SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-01-07

Posted on January 7, 2014 by PipedreamerGrey in Tidbits // 0 Comments

Interviews & Profiles

The BBC has an interview with Matt Stagmer: The swordsmith of Baltimore
Chowchilla native Ronald Moore among elite of sci-fi, fantasy
Ginger Nuts of Horror has an interview with Matt Shaw, author of The Cabin.
Lawrence M. Schoen has a brief Q&A with Jaine Fenn, author of Downside Girls
My Bookish Ways has an interview with Amalie Howard, author of The Almost Girl
Omnivoracious asks authors What Makes a Woman Dangerous?
The Qwillry has an interview with Lisa Shearin, author of The Grendel Affair.

Events & Event News

The SFWA announces the Pacific Northwest Reading Series
Megan Shepherd has announced the dates of her Lovestruck Tour

News

2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest open to short fiction
The Libertarian Futurist Society announced its finalists for the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award.

Crowd Funding

Legends of the Dragonrealm: The Turning War: At long last the truth about the Turning War is revealed in this new Dragonrealm trilogy available in its entirety to backers!
Möebius: A short film about the perils of time travel, it’s the story of Joanna’s desperate jumps through time to prevent her grandfather’s fatal accident.

Articles

Review: Crossroads And Coins: Naomi Mitchison’s Travel Light, reviewed by Amal El-Mohtar
3 Reasons Why It’s Time for a Rebirth of 1950s Sci-Fi
5 Whoniverse Writers Who Should Work on Capaldi’s Era
65 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies to Watch out for in 2014
2014 YA Fiction Preview: 60 Titles for Your January – June Radar
Attracting Readers with an Edge: Self-published author Tijan has found a growing audience by exploring the darker side of her characters.
Bibliofiend names its choices for The Top 7 Series-Starters of 2014.
Bibliofiend names its choices for The Top 12 Series-Enders of 2014.
Brian McClellan, author of Promise of Blood, offers a list of his Favorite Fantasy Novels of All Time
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and “Strong” Women
Conan Doyle, Wild Dogs And Scrumpy—Researching A Study In Ashes By Emma Jane Holloway.
Cosplaying While Trans represents cosplayers across the gender spectrum
Digital publishing: How it will evolve in 2014 and beyond
Five things you didn’t know about Terry Brooks’ Shannara
How to Make Horror and Sci-Fi Theater Work
How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood
In his latest column in the Irish Times, Eoin Purcell addresses the myth of the “e-book slump” that has been promulgated in the last few months. The apparent “slump” can be explained by the absence of new smash hits like The Hunger Games and Fifty Shades of Grey that gave the previous year’s e-book figures an uncharacteristic amount of inflation.
John Scalzi On Letting People Know About Your Award-Eligible Work [via Alexandre Maki]
The Lord of the Rings Versus Game of Thrones: The Ultimate Showdown
Saga: Sex, Robots & Rockets — The Birth of a Sci-Fi Epic
Science Fiction’s Dark Star: Alfred Bester at 100
Sterner Stuff: Why Sansa Stark Is A Political Powerhouse
Suvudu looks ahead to coming attractions in its list of the Top 10 2014 Movies I Want Now
An Unreliable World: History and Timekeeping in Westeros
The year ahead in movies: Comic books, musicals, sci-fi and the Bible

Art

Digital artist Tahar Abroudjameur created this haunting image of a skull-like nebula by re-imagining a Hubble photo of two colliding spiral galaxies.
This Smaug Souffle is the perfect Hobbit tribute

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