SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-02-25

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Alexandre Maki in Tidbits // 0 Comments

Interviews & Profiles

The Agony Column Podcast interviews Jeff VanderMeer – Part one and Part two.
My Bookish Ways interviews Seth Fishman.
The Daily Quirk interviews Joelle Charbonneau.
BBC Radio Scotland interviews Sally Gardner. It starts around 28 minutes in.
Charlotte’s Library interviews Nikki Loftin.

News

Actor/writer/director Harold Ramis dead at 69.
A long lost space opera classic is finally seeing print. The Last of the Star Kings by Edmond Hamilton.
The Book Smugglers reveal the cover and announce the list of contributors to the Speculative Fiction 2013, a collection that celebrates the best in online Science Fiction and Fantasy non-fiction.
Godzilla Revealed on Empire Cover; Hear His Roar Plus Trailer News.

Events & Event News

Catherynne M. Valente will be signing and reading at Stefen’s Books in Perth (Australia), March 22.

Crowd Funding

Articles

Lynn Shepherd says If JK Rowling Cares About Writing, She Should Stop Doing It. Nathan Scalia responds. And looks like JKR fans also have something to say if the one-star reviews of Shepherd’s own book is any indication.
Pornokitsch on Poking at Awards: Subjective Criteria.
Marsha A. Moore on Survey of Low Fantasy Subgenres.
Michael J. Sullivan on Author’s Earnings.
Cedar Sanderson on Writing Blurbs.
Underwire asks Publishers Are Warming to Fan Fiction, But Can It Go Mainstream?
Michi Trota says I Don’t See Color. Part of a series of guest posts on representation at Jim C. Hines’ blog.
Miami Herald Books says Investigators brave the forbidding Area X, mysteries of the human heart in Florida author’s sci fi trilogy. About Jeff VenderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy.
Neil Gaiman’s Live Streaming, and, hitherto unseen, a poem (unfinished).
Rachel Swirsky’s Publication News! “Detours on the Way to Nothing” and “How the World Became Quiet”.
Laura Lam on Shadowplay‘s Aberdeen Launch.
Charles Stross on Miscellanea. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Chuck Wendig wonders SFWA: To Join Or Not To Join?
Claire Legrand on The Importance of The Unlikable Heroine.
Michael Pevzner on Role Playing Games in Writing.
James Weber lists 10 Commandments of New Fantasy (Pt. 2).
James L. Cambias on Sexifying Monsters!
Jeaniene Frost on When the “Bad” Guy is So Good.
Natasha Ngan on My Writing Process #mywritingprocess.
Paul Di Filippo reviews Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea by Adam Roberts.
Annalee Newitz reviews Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer.
Catherine Russell reviews The Dharma of Star Wars by Matthew Bortolin.
Rob Bedford on The Locke & Key Reread: “Clockworks” (Vol. 5).
Emily Asher-Perrin on Battling Super Sleuths: The Awkward Case of Elementary, Sherlock, and Building the Better Adaptation.
Graeme McMillan on Why NBC’s Right to Revive Heroes.
UPROXX offers A True Detective Theory That You May Have Overlooked.
Slate on True Detective: The women on the show are treated badly. But there’s a good reason.
My Bookish Ways’ Must Reads of March 2014 (SF, Fantasy, and Horror).
The Ladies Finger lists Speculative Fiction By Women Writers I’m Going to Read This Year.
Ann Leckie on Notable Women Authors of SF&F.
The AudioBookaneers’ Favorite Audiobooks of 2013.
Charlie Jane Anders lists Space Heroes Who Should Get Movies if Guardians of the Galaxy is a Hit.
io9 lists 12 Aliens Who Came to Earth to Save Humanity.
BuzzFeed lists 9 Terrifying Urban Legends From Victorian London.
/Film lists Screw Battleship & Monopoly: Here Are 11 Board Games That Could Be Great Movies.
Annalee Newitz says The dystopia of 1984 is no longer relevant.
io9 asks What will life be like when digital brains outnumber humans?
Gwen Whiting on Lost Curiosities: Bringing Dogs Back from the Dead. About Dr. Robert Cornish.

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