SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-03-01

Interviews & Profiles

• Arcfinity interviews Jeff VanderMeer.
• At Google, Andy Weir talks about his novel The Martian.
• The Qwillery interviews Steve Rasnic Tem.
• SFFWorld interviews Matthew Mather.
• Marjorie M. Liu answers The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe.
• ComingSoon.net interviews producer Joel Silver.
• The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Michio Kaku. If their page hasn’t been updated yet, you can download the MP3 file from this direct link.

News

• David Gemmell Awards – 2014 Longlist Revealed & Voting Open.
• Marvel Teams With TEDxTeen With ‘All-New Marvel NOW! Teen Heroes’.
• Subterranean Press announces Appointment on Sunset Limited Edition by Tim Powers.
• Acclaimed Horror Novelist Nancy A. Collins Takes On Vampirella. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Anne Rice to Reveal New Novel Live March 9 on Dinner Party Show.
• Titan Follows The Tenth & Eleventh Doctors in New Doctor Who Series.

Events & Event News

• Opening reception for George R.R. Martin Presents: Winter is Coming – An Art Show Inspired by A Song of Ice & Fire at the LTD Gallery in Seattle WA, tonight.
• Grand Opening of George R.R. Martin’s Jean Cocteau Bar in Santa Fe NM, March 04-06. Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One, will be there signing on March 05.
• Steampunk Events for March 2014.
• Texas Teen Book Festival in Austin TX, October 18.
• Texas Book Festival in Austin TX, October 25-26.
• Laini Taylor’s Dreams of Gods & Monsters tour dates.

Crowd Funding

• Province – A Competitive Building Microgame for 2 Players by Laboratory.
• Zeppelin Attack! by Fred Hicks / Evil Hat Productions.
• Epic cyberpunk action, Ghost Source Zero by Mark Cheng.
• oddball Aeronauts: Pirates vs. The Pendragon by maverick:muse.

Articles

• Andrew Liptak on Aaron Allston.
• Stephen Deas says I Don’t Need No Women In My Fantasy.
• Morgan Dambergs on Non-binary and Not Represented. Part of a series of guest posts on representation at Jim C. Hines’ blog.
• John Farrier on Stereotypes and Bigotry in Science Fiction & Fantasy. In this case, Star Trek and Dungeons & Dragons.
• R. Graeme Cameron asks Want to Become a BNF? (Big Name Fan?) Here’s One Long Forgotten Fan Who Tried.
• Steve Fahnestalk on Robert E. Howard and the Many Faces of Conan.
• Mary Robinette Kowal says That’s a wrap! Of Noble Family is a completed draft.
• A. Lee Martinez says Suck It Up. About writing but can be applied to almost anything.
• Chuck Wendig proposes Writing Exercise: Describe One Things Ten Ways.
• Philippa Ballantine asks Art or Commerce? How about both?.
• Damien Walter says The improvised word leaves space for you.
• Rhiannon Held talks about how the power of metaphor relates to Reflected.
• Beth Revis ask Where in the World are… Alethea Kontis, PJ Hoover, & Colleen Houck?. About the settings these authors have chosen for their books and why.
• Paul Weimer is Mining the Genre Asteroid: The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers.
• Rhiannon Held talks about her novel Reflected at Mary Robinette Kowal’s My Favorite Bit.
• The Exploding Spaceship reviews some 2013 Anthologies (In Space No One Can Hear You SCREAM, A Cosmic Christmas 2 You, Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Old Mars, Kicking It).
• Rob Bedford’s The Locke & Key Reread: “Alpha & Omega” (Vol. 6).
• Jack Campbell’s Recommended Reading at Jessica Strider’s Sci-Fi Fan Letter.
• BuzzFeed Books lists 22 Books You Should Read Now, Based On Your Childhood Favorites.
• Richard Thomas lists 21 Anthologies Every Author Should Own.
• Rajan Khanna lists 40 for 40: Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels that Changed My Life.
• Ben Blattberg lists Best Non-Fantasy Tabletop Roleplaying Games from the 90s.
• Jason Schreier’s Confessions Of A Final Fantasy Addict.
• io9 reveals This is the insane way Terry Gilliam’s Watchmen movie would have ended.
• ScreenRant on The Truth About Superhero Movie Casting. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The Observer lists The 10 best fictional evil children. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• io9 lists 20 Laughably Terrible Batman Villains.
• Gamma Squad lists 15 Fascinating Facts You May Not Know About Castlevania.
• The Chronicle on The people’s publishers. About independent magazines. There’s a section about Samuel Montgomery-Blinn’s Bull Spec.
• Damien Walter asks Are we already living in the technological singularity?
• Space.com says Population of Known Alien Planets Nearly Doubles as NASA Discovers 715 New Worlds. And some thoughts by Mike Brotherton.
• Annalee Newitz asks What if we’ve misunderstood our place in the universe? A Harvard astronomer thinks we have.

Art

• First Look at Orbit Books’ Autumn 2014 to Winter 2015 Orbit UK covers.
• First Look at Orbit Books’ Fall 2014 to Winter 2015 US Covers.
• The Haunting, Gothic Concept Art of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.
• concept art by tranquillo aka Seunghee Lee .
• legend of the Cryptids by grafitart.
• ‘ wreckage ‘ by jcircle aka park jong won.
• Flying Bugs by Cristi_B aka Cristi Balanescu.
• Train City by Jordan Grimmer.

More Fun Stuff

• Photos: 13 Seriously Disturbing Pictures Of Children’s Nightmares by Joshua Hoffine.
• Magazine: Sci-Fi Romance Quarterly.
• Podcast: Adventures In SciFi Publishing – Episode 249: Amish Scifi by Michael Bunker.
• Podcast: Beware the Hairy Mango – Episode 201: Cran Francisco.
• Book Trailer: The Time Traveler’s Almanac edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.
• Book Trailer: Game of Thrones: A Pop-Up Guide to Westeros.
• Puzzle Trailer(?): 4D Game of Thrones Puzzle – Westeros 1000+ Jigsaw Puzzle.
• Teaser: New Orphan Black Season 2 Teaser.
• Trailer: Jupiter Ascending – Official International (Japanese) Trailer.
• Video: Harry Potter Retold By People Who’ve Never Read It.
• Video: George Takei on Life Inside a Japanese Internment Camp During WWII. The full interview can be found here.
• Short Documentary: How Criterion Collection Brings Movies Back From the Dead (by Gizmodo).
• Short Documentary: Where Time Comes From (by Atlantic).