SF/F/H Link Post for 2015-02-19
Interviews & Profiles
- Jeff VanderMeer interviews author Monica Byrne.
- Being Geek Chic interviews Angela the SciFiChick.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews author Carmen Maria Machado.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews artist Johnny Dombrowski.
- Unlikely Story interviews author Lauren C. Teffeau.
- My Bookish Ways interveiws author Peter Roman (+ Giveaway).
- Wag The Fox interviews author Thom Erb.
- Rocket Talk interviews Daniel Polansky.
- Richard Dansky interviews Lynne Hansen and Jeff Strand.
News
- Winners of the 2015 Science Fiction Romance Galaxy Awards.
- James A. Moore Re-Signs with Angry Robot.
- ‘Discovered’ Dr. Seuss Book Due in July. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom by Bradley W. Schenck (the Pulp-O-Mizer Guy) to be published by Tor Books.
- Amazon greenlights The Man in the High Castle TV series.
- Neill Blomkamp says the Alien Movie Is His Next Film.
Events & Event News
- Thursday, 30th April, 2015: Peter Newman and Emma Newman in Bristol @ ForbiddenPlanet.com.
- June 1-7, 2015: Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop (Application deadline is March 15).
Crowd Funding
- The Labyrinth of Flame by Courtney Schafer.
- Hive Five by Matthew Sanborn Smith – A weird and funny science fiction novel.
- 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.
- Support Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt creating Sword & Laser.
- DreamLogic – A David Lynch M.A. in Film Thesis.
Articles
- The Guardian asks When did the comic-book universe become so banal?
- The Barnes & Noble Review reviews Satin Island by Tom McCarthy.
- The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog on James Morrow’s Strange Fictions.
- R.K. Troughton on The Greatest Fantasy Novels of All Time, Part 3.
- OMNI Reboot on Designing Outer Space Habitats.
- My Bookish Ways on Read This: House Immortal by Devon Monk.
- Law and the Multiverse on Human Remains and the Walking Dead.
- Laura J. Mixon on Requires Hate Follow-up, Three Months Later: Are We Past the Winter of our Discontent?
- Kirkus Reviews (me!) on The Science Fiction and Fantasy Adaptations from Yesteryear (Part 2).
- Katharine Trendacosta on The Long, Complicated, and Secret History of Harley Quinn.
- Kameron Hurley on Trigger Warnings and Neil Gaiman.
- Jay Allen on Johnny Mnemonic, starring Takeshi.
- Jamie Todd Rubin on Stephen King Revisited.
- io9 on Everything You Never Knew About The Making of Conan The Barbarian.
- Gail Martin on Deadly Inspiration.
- Gabe Dybing on From Poul Anderson’s Vault of the Ages to the End of All Things.
- Elizabeth Moon on The Dangers of Attempting Mars.
- Elizabeth Bear on Space Robot Sad Trombone.
- David Carani offers Frodor’s Travel Guide to Westeros.
- Charlie Jane Anders on 10 Time Travel Books That Need To Be Movies Right Now (If Not Sooner).
- Carl V. Anderson on Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein.
- Bookworm Blues on A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab.
- Blastr on 11 sci-fi shows from the 1990s that deserve a revival along with The X-Files.
Art
- Cover Launch: CHIMERA by Mira Grant.
- Cover Launch: THE PARADOX by Charlie Fletcher.
- Alex Konstad Gallery.
- Rounded bot, Craig Jones.
- The Death Gate, David Harrington.
- Lucha DeadWalker , Steven Correa.
- Hammerfall, Paulo Barrios.
- The Puppet Master by Dan Mumford.
- Pop Culture Icons Meet Ancient Egyptian Art As HERO-GLYPHICS.
More Fun Stuff
- EXCERPT: The Devil’s Only Friend by Dan Wells.
- EXCERPT: King of the Cracksmen by Dennis O’Flaherty.
- StarShipSofa #375 with fiction by James Aquilone.
- Sword & Laser Podcast #206 – How Tyrion Could Die.
- Watch a 500-pound meteor light up the Pittsburgh sky.
- Short Film: No mires ahí (Don’t look there).
- Dreams, Fears, Obsessions: 10 Years of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Films.