberg Dialogues #11: Influences (bad).
- ChiZine Publications on Annihilation (Book 1 of The Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff VanderMeer.
- Ben Peek looks back At the End of the Year.
- Edward M. Lerner on The Museum of Science Fiction.
- Matt Staggs on We’re Living In The World Cyberpunk Tried to Warn Us About.
- Stainless Steel Droppings on The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu.
- Steve Davidson on Sharing Science Fiction.
- Pyr-o-mania on Steampunk Jurassic Park? Sign me up!
- Stellar Four on The Twelve Days of Geekmas.
- The Free Library on Under strange stars: Black writers and fans explore race through science fiction (from 2002).
- Chant Macleod on Ten Metal Songs Influenced by Weird Tales Authors.
- Book Probe on Anticipating 2014: SFF Part 2 – Fantasy.
- Movie Moron on Top 20 Best New Sci-Fi Movies of 2014.
- LitReactor on LitReactor Staff Picks: The Best Books of 2013 (Part 1).
Art
- Batgirl DC Comics Digital Art.
- Sci-fi Art: VOIN.
- Crimson Typhoon by Hugo Martin.
- Tree of Life by kirenindigital.
- Hollow Eyes by kirenindigital.
- Snake-Warlock by LadyOwl.
- Jubei’thos by NikoOstertag.
- Robin for DC’s Infinite Crisis.
- Cover Reveal! Night Terrors by Tim Waggoner.
- Stunning cover art for Mike Allen’s next poetry collection, Hungry Constellations.
- Cover reveal: Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong. [via Alexandre Maki]
More Fun Stuff
- Star Wars: Attack Squadrons is Disney’s free-to-play space combat game.
- Here’s Your First Look at the Much-Anticipated Museum of Science Fiction.
- Kevin J. Anderson’s Teaser Tuesday: THE DRAGON BUSINESS.
- Superman and the Car.
- Fully wearable Iron Man Mark III suit is made to 3D printed order for $35,000.
- Everything Wrong With The Return Of The King. [via Alexandre Maki]
- Star Trek Transporter Room Bath Mat & Shower Curtain Set.
- DIY Death Star Ornaments.
As usual this time of year I am loving all the links to ‘Best Of’ posts. Thank you, and thanks for the link to my review of The Lives of Tao. What a fun book.