SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-10-29
Interviews & Profiles
- Black Gate interviews C.S.E. Cooney.
- Word and Film interviews Jill Lepore.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Megan Kurashige.
- Lightspeed Magazine on Zoran Živkovic.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Lawrence Krauss.
- Françoise Mouly and Spiegelman interview Neil Gaiman.
- Suvudu interviews Patrick Rothfuss.
- Grimdark Fiction interviews Tim Marquitz.
- The Qwillery interviews Martin Rose.
News
- Mock Satellite Destroyed to Study Space Junk Collisions.
- SFWA Plans Golden Anniversary Anthology. [Thanks, Kam-Yung!]
- BVC Announces Monstrous Beauty by Marie Brennan.
- Now Available: The Age of Magic (The Glassmakers Book 1) by Ruth Nestvold.
- Amazon’s crowdsourced publishing venture Kindle Scout goes live.
- Marvel Studios Reveals Full Phase Three Calendar Through 2019, Watch The Entire Marvel Announcement.
- The Unmanned Antares Rocket Just Exploded Immediately After Lift-Off.
- The Half Off Horror Sale is happening now on the Nightscape Press.
Events & Event News
- Odyssey Writing Workshop for 2015.
- October 31st: The subscription streaming service Fandor will debut a 4K restoration of Robert Wiene’s classic horror thriller The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, free for everyone.
- November 22nd: Philippine Speculative Fiction 9 Launch.
Crowd Funding
- Latino/a Rising is the first collection of U.S. Latino/a science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres.
- Miskatonic West by Harry Kakatsakis.
Articles
- Brenda Cooper is Gaming for Good.
- Veronica Scott on Myth and Mystery with Science Fiction Romance.
- Gail Z. Martin on Indulging the Dark Side.
- Madeleine E. Robins on I Love a Cliché.
- Mur Lafferty on Afterlife VI: STONES is done.
- Lisa Tuttle on The story behind The Mysteries.
- Wes Craven on The origins behind his new comic book series Coming of Rage.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews The Peripheral by William Gibson.
- Philip Athans on Scatter, Adapt, And Remember by Annalee Newitz.
- Cory Doctrorow on The Peripheral: William Gibson vs William Gibson.
- Mike Allen on Building My Own Haunted House.
- Matthew David Goodwin on My Superpower.
- Naomi Shaw on Infographic: How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse.
- Scott Edelman on A comic book triptych (including another visit with Marie Severin).
- Josh Corman In Defense of Comic Book Movies.
- John Wiswell asks Why Are Zombie Stories Always Disasters?
- Ryan Britt on Fairy Tale No More: Doctor Who is a Science Fiction Show Again.
- The Los Angeles Review of Books on Home and History in the Fiction of Los Angeles.
- My Bookish Ways on Black Spring by Christina Henry (and Giveaway).
- Bookworm Blues on The Broken Road by Teresa Frohock.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger.
- OMNI on Researching ESP for International Espionage.
- Space.com on The Great World Wide Star Count.
- The Booklist Reader on Return to Oz for a Fantastic Book-Group Theme.
- io9 on 12 Games from Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Nerdist on Star Trek: The Next Generation Was Made to be Seen in Cinerama.
- The Dissolve on The 30 Best American Independent Horror Films.
- Do You Remember lists 15 Sci-Fi Movies That Predicted The Future.
- Film School Rejects list Films Smart People Think Are Clever.
- Kirkus Reviews on 9 Novels So Scary You’ll Be Tricked And Treated.
- TIME on 7 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Wonder Woman.
Art
- An Epic New Cover – War of Shadows by Gail Z. Martin.
- Cover Reveal for Harlan Ellison’s THE TOP OF THE VOLCANO.
- The fall, Sergey Danilov.
- Undead Rogue, Alexei Alander.
- Fire mage, Axel Sauerwald.
- Dryad’s magic, Alexandra Petruk.
- City in the tree, Geoffrey Icard.
- Poster for our upcoming game THE CHAINSAW INCIDENT, Amer Kokh.
- Frankenstein’s Monster by San Julian.
- Black Mask Unleashes 10 Covers For Godkiller.
- Batman and Villains Pop in 75th Anniversary Gallery of Mondo Art. [via Alternative Worlds]
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt: Asura Girl by Otaro Maijo.
- An excerpt from Severance by Chris Bucholz.
- The World of Ice and Fire: A Sneak Peek at Interior Pages.
- Download a Free Romulus Buckle story from The Steampunk User’s Manual.
- THE CUTTING ROOM coming attraction: “Dead Image” by David Morrell.
- “A Rich, Full Week” by K.J. Parker (free audio fiction).
- Star Wars: Costumes trailer revives the original trilogy’s best looks.
- The Writer and the Critic, Episode 40.
- Cross the streams with Ghostbusters remix.
- Knit Cthulhu mask.
- Mmm…banana ghosts.
