SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-10-28
Interviews & Profiles
- Diabolical Plots interviews Betsy Wollheim.
- The Qwillery interviews Amy Impellizzeri.
- Writing Excuses interviews Peter S. Beagle.
- Suvudu interviews Greg Bear.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Douglas Smith.
- Kindle Post US interviews Brian Azzarello.
News
Events & Event News
- TODAY! Send in your Game of Thrones Halloween costume so George R.R. Martin can judge them on TV!
- Wednesday (10/29) at 7pm: An interview with Cory Doctorow on stage at the Jewish Community Center San Francisco.
- Tuesday, November 4th in NYC: The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings presents John Langan, Nicholas Kaufmann and guest curator Amy Goldschlager.
- Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 4 will be taking place May 22-24th, 2015, in Kansas City, MO.
Crowd Funding
- Strange Horizons 2014 Fund Drive.
- Silber Mini-Comics Subscriptions by Brian John Mitchell.
- The Doctor Puppet Stop Motion Christmas Special.
Articles
- V.L. Jennings on Writing Science.
- Gail Z. Martin and Larry N. Martin on Hell with the Lid Off — The Perfect Setting for Steampunk.
- Catherine Butler on Enchanting Places: Readers and Pilgrimage in the Novels of Diana Wynne Jones.
- Karen Miller on The story behind The Falcon Throne.
- Joe McKinney on My Favorite Zombie Scares.
- Paul Cornell on 5 Brilliant Things About Doctor Who – series 8, episode 10 Tor Books.
- David Palumbo on Seven pieces of good advice that stayed with me.
- Slice of SciFi on The Heart and Soul of Science Fiction’s Appeal.
- The New Yorker on A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders. [via Andrew Porter]
- Bibliotropic reviews The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
- Bookworm Blues reviews Premonitions by Jamie Schultz.
- Strange Horizons on The Strange Horizons Book Club: Ombria in Shadow.
- LitReactor on For the Love of Monsters: Werewolves.
- Cosmos on Learning to live with robots.
- Movie Pilot on Horror Cinema: Cultural Representations for Each Decade.
- Panels on A Beginner’s Guide to Cosplay: Getting It Done.
- Best Fantasy Books HQ on Best Fantasy Books for Teens.
- Dorkly on The 5 Most Ridiculous Sex Scenes in Superhero Comic Book History.
- Dorkly on The 5 Ways Season 5 of Game of Thrones Is Going To Be Different From the Books.
- Tor.com on Seven Science-Fiction Heroes with Swashbuckling Swagger.
- Nimbus Space on 5 sci-fi books for horror fans.
Art
- Cover Reveal: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson (UK).
- Video Game Art: Megaman.
- Escape! by Jahmani Campbell.
- Travel begins by Wilson Cáceres.
- Concept robots by Michal Kus.
More Fun Stuff
- Read an Excerpt From Stephen King’s New Book Revival.
- Extract from Katherine Kurtz’s THE KING’S DERYNI.
- Knife Fight and Other Struggles (Excerpt) by David Nickle.
- Excerpt” Cry Havoc by Jack Hanson.
- 140 Amazing Photos of ILM Building Star Wars Movie Models.
- A Gallery of Horror anthology covers.
- Pornokitsch Short Fiction Survey.
- Thomas Dagg – Star Wars Historical Photos. [Thanks, Eddie!]