SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-03-15
Interviews & Profiles
- Suvudu interviews Nick Cutter.
- The Sword & Laser Author Spotlight: Mary Robinette Kowal.
- Reddit AMA with Mark Lawrence.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Matt Whyman.
- Tor.com profiles Albert Einstein.
News
- Ellen Klages: Toastmaster for Nebula Awards.
- Syfy’s Plan: More Space Operas, Less Sharknado.
- More stories from J.K. Rowling on Pottermore.
Events & Event News
- Lauch party of Seanan McGuire’s Half-Off Ragnarok at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, today.
- Tim Lebbon signing at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore, March 20.
- Texas Frightmare Weekend at the Alamo Drafthouse Dallas, May 02-04.
Crowd Funding
- Table Titans Volume 1: First Encounters by Toonhound Studios.
- Devils’ Field: Lucy A. Snyder’s New Jessie Shimmer Novel by Steven Saus.
- World War Cthulhu: A Collection of Lovecraftian War Stories with Illustrations.
Articles
- Emma Newman has Some good news about Waterstones.
- John Scalzi on An Opportune Moment to Note a Thing re: Baen Books.
- Gwenda Bond says Call The Reading Police.
- Beth Revis on Change is Good: Addition Over Subtraction.
- Athena Andreadis on History, Legitimacy and Belonging, or: Who’s We, Kemo Sabe?.
- Erin Morgenstern on Blank Pages.
- Joe Abercrombie on Third Draft.
- Leigh Evans on Now on Book Three – Five Writing Lessons.
- Matthew Mather’s SHAKESPEARE system for helping authors figure out self-publishing.
- Janice Hardy tells How Festivals and Conferences Can Make You a Better Author.
- Dave Hutchinson on The Dawn of Autumn.
- Paul Weimer reviews Debris by Jo Anderton.
- Andrew Liptak on The Innumerable Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon.
- Space.com on Tales of Futures Past: Soviet Science Fiction of the Cold War.
- R. Graeme Cameron on The Golden Amazon (Part 2), Heroine of the Parasite Planet, Her Wit and Wisdom.
- Mashable lists The 25 Best Tumblr Accounts for Book Nerds. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- prettybooks has a list of Young Adult Dystopian Books.
- io9 lists 12 Heroes and Villains Who Kicked the Incredible Hulk’s Green Ass.
- Pacific Standard asks How Do Psychiatrists Treat Werewolves? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Aeon asks Should biotech make life hellish for criminals? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Dr. Jason W. Ellis on Monstrous Robots: Dualism in Robots Who Masquerade as Humans. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
- Amazing Stories Featured Artist: Derek Benson.
- CTHULHU rise by Nottsuo.
- Hanuman by Wintfox.
- The late king by Luis Esteves.
- Hunting by Jason Kang.
- derailed by Waqas Malik.
More Fun Stuff
- Podcast: The Guardian Books Podcast – A century of war with Willy Vlautin and H.G. Wells.
- Trailer: Enormous.
- Featurette: Game of Thrones – Long Story Short.
- Making Of: Alien: Isolation Developer Diary – Creating The Alien.
- Video: Comics History 101: Avengers 2 – Who Is The Vision?
- Video: Best & Worst Video Game Movies.
- Video: Beer and Board Games – Betrayal at House on the Hill.
- Video: Best of the Worst – Supergirl, Captain America (1990), and Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four (by Red Letter Media).