SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-01-04

Interviews & Profiles

• Author Chat between ML Brennan, Leigh Bardugo, Teresa Frohock and Django Wexler.
• The Qwillery interviews Susie Moloney.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Molly Harper.
• Crossed Genres interviews John A. McColley.
• This Is Horror interviews Tristan Dye.

News

• City Councilman Resigns…in Klingon. [via SF Site]
• Disney uses the Force to snatch ‘Star Wars’ from Dark Horse Comics.
• White Lies astronaut wins record cover art prize.
• First Asteroid Discovery of 2014 Likely Hit Earth.

Events & Event News

• Room Booking for Worldcon No Open. See Loncon 3 Hotels. [via Kevin Standlee]
• Cassandra Rose Clarke: Some Start-of-the-Year Appearances in TX.
• More Signed Books from Cool Authors.

Crowd Funding

• Something Terrible by Dean Trippe.

Articles

• Amazing Stories on More Fannish Nostalgia: My First Convention; My First Fanzine.
• Andrew Liptak on The 19 Most Anticipated Science Fiction And Fantasy Books For 2014.
• Black Gate on Dan Barry’s Flash Gordon, Part Nine.
• Book Yurt on Anne Ursu’s OVER/UNDER of 2013: The Overlooked, Underappreciated Middle Grade Reader.
• Brain Pickings on Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien: The Iconic Storyteller’s Little-Known, Gorgeous Art.
• Carrie Vaughn on year in review 2013.
• Charles Stross on Genre award awareness.
• Damien G. Walter on Future worlds: the sci-fi you will be reading in 2014.
• Dan Haight on How Sci-Fi is Failing Fans (and How We Can Get it Back).
• David Brin on What If the 21st Century Begins in 2014?
• Django Wexler on Seattle Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers (SF2W).
• Dynamic Subspace on Undergraduate Science Fiction Final Paper, Exploring SF Themes of Human Technomediation in Blake’s 7.
• Emma Jane Holloway on Five Things a Steampunk Heroine Must Consider.
• Gail Carriger on Books Gail Enjoyed in 2013.
• Homes and Hues on The Best Star Wars Furniture That Imperial Credits Can Buy.
• Hugh Howey on The Day the World Turns Upside Down.
• Hugh Howey on Sand.
• John Scalzi on SF/F Authors/Editors/Artists/Fans 2014 Award Awareness Post.
• Lou Anders on Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes.
• Lydia Kang on Young Adult Sci-Fi That Will Get Readers Psyched About Science.
• Media Diversified asks Where are the Black Women in Science Fiction?
• Mindy Klasky on Publishing, the Cooperative Way (Part 2 of 3).
• New York Post on Steampunk fashion will gear you up for a reimagined past.
• Noble Smith on The Lord of the Rings vs. Game of Thrones: The Ultimate Showdown.
• Richard Robinson on Poul Anderson.
• RocketNews24 on How to properly pronounce “Ghibli” and other fun trivia about the legendary animation studio.
• Shadowhawk’s Shade on 12 Days of Best SFF Characters of 2013: Day #10.
• Shannon Messenger on My Year in Writing 2013.
• Staffer’s Book Review on 2013 Juice Box Awards: Book of the Year.
• Susan Engel, Ph.D. on Harry Potter’s Curiousity.
• Tabitha on Best Books of 2013.
• The Book Smugglers on The Airing of Grievances.
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show on Recommended Reads: 2013 Post-Holiday Reading List.
• Violette Malan on You Can’t Go Home Again….
• Vulture on Saving Mr. Banks Left Out an Awful Lot.

Art

• Concept Art: Section 8.
• 3D Spaceship art by Angel Alonso.
• See the Home of the Rock Trolls You Never Saw in THOR Concept Art by Wil Rees.
• All the Harry Potter Book Covers.

More Fun Stuff

• Awesome archive of Comic Books. [via Cherei J McCarter.]
• 2014 Letter to the Fans by Terry Brooks.
• ? Vaginal Fantasy #24: Guilty Pleasures.
• The Original Back to the Future DeLorean Was Restored by Fans and Is Now on Display at Universal Studios.
• A Village In The UK Is Being Renamed “King’s Landing”.
• Bookopotamus ia an audiobook trivia app, designed to entertain book lovers while raising money for First Book.
• Essential Science Fiction encyclopedias and guides (translated). [via Jonathan from Concatenation.]
• Mary Robinette Kowal’s audition for the Sesame Street puppetry workshop.
• TARDIS Coasters.

[Several links via Paul Di Filippo and Alexandre Maki.]