SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-12-30
Interviews & Profiles
- Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Douglas Lain.
- Speculate interviews Patrick Rothfuss (part 2).
- Book View Cafe Blog interviews Francesca Forrest.
Crowd Funding
- KUNG FURY by Laser Unicorns. [Thanks, Heather!]
Articles
- Kameron Hurley on Making Excuses for Science Fiction.
- Jo Walton asks: Have We Lost The Future?
- Laura Lam on The Post-Publication Roller Coaster.
- Brenda Cooper on Google Glass: 10 Days In (Glass and the Barcodes).
- Listverse on 10 Extreme Objects Discovered In Space.
- The Atlantic on How Fanzines Helped Put Doctor Who Fans in Charge of Doctor Who.
- Black Gate on Space 1999: The Fantasy in Your Mirror May Be Closer Than It Appears.
- Whatever on The Big Idea: Jason Fry.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews on Luminous Chaos by Jean-Christophe Valtat.
- Paul Weimer on The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley.
- LA Review of Books on Young Adult Science Fiction. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- The Barnes & Noble Review on Wintry Mix.
- PWxyz on Chaosium Cleans Up Its Act. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Wired.com on Astronaut Chris Hadfield on Why Gravity Needed More Adult Diapers. [via Alexandre Maki]
- The Guardian on French teen Oksa Pollock works her magic in vacuum left by Harry Potter. [via Alexandre Maki]
- eScienceCommons on A novel look at how stories may change the brain. [via Alexandre Maki]
- Big Think on Waiting for a Supernova.
- Carl V. Anderson on Call of Duty: Ghosts.
- Carl V. Anderson on Favorite Film/Television of 2013 | Stainless Steel Droppings.
- Little Red Reviewer on The Best of 2013.
- Dan Thompson on Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi.
- Mieneke van der Salm on Best Of The Year 2013.
- Paul Weimer on Favorite Reads in 2013.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on 7 Lessons Learned from 300 Days of Writing.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on My Favorite Reads of 2013.
- Sam Sykes on Favorite reads of 2013.
- Mythic Scribes on 6 Tips for Writing a Knockout Fight Scene.
- John Marco on 2013–My Personal Year in Review.
- John Wiswell on Best Reads 2013.
- Nick Abadzis on Best Of The Year 2013.
- Edward Ross on Best of the Year 2013.
- SFX on The Best Of 2013.
- My Bookish Ways on Top 10 (+2) Must Reads of January 2014.
- Fantasy Faction on Best Fantasy Books of 2013.
- The Daily Beast on The Year in Chinese Science—And Science Fiction.
- io9 on The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Films of 2013.
- Space.com on 5 Most Amazing Spaceflight Feats of 2013.
Art
- Alex Ries – 2D and 3D Science Fiction and Creature Design.
- The Art of Alex Tuis.
- World of Warcraft Devil’s Advocate Wallpaper.
- Watch Forever by alanbrooksart.
- Locusti Priest.
- shaolin by sava53.
- Tree of Life by kirenindigital.
- Trasgorco by aladecuervo.
- lost-eyeball by lehuss.
- Fantasy Spaceship Concept Art by MeganeRid.
More Fun Stuff
Thank you for the inclusion of my two recent posts. Last night I finished up my first draft of Favorite reads for 2013, which unsurprisingly is a SFF heavy list. I’ll be posting it later tonight. I’ve opened all these other Best Of links too and look forward to diving in to see what tickled everyone’s fancy, despite what I know that it will do to my wallet and to the pile of unread books shelved in various places around my home. Tis that most wonderful time of the year.