SF/F/H Link Post for 2014-11-24
Interviews & Profiles
- The Boston Globe interviews Ursula Le Guin. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Bleeding Cool interviews Nancy A. Collins.
- DAW interviews Jenna Rhodes.
- Lovecraft eZine interviews Livia Llewellyn.
- Speculating Canada interviews Jason Loo.
- Buzzy Mag interviews A. J. Hartley.
News
- Hachette buys Black Dog & Leventhal.
- Danielle L. Jensen Joins Angry Robot Books.
- Upcoming movie based on Stephen King’s The Stand will be browkn into 4 films.
- Apple’s $450 million ebook settlement receives final court approval.
- Coming December 12th: First Lights (Offplanet Book 1) Regan Wolfrom.
- Waukegan group seeks sculptural ideas to honor Ray Bradbury. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Events & Event News
- Tuesday, December 2 at 7:00pm in Brooklyn, New York: NYRSF Reading with Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman.
- BFI’s Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder.
Crowd Funding
- Hashtag – A thought-provoking science fiction short film that examines a future where social media dominates every moment of our lives.
- Tokyo Yakuza Short Story Anthology – An alternate history, dystopian shared world project about a brutal gang war between yakuza clans around the 2020 Tokyo Olympics..
Articles
- Juliet E. McKenna on All Over The Map – The Classics, Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Sherwood Smith on Art, Imagination, and Freedom.
- PJ Lifestyle on Famous Writers Never Give Birth To Snakes. [via Charlie Martin]
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on Retrieval Artist Update #9.
- Fran Wilde on Notes from a (Philcon) panel: What to Read.
- Charles Stross on Let’s put the future behind us.
- Paging Dr. NerdLove on Iris Allen, Laurel Lance and Lois Lane Syndrome. [via The Cultural Gutter]
- Mellville House on A call to action: on the 2014 National Book Awards.
- Black Gate on Game Books, Epic Fantasy, and Military Science Fiction: The Multiple Identities of R.A.V. Salsitz.
- OMNI Reboot (Adam Wells) on How Glen Larson Transformed Sci-Fi TV.
- Black Gate on What Old Futures Can Teach Us About What SF and SciFi is Really For.
- OMNI Reboot Sci-Fi Addicts Crave: H.R. Giger Bar.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews on The Chaplain’s War by Brad R. Torgersen.
- Bibliotropic on Flight of the Silvers by Daniel Price.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Blast From the Past: The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
- Carl V. Anderson on Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1.
- Den Of Geek on 10 indie sci-fi films to look out for in 2015. [via The Website at the End of the Universe]
- Mythcreants on Five Ways to Generate Suspense.
- I am Rogue on 10 Sci-Fi Action Heroines Who Unapologetically Kick Ass.
- Mental Floss’ Visual Guide to All 37 Villains in the Batman TV Series. [via Bill Crider]
- Tor.com on Never Wait for a Sequel Again: 17 Standalone Fantasy Novels.
Art
- ‘The World of Ice & Fire’ Illustrations by Paolo Puggion.
- Artist imagines Hogwarts in a galaxy far, far away.
- The Works of Zdzislaw Beksinski.
- concept ships: Concept spaceship art from EVE.
- Sci-Fi Art: Black Blade.
- Concept spaceship art from EVE.
- Star Wars Posters.
More Fun Stuff
- Jupiter’s moon Europa looks embryonic in ‘remastered’ NASA photo.
- Excerpt and Giveaway: The Tree of Water by Elizabeth Haydon.
- Notes from Coode Street #209: The Beginning of the End of 2014.
- What do genre readers look like? (According to YouGov).
- Star Lord Dance Off.
- Envoy #2: Blowing Up Robot Sentries. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Comic-Con 2014: Finding BEWBS with Mike Tyson, Jeremy Jahns, and the Honest Trailer Voice. [via Patrick Hester]
- ‘Star Wars Epic Yarns’ shows the fuzzy side of the Force.
- Rare Star Wars Photos.
- Star Wars TIE Fighter vs. Thai Fighter.
- Résumés for Paul Atreides, Miriam Black, and Locke Lamora.
- Zombie Christmas Ornaments.
Thank you very much for the Mockingjay review link! 🙂