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

• Beyond Words: 2016 Fantasy Author Calendar.

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.