SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-06-26
Interviews & Profiles
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Ursula K. Le Guin, Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow, and Nancy Kress.
- Gail Carriger interviews Rachel Bach.
- Civilian Reader interviews Rachel Pollack.
- Riffle interviews Jaime Lee Moyer.
- Fantasy Faction interviews Eleri Stone.
- Science Fiction interviews Greg Keyes.
- Tor.com interviews Joe Abercrombie.
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Scott Nicholson.
- Erika Holt interviews H. L. Nelson.
- Lisa Morton interviews Mark Morris.
News
- Protesting Thai reader of Orwell’s 1984 dragged off by police in Bangkok. [via David K. M. Klaus]
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Heather Massey on What Can SFR Offer To Readers With Disabilities?
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on Retrieval Artist Update #5.
- Jane Frank on The Artful Collector: “Where Are They Now? Spotlight on Alan M. Clark.
- Greg van Eekhout on The Middle-Grade Question.
- Lev Grossman on How a Book Becomes the Book of the Summer.
- Charles Stross’ Keynote talk for YAPC::NA (Yet Another Perl Conference) 2014.
- George R.R. Martin on The Return of The Ice Dragon.
- Scott Taylor on Art of the Genre: The Art of D&D is not right for Lankhmar (and most other fiction settings).
- Riverfront Times asks Is Ann Leckie the Next Big Thing in Science Fiction?
- Coffee and Bookaholics on Before Their Books Were Famous, These Authors Worked the Following Odd Jobs. [via Damien G. Walter]
- Flickering Myth on Faerie Evil: The Making of Maleficent.
- Bibliotropic on Unwept by Tracy and Laura Hickman.
- Andrea Johnson on Discussing Iain M. Banks’ Inversions.
- Stellar Four (Meghan B.) on Summer Reading: Graphic Novels.
- Jim C. Hines on Above World by Jenn Reese.
- Diabolical Plots on Hugo Novelette Review 2014.
- Books Worth Reading on Women Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Reading List.
- R.K. Troughton on Top Ten Science Fiction Movie Sidekicks.
- Omnivoracious on Best YA Books of 2014 So Far.
- Moviefone on Why They’re Remaking ‘Stargate’ Instead of Making Sequels.
- Rick Kleffel on Better Than Blockbusters: 14 Action-Packed Books for Summer.
- Kirkus Reviews (me!) on The Science-Fiction & Fantasy Merry-Go-Round!
Art
- Fiona Staples: 2014 Hugo Award Nominated Artist Spotlight.
- Cover Evolution: Vampire Earth 3: Path of the Cat by E.E. Knight.
- Creature Spot – Demon.
- Concept Art: Tooth Fairy.
More Fun Stuff
- SFX Book Club: The Stars My Destination.
- The Wurms of Blearmouth (Excerpt) by Steven Erikson.
- Excerpt from A Better World by Marcus Sakey.
- StarShipSofa #343 w/ fiction by John Chu.
- Sword & Laser Podcast #181 – The Promise of More Blood.
- Lakeside Circus Podcast: Don Pizarro reads Fran Wilde’s “The Naturalist Composes His Rebuttal”.
- See They Live Come To Life In The Streets Of LA.
- Out of Print Science Fiction T-Shirt Collection.
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