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).