SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-02-26
Interviews & Profiles
- The Functional Nerds Podcast interviews John Hornor Jacobs.
- The Qwillery interviews Joseph D’Lacey.
- The Qwillery interviews Adrianne Harun.
- The Huffington Post Books interviews Seth Fishman.
- The Huffington Post Books interviews A.K. Butler – Part One and Part Two.
- Reddit AMA with Angry Robot Books.
- Reddit AMA with Kim Harrison.
- Triangulation interviews Daniel Suarez.
- Rachel Swirsky interviews Eileen Gunn for SFWA.
- This Is Horror interviews Fred Venturini.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Ken Liu about the short story “None Owns the Air”.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Robert Charles Wilson about the short story “Fireborn”.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews astronaut Chris Hadfield. It’s a transcription of this episode of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy.
- The Mary Sue interviews Kate Leth, mostly on her work for Adventure Time Vol. 3: Seeing Red.
News
Events & Event News
- The Words of Radiance Brandon Sanderson Book Tour. Many places, many dates.
- Joe Abercrombie’s Forthcoming Appearances. Many places around the world throughout the year .
- Seanan McGuire will be at Filk Continental in Germany, October 03-05.
Crowd Funding
- The Cape Creator: A Tribute to Bat-Maker Bill Finger by The Comic Arts Council, LLC.
- She Makes Comics, a documentary film about the untold history of women in comic books, celebrating female creators and fans alike by Sequart Research & Literacy Organization.
- Invisible Universe: a history of blackness in speculative fiction.
- Inceptor – The Game of Your Dreams by Pilot Study.
- ORBIT – A Sci-Fi Thriller from the Mind of Edgar Allan Poe.
Articles
- Fantasy Faction discuss Love in SFF – From True Love to BFFs.
- Nalini Haynes says Evil Albino Trope is Evil. Part of a series of guest posts on representation at Jim C. Hines’ blog.
- Jo Walton says Why I don’t want an Amtrak residency.
- Freya Robertson talks about A Writer’s Journey.
- Juliet E. McKenna on her most memorable meal.
- Nick Cutter on his Horror influences.
- Rachel Bach answers Why Powered Armor?
- Kat Zhang on Earning Your Payoffs–& Paying Off Your Set-ups.
- Erin Bowman tells Where to turn when it’s time to research.
- Liz de Jager on how to find an agent (with commentary by agent Juliet Mushens).
- Jane Friedman on Beyond Dickens: Trends and Tech in Serial Fiction.
- Hugh Howey on When the People of Publishing Are Set Free.
- Regan Wolfrom on The Latest Must-Have in Self-Publishing: Reviews Out of the Gate.
- Peter Jay Black on how he came to write Urban Outlaws.
- Anna Kashina talks about her novel Blades of the Old Empire at Mary Robinette Kowal’s My Favorite Bit.
- My Bookish Ways reviews A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain by Adrianne Herun.
- My Bookish Ways reviews The ‘Geisters by David Nickle.
- Bookworm Blues reviews Moth and Spark by Anne Leonard.
Art
- 10 Concept Artists Who Should Be Making Their Own Movies.
- Demon of the Abyss_Adv by Marat-Ars.
- A Menacing Presence by Edvige Faini.
- Robot of the ruins by YONG.
- Tomcat3 by nicponim aka Piotr Jabłonski.
- Astolfo, The Ice Dragon by Pkmike aka Mike Azevedo.
- The Hidden Vally by TheEnderling.
More Fun Stuff
- Music: Listen to an Amazing D&D-Inspired ’70s Rock Compilation.
- Book Trailer: Grim, an anthology of fairy tale retellings edited by Christine Johnson and published by Harlequin Teen.
- Teaser: Game of Thrones Season 4: Stark Direwolf Tease.
- Teaser: Game of Thrones Season 4: Tyrion Dungeon Tease.
- Teaser: Game of Thrones Season 4: Dany Dragon Tease.
- Trailer: Godzilla – Official Main Trailer.
- Video: Amy Dallen’s Talkin’ Comics Weekly – Tomb Raider, ComicBookGirl19 & Richard Ryan!
- Video: Felicia Day and Ryon Day’s Co-Optitude – Episode 35: Herc’s Adventures.
- Video: Honest Trailers – 300.
- Videos: This is how Batman would look in real life.
- Video: What is the universe made of? (by Dennis Wildfogel for TED-Ed).
- Video: The Cloudy Cores of Active Galaxies. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Short Documentary: Silvan – The Great Magician (by Gabriele Trapani).