SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-06-02
Jay Lake Rememberances (More here)
- Charlie Jane Anders
- Lou Antonelli
- Laird Barron
- Elizabeth Bear
- Marie Brennan
- Matthew Cheney
- Aliette de Bodard
- Keith R.A. DeCandido
- Cory Doctorow
- Shaun Duke
- Greg van Eekhout.
- Sarah Hans
- Travis Heermann
- Mur Lafferty
- Nick Mamatas
- Cherie Priest
- John Scalzi
- Lawrence M. Schoen
- Shawn Speakman
- Kevin Standlee
- Schlock Mercenary
- SFWA
- Tor.com
- Erin Underwood
- Adam Whitehead
Interviews & Profiles
- Notes from Coode Street interviews Anne Leckie.
- Black Gate interviews Robin Riopelle.
- Salon interviews Colson Whitehead.
- Blastr interviews Alan Dean Foster.
- Alvaro Zinos-Amaro interviews Chuck Wendig.
News
- 2014 Maine Literary Awards Finalists include Sharon Lee & Steve Miller for Necessity’s Child.
- Kirkus Media announces new $50,000 literary prize.
- Ray Bradbury’s house of fantastical stories is yours for $1.5m. [via Andrew Porter]
Events & Event News
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Bookworm Blues (Sarah Chorn) on Cancer. It’s on my mind.
- Susan E. Connolly on The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: A Detailed Analysis.
- Susan E. Connolly on The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: The Math Behind it All.
- Little Red Reviewer on Children of Dune by Frank Herbert.
- Matt Staggs on Pulp Fantasy Prophets and Sci-Fi Sages: When Fictional Characters Become Your Guides.
- Daniel Abraham on Another Word: Chasing the High.
- James Gunn on The Political Debate in Science Fiction.
- Paul Levinson on Amazon vs. Hachette: I Side with Amazon.
- Hugh Howey on More Thoughts on Hachette / Amazon.
- Adam Roberts on Anne Charnock’s A Calculated Life.
- The Gryphon Clerks asks Is Speculative Fiction?
- TheOneRing on A list of the landmark novels in the history of Dark Fantasy.
- Ars Technica on Don Draper may be an alien, but Mad Men is definitely science fiction.
- NYTimes on Dragons on Screens Big and Small Flex New Muscles. [via Andrew Porter]
- Guardian on Mars: we’re going to need a bigger parachute, says Nasa.
- HorrorMovies on Top Ten Bad (But Oh so Good) Horror Films.
- Chris Jones on Top 31 Quotes For Writers And Creatives by Stephen King.
- Joseph Mallozzi on My Top 10 Favorite Game of Thrones Characters.
Art
- The Art of Neil Gaiman.
- Hour of Need by Jesper Ejsing.
- The Art Of Ricochet188 – Birth Of A World.
- Digital Art by Oana Cambrea.
- Digital Art by Kevin Hooker.
- Vampire City by mpenn20.
- Zombie Apocalypse by mpenn20.
- The Sultan’s Marionettes by mpenn20.
- Altered Sky – Stop and Live by mpenn20.
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