SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-02-13
Interviews & Profiles
- My Bookish Ways interviews Justin Gustainis.
- The Qwillery interviews Trent Jamieson.
- Amazon interviews Andrew Smith.
- Civilian Reader interviews Sebastien de Castell.
- Schlock Magazine interviews Nathan Ballingrud.
- Amazon interviews Daniel Suarez.
- The Sword & Laser Podcast interviews Gregory A. Wilson.
- The Sword and Laser Hangout with Bill Gourgey.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Tanith Lee about the short story “The Gorgon.”
- Sense of Wonder interviews Anne Charnock.
- Amazing Stories interviews SFWA Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss.
- Flickering Myth interviews actress Addison Timlin about her role in the movie adaptation of Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas.
- Flickering Myth interviews Matt Aitken, Weta Digital Visual Effects Supervisor, about The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
- Speculate! Podcast interviews Mike Selinker, game designer and founder of Lone Shark Games.
News
- The 2014 Kitschie Award Winners.
- NASA Tries to Rewrite the Book on Science Fiction. It’s the announcement of a collaboration between NASA and Tor/Forge Books.
- Stephen King’s upcoming novel, Revival, Officially Announced.
Events & Event News
Crowd Funding
- Sylvan Investigations: Work of Hunters/An Interrupted Cry by Laura Anne Gilman. Only a few more hours to go but it has already been funded.
- Epic cyberpunk action, Ghost Source Zero by Mark Cheng.
- 39 Days to Mars by Philip Buchanan.
- The Cape Creator: A Tribute to Bat-Maker Bill Finger by The Comic Arts Council, LLC.
Articles
- Niall Alexander on British Genre Fiction Focus: Little, Big, Brown.
- Susan Jane Bigelow on Clicking. About the portrayal of gender and the click of recognition upon finding characters like you. Part of a series of guest posts on representation at Jim C. Hines’ blog.
- Laura Miller asks Is the literary world elitist? About literature in general but can be applied to genre fiction.
- John Dodds on Cyberpunk’d.
- Stacked on Mini-trend: Circuses (mostly in Young Adult novels).
- Victoria Hooper has A Guide to Banking in Fantasyland.
- James Weber lists The 10 Commandments of New Fantasy (Part 1).
- Cleve Lamison on Creating Reality for Fun and Profit.
- Chris Eboch on Surviving the Writing Life.
- Chuck Wendig on The Days When You Don’t Feel Like Writing.
- Alice Arneson on Beta-Reading Words of Radiance: Spoiler-Free Thoughts on the Process.
- Veronica Rossi on Epic Love: Triangles Are Stronger.
- Chang-rae Lee on She and We: Behind On Such a Full Sea.
- Bookworm Blues reviews The Waking Engine by David Edison.
- Carl V. Anderson reviews Ellie Quin vol. 3: Beneath the Neon Sky by Alex Scarrow.
- Observation Deck on Star Wars EU in the Cinematic Universe: A Case for Twin Engines of Destruction.
- Annalee Newitz on Totally Radical: A Microhistory of 1980s Science Fiction.
- Bridget McGovern’s The Game of Thrones Guide to Love and Romance.
- Ramez Naa says The Singularity Is Further Than It Appears.
- io9 says These official exoplanet artworks are the next best thing to visiting.
- io9 tells How Your Body’s Unique Biosignatures Are Used for Surveillance.
- Wired.com says We’re About 100 Years Away From a Real RoboCop.
Art
- The Art of Matt Rockefeller.
- Lord of Demons by kkomjirak aka Kyoungmin Park.
- Tomb Raider Reborn by Brenoch Adams.
- The Earth Below by Branduarte aka Cézar Brandão.
- Nomad_ Scavenger’s refinery by moonworker aka Seung Jin Woo.
- IronOreKing_Reg by Justice Wong.
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt: The Troop by Nick Cutter.
- Excerpt: The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris.
- Excerpt: The Well’s End by Seth Fishman.
- Excerpt: Wild Fell by Michael Rowe.
- Comic Excerpt: Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët.
- Comic Excerpt: Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët. (Different pages).
- Podcast: I Should Be Writing – Episode 314: Rapid Fire: Marketing.
- Podcast: The Skiffy and Fanty Show – Episode 193: New Zealander Speculative Fiction w/ Helen Lowe, Norman Cates, & Stephen Minchin.
- Vodcast: Sword and Laser Season 2 – Behind the Scenes.
- Trailer: Transcendence – Trailer 2.
- Video: Mark Hamill’s Favorite Star Wars Fan Moments.
- Video: The Sync Up – How Far Are We From Real Life RoboCops (featuring Veronica Belmont and Nicole Nguyen).
- Video: 40 Weird Word Origins (by John Green).
- Web Series: Caper – Chapter 1: The City of Angles.
- Web Series: Caper – Chapter 2: The Killer Kilt Brothers.