SF/F/H Link Post for 2015-03-02
Interviews & Profiles
- Gail Carriger interviews Adam Christopher.
- Emma Newman interviews Catherynne Valente.
- Notes from Coode Street interviews Alisa Krasnostein, Sean Wright, Tehani Wessely.
- Jason Heller interviews Randy Henderson and Silvia Morena-Garcia.
- Ken Liu interviews Chen Qiufan.
- The Rumpus interviews Benjamin Parzybok.
- Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Kristi Charish and Timothy C. Ward.
- S. C. Flynn interviews Neil Clarke.
- Notes from Coode Street interviews Liza Trombi.
News
- RIP: Carol Severance.
- Star Trek Online to create in-game memorial to Leonard Nimoy.
- Electra Woman And Dyna Girl‘s Getting A Reboot. Err…I’ll pass.
- George R.R. Martin Presents Texas A&M Library With Rare Edition of The Hobbit.
- Subterranean Press announces new Jim Butcher Dresden Files Collection, Working for Bigfoot.
- ‘Star Wars’ Saga Gets Lego Retelling on Disney XD.
- Human head transplant just two years away, surgeon claims.
Events & Event News
- March 25th BSFA London Meeting: Suniti Namjoshi interviewed by Farah Mendlesohn.
- On the Road: Tor/Forge Author Events in March.
- Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate Book Tour.
Crowd Funding
- LAST DAY! Hive Five by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- The Labyrinth of Flame by Courtney Schafer.
- Thread Slivers and Thread Strands by Leeland Artra.
Leonard Nimoy Remembrances
- BBC News on Leonard Nimoy: Obama leads tributes to Star Trek actor.
- Bonnie Burton on How Leonard Nimoy helped me prosper.
- CBC News on Leonard Nimoy’s legacy reaches far beyond science fiction.
- Jeffrey A. Carver on Losing Leonard Nimoy Is Hard. Losing Spock Is Even Harder.
- NPR on Leonard Nimoy’s Mr. Spock Taught Us Acceptance Is Highly Logical.
- SF Gate on Leonard Nimoy leaves legacy beyond science-fiction.
- Thomas Parker on Leonard Nimoy Saved My Life.
- Live long and prosper: Leonard Nimoy as Spock, over the decades.
Articles
- Alastair Reynolds on Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
- Bull Spec on The Exploding Spaceship Reviews Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear.
- Chuck Wendig on A Shed of One’s Own.
- Cora Buhlert on Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for Feburary 2015.
- Ferrett Steinmetz on Ken Liu’s The Grace of Kings.
- Heather Massey on Comedic Sci-Fi Romance: Sex, Jokes, and Science in Space.
- Jeff Somers on 5 Books That Resist the Handwave with Believable Futuristic Technology.
- John O’Neill on Vintage Treasures: Echoes of Valor III edited by Karl Edward Wagner.
- Mental Floss lists 9 Authors Who Regretted The Success of Their Work. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Neil Gaiman reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant.
- OMNI Reboot on How To Analyze A Science Fiction Film.
- Orrin Grey on Dark Angels: Insects in the Films of Guillermo del Toro.
- S.L. Huang on Nobody’s Sidekick: Intersectionality in Protagonists.
- Sherwood Smith on Reprise on Bricolage.
- The AudioBookaneers on With a Little Help From My Fae Friends – a review of Silverblind by Tina Connolly.
- Vice on The 80s Mexican Sci-Fi Show That Spawned Hollywood’s Best Filmmakers. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
More Fun Stuff
- Excerpt: PRUDENCE by Gail Carriger.
- Excerpt: THE MECHANICAL by Ian Tregillis.
- Excerpt: TRUTH & FEAR by Peter Higgins.
- Excerpt: WASTELANDS 2 edited by John Joseph Adams (Titan).
- Beware the Hairy Mango #254: “Guns and Butter Guns” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- Doctor Beyond Time – Space Madness.
- Star Wars Arch-Nemeses.
