SF/F/H Link Post for 2015-02-18

Interviews & Profiles

• Redditors interview Kate Elliott.
• Locus Online interviews Kameron Hurley.
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews Caroline Yoachim.
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews Adam-Troy Castro.
• Locus Online interviews Simon Ings.
• Kirkus has a video interview with Pierce Brown.
• The Qwillery interviews Dennis O’Flaherty.
• S. C. Flynn interviews Paul Weimer.
• Tor.com interviews Joel Cunningham.
• Comic Vine interviews Marv Wolfman, Nicola Scott, and Marc Deering.

News

• William F. Nolan Named World Horror Society 2015 Grand Master.
• Astronomers identify the closest known flyby of a star to our solar system.
• BVC Announces Hidden Steel by Doranna Durgin.
• Open Road Media announces first-ever eBook titles by Charles Williams.
• Wanted by Amazing Stories: Experienced Readers of SF, Fantasy & Horror.

Events & Event News

• The 39th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship, with events April 9-11, 2015, welcomes award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupito the annual celebration of Jack Williamson.
• June 4 – 7 in Chicago, IL: SFWA’s 50th Annual Nebula Award Weekend.
• Tim Lebbon signing The Silence @ ForbiddenPlanet, Saturday April 18th 1pm – 2pm.
• V.E. Schwab is Going on a Whirlwind Tour of the Digital Londons.

Crowd Funding

• The Labyrinth of Flame by Courtney Schafer.
• Hive Five by Matthew Sanborn Smith – A weird and funny science fiction novel about five members of a hive mind who are not very good at being a hive mind.
• Spirit of the Ronin – Novel Project by Travis Heermann.
• Support Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy creating A Science Fiction Podcast.
• Project New World : Interactive Fiction First Wave.

Articles

• Alastair Reynolds on Ender’s Game (directed Gavin Hood, 2013).
• Ambling Along the Aqueduct on Three early novels by Eleanor Arnason. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Andrew Liptak reviews The Burn Zone by James K. Decker.
• Auxiliary Memory asks Has Telepathy Become an Extinct Idea in Science Fiction?
• Black Gate on Destination Barsoom, Nehwon, Narnia: A Few Thoughts in Defense of Escapism.
• Boing Boing on The brilliant ideas and radiant visions of reclusive SF author Greg Egan.
• Carl V. Anderson on Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds.
• Chuck Wendig on How “Strong Female Characters” Still End Up Weak And Powerless (Or, “Do They Pass The Action Figure Test?”).
• Forbidden Planet on Losing Brett Ewins.
• Harry Connolly on Self-publishing vs. Traditional publishing.
• Joel Cunnningham on New Book Roundup: Evil Emperors Seek Magic Swords, an Unusual Alien Invasion, and a Quest for Vengeance.
• John Scalzi on The Big Idea: Peter Darbyshire.
• John Scalzi says You Can’t Take Back What You Already Have.
• Kate Elliott on From Sketch to Final Cover: The Very Best of Kate Elliott.
• Kate Elliott on Where Should I Start With Your Novels?
• Open Culture on 600+ Covers of Philip K. Dick Novels from Around the World: Greece, Japan, Poland & Beyond.
• Philip Athans on What We Can Learn From A Random Science Fiction Novel (part 2).
• Regan Wolfrom on My Book is Flopping, and I Just Don’t Care.
• Screen Rant on Gotham Creator Bruno Heller and Introducing the Joker Storyline.
• StarWars.com on 5 Aliens and Creatures Introduced at Jabba’s Palace.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on New Who In Conversation: “A Good Man Goes to War”/”Let’s Kill Hitler”.
• The AudioBookaneers February Whispersync Deal roundup: PKD, Marie Brennan, Walter Mosley, Ken MacLeod, Theodore Sturgeon, Robin Hobb, and more.
• Topless Robot on The 10 Most Evil Kids in Horror. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
• Tor.com on The Mummy was the Indiana Jones Successor that We Deserved.

Art

• Artist Gallery: Darek Zabrocki.
• Artist Gallery: Vladislav Ociacia.
• Untitled Girl and Dragon.
• Forest, Kelvin Chim.
• Epic 1970s French Space Comic Art.

More Fun Stuff

• Locus Online: Magazine: 2015 Locus Poll and Survey.
• EXCERPT: Evensong by John Love.
• Harrison Squared (Excerpt) by Daryl Gregory.
• The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge – Exclusive Excerpt & Giveaway.
• The 10 Words H.P. Lovecraft Used Most Often.
• Extract from L. E. Modesitt, Jr.’s Madness In Solidar.
• Quiz: How well do you know J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Inklings?
• Original 1940’s Buck Rogers’ Super Sonic Ray Gun NRFB golden age sci-fi.
• Gunnerkrigg Court – a comic by Tom Siddell.