SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-03-04

Interviews & Profiles

• 10 Questions With Award-Winning Science Fiction Editor Sheila Williams
• 12 Years a Slave’s John Ridley discusses diversity and collaborating with the late writer and editor Dwayne McDuffie on the classic Justice League episode “Starcrossed.”
• Beyond the Boundary: A Conversation with James L. Cambias, author of A Darkling Sea.
• The Chronicle interviews Samuel Montgomery-Blinn, the publisher of “Bull Spec.”
• Fearnet has an exclusive interview with author Nick Cutter on the Old-School Horror of The Troop.
• Ginger Nuts of Horror interviews Steve Rasnic Tem, author of Blood Kin.
• Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books interviews Sally Green, author of Half Bad.
• My Bookish Ways interviews David Edison, author of The Waking Engine.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Yangsze Choo, author of The Ghost Bride.
• The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe with Shannon Hale, author of Dangerous.
• The Qwillery interviews Mark Smylie, author of The Barrow.
• Reader/Writer talks with author and graphic artist Starla Huchton about her upcoming book Evolution: Angel, marketing strategies for independent authors, and book covers.
• SFFWorld interviews Den Patrick, author of Boy with the Porcelain Blade.
• Speculate! interviews Wesley Chu, author of The Lives of Tao and The Deaths of Tao.
• Trevor Hogg chats with writers Mike Raicht and Austin Harrison along with illustrator Zach Howard about the release of “Wild Blue Yonder.”
• With “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” returning this week, Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon chat to Comic Book Resources about what to expect next on the show.

News

• Nifft the Lean author Michael Shea died on February 16th.
• The Daily Dot provides continued coverage of Jonathan Ross’ withdrawl from the Hugos after online uproar. [via Paul Di Filippo] Chuck Wendig weighs in as well in his post “Sparing Twitter The Conversation: Wuzza Wossy Loncon Hugo Whuh.“
• Is this a Kickstarter scam or performance art? John Campbell, the creator of the now-offline webcomic “Pictures for Sad Children” seems to be refusing to fulfill KickStarter orders.

Events & Event News

• Gail Carriger is holding a book signing at 126 Franklin Street, New York City on March 6th.
• Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention will be held in London August 14-18th.
• The Longlists for the 2014 David Gemmell Awards have been released. Voting closes at Midnight April 13th. Cast your votes: Legend Award, Morningstar Award, Ravenheart Award
• 2014 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced
• Watch the 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate “Selling Space” at 7:30 EST on Wednesday, March 19, as host and moderator Neil deGrasse Tyson leads a panel of entrepreneurs and historians.

Crowd Funding

• COUNTERBLAST – a pulp-inspired science fiction tabletop skirmish battle game for miniatures.
• The Sci-Fi, Literary Novel “Breathe Fire” – In order to save his life, a scientist must sneak into enemy underwater cities to discover why tidal waves are destroying his society.
• Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar – a short film that will lead into the feature length “Axanar”.

Articles

• Amazing Stories considers SF That Can Excite Everyone
• The AudioBookaneers has released its weekly list of audiobook releases.
• Cory Doctorow on Cold Equations and Moral Hazard
• Creating Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 4: Your Character’s Ghost
• The Daily Dot examines proof Amazon’s fanfic venture is working. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Dan Wells of Fearful Symmetry suggests some of his favorite Science Fiction for you to read next.
• Does anybody read books the right way any more?
• Increase Your Writing Productivity with the power of rhythm.
• io9 names 10 Book Series That Would Make Excellent TV Shows, to which I would personally like to add Patrick Rothfuss’ The Kingkiller Chronicle and Robert Asprin’s Myth Adventures series.
• Is genre fiction creating a market for lemons?
• Is There Anything Slower-Moving than a Publisher?
• Is worldbuilding “the great clomping foot of nerdism”? Good fantasy book storytelling is not just about a great plot and deep characterisation – the best writers are architects of entire worlds…
• JK Rowling Can do Whatever the F— She Wants: “Here’s the thing about writing a response piece. You don’t want the opinion your response is directed toward to be completely idiotic and insane.”
• Jen Williams responds to opinions on Bookshops’ perceived SFF Prejudice
• Judging The Book By Its Cover: Helen Lowe picks a Few Favorites!
• Marty Halpern dances The Ebook Tango with Judith Moffett.
• North of Neverland: The Qwillery welcomes Guest Blogger by Aidan Harte, author of Irenicon.
• Rudy Rucker considers Dave Eggers’ The Circle, which he dubs “Gengen SF.” [via Paul Di Filippo]
• ScreenRant on The Truth About Superhero Movie Casting.
• Starship Reckless asks Where Are the Wise Crones in Science Fiction?
• A Sympathy of Light and Shadow: Science Fiction, Gothic Horror and How They Met
• These Are a Few of My Favorite Dragons by Marie Brennan
• What the Oscars Didn’t Talk About When They Talked About Gravity

Art

• Adventures in Science Fiction Art: Visualizing Time, Part II
• Announcing the 2014 Spectrum Fantastic Art Award Finalists
• These brilliant Game of Thrones Action Figures are part of the A Game of Thrones Art Exhibit.

More Fun Stuff

• BEYONCE VS. ZOMBIES is a single-serve Tumblr that’s just as great as it sounds.
• Check out the Cover Art for Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix.
• Gravity-inspired Latte Art by New York City-based coffee artist Michael Breach
• The Interesting Origins of the Words “Geek” and “Nerd” [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The LitReactor Podcast Episode 20 – The Wild World of Fan Fiction
• NASA has hooked up an A.I. to their network. Unfortunately, that A.I. is GLaDOS.
• Neatorama suggests Dune Foods for Every Occasion.
• The Worf of Starfleet: a Wolf of Wall Street Trailer Parody
• This underwater Iron Man suit could revolutionize ocean research
• Watch A Quidditch game… for muggles only being played. [via Paul Di Filippo]