SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-01-24

Posted on January 24, 2014 by PipedreamerGrey in Tidbits // 2 Comments

Interviews & Profiles

Art of the Genre: Interview with artist Jack Crane
Brian Staveley talks about writing The Emperor’s Blades
Check out this endearingly awkward interview with Joaquin Phoenix about Her!
Chris Pine hopes for Kirk to “Go Dark” in Star Trek 3
The Conversation: Novelists Adam Sternbergh and Lev Grossman on Genre Fiction and Nerd-dom
David Cronenberg talks about the Kafka-esque soul of The Fly.
Director Stuart Beattie discusses his fresh take on Shelley’s classic character in I, Frankenstein
My Bookish Ways interviews Wiley Cash, author of This Dark Road to Mercy
The Qwillery interviews John Dixon, author of Phoenix Island.
Red Rising Author Pierce Brown on Dystopia, Science Fiction and Ancient History

News

Events & Event News

Jeff Vandermeer is giving away 5 download links via one of his quirky contests: “Tell me why you in particular should be added to the expedition going into Area X! Entries should be at least a sentence long but not over 500 words. I will not be checking their truthfulness.”
The Mars Madness exhibit, subtitled “Sci-Fi, Popular Culture and Ray Bradbury’s Literary Journey to Outer Space” opened today and will be on display until August 1, 2014 in the Special Collections at the University of Arizona.

Crowd Funding

Cradle – an open-world adventure in a unique fantasy setting full of action and exploration featuring a one-of-a-kind combat system.
Unidentified Funny Objects 3 – the 3rd annual anthology featuring offbeat and humorous science fiction & fantasy short stories.
Women Destroy Science Fiction – a special issue of the Hugo Award-nominated magazine LIGHTSPEED entirely written—and edited—by women.
Dark Resurrection Vol.2 Star Wars Fan Film Project.

Articles

Review: The Signal Is An Ambitious Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Thriller
10 Teen Girls Who are Toppling Dystopian Regimes
The 10 Weirdest And Most Wonderful Libraries In The World
25 Things You Didn’t Know About the Original ROBOCOP
“And the World Turned Gray: Gritty vs. Classic Heroes” by Kameron Hurley
Are We Ready For Plenty Of Sci-Fi And Pirates in 2014?
Can reading make you smarter? There is evidence that reading can increase levels of all three major categories of intelligence. I believe my discovery of Spider-Man and other comic books turned me into a straight-A student.
Concerning Cake, Bilbo Baggins, and Charity: Patrick Rothfuss discusses his Reddit AMA
Does digital publishing mean the death of the author? We used to know what it took to be a writer, but electronic publishing is piling pressure on myths of the author’s life.
Four Reasons Why You Should Be Reading Young Adult Fiction
The Grand, Obscure and Strange Items That Authors Collect
If Her Wins the Oscar for Best Picture, It Could Change Science Fiction Forever
Kameron Hurley discusses Editing in Process… over at More Red Ink.
Keeping it Real – Female Protagonists in YA Lit
Our Favorite Vintage Sci-fi Novels: Vintage sci-fi sounds intimidating. There is so much out there. Even if you decide to give it a try, where do you start?
Scientists find secret to writing a bestseller
Seven End of the Year Lists We Could Have Done but Didn’t
Suvudu considers The Literary Merit of a Cover
War of the Worlds is Still Relatable Today, argues Rinn at the Little Red Reviewer
We, Frankenstein: The Deeper Meaning of the Frankenstein-vs-Demons Film

Art

Evan Palmer retells J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Ainulindalë” as a series of watercolor paintings.
Edoras and Lake-town captured in Legos
New Museum Morphs Into a Cold War Vision Future for “Construction of a Spaceship Module“
Robots, Rest & Rebuild: Twisting context and character, artist Pixel Pancho blends pop-culture icons with a delicate sense of decay
Take a tour of Minecraft Middle Earth and listen to an interview with its creators.