SF/F/H Link Post: The Woman Who Made Fantasy; Reasons Why Authors Are @$$holes; and A Batmobile Tumbler iPhone Case
Interviews & Profiles
- My Bookish Ways interviews Sarah Pinborough.
- Amazing Stories interviews Tang Fei.
- Bleeding Cool interviews Nancy A. Collins.
- The Galaxy Express interviews Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen.
- Speculate! interviews Nancy Hightower and Bryan Thao Worra.
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Charlotte Ashley.
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Sadie Bruce.
- The Functional Nerds interview With Peter V. Brett.
- Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth on Things Man Was Not Meant to Buy: Lovecraftiana Faves and Wish Lists.
- Redditors interview Brian Staveley.
- OMNI Reboot on The Most Iconic Women In Sci-Fi Cinema: The 1980’s.
- Variety interviews The Walking Dead‘s Steve Yeun.
- The Qwillery interviews T.D. Wilson.
- Comics Bulletin interviews artist Robert Bailey.
- The Qwillery interviews Genius Loci contributors Keris McDonald, Wendy N. Wagner, and K. C. Norton.
News
Crowd Funding
- Last day! Speculations K.C. — Kansas City Worldcon Anthology by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Steve Jackson’s The Trolltooth Wars by PJ Montgomery.
- Pride & Prejudice Illustrated by Janet Lee (illustartor of Return of the Dapper Men).
- GENIUS LOCI: Tales of the Spirit of Place by J.M. Martin.
Articles
- Alexandra Duncan on Staking Our Claim in the Science Fiction Universe.
- Blastr on Why Mark Hamill was skeptical about returning to The Flash (and what changed his mind).
- Delilah S. Dawson on 8 Reasons Why Authors Are @$$holes.
- Eric Christensen on Reading Like A Writer: Why to do It, How to do It, and Why I Often Fail at It.
- Flavorwire asks Thomas Pynchon and the Large Hadron Collider. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Fran Wilde on So This Was Fun – Asimov’s at Barnes & Noble.
- Genrify on Horror with Humor.
- Kameron Hurley on Why I Don’t Generally Boycott Conventions.
- Kameron Hurley on Writing Income Timeline: The Long Game.
- Kari Sperring on Matrilines: The Woman Who Made Fantasy: Katherine Kurtz.
- Liz Bourke on The Legend of Korra Saved My Sanity.
- Mary Robinette Kowal on My Favorite Bit: Cat Rambo talks about BEASTS OF TABAT.
- N.P. Griffiths on the Lasting Impact of Ellen Ripley.
- Niall Harrison on The 2014 SF Count, for of representation in reviewing.
- Pati Nagle on Covers: Trends in Cover Design.
- Paul Kincaid on Remembering Terry Pratchett, covering The Kitschies, and new books from Kazuo Ishiguro, Tom McCarthy, Antonia Honeywell, Paul McAuley, and not Adam Roberts.
- Philip Athans on How Long Should Your Fantasy Novel Be?.
- Rachel S. Cordasco on Give Me Some Money So I Can Open My Dream Bookstore.
- Ross Johnson on Graphic Novel Roundup: Rage, Doom, and Murder.
- Sarah Chorn on Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter on The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett.
- Scott Lynch on The Son of Skywalker Must Not Become a Jackass.
- Space.com on Best Space Books and Sci-Fi: A Space.com Reading List.
- The Mary Sue on They Are No Men: Tokien’s 6 Most Bad-Ass Forgotten Ladies.
- The Verge on Blade Runner Reality shows us that we’ve always lived in the future. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
- Superb Horror Fantasy Art from Flavio Greco.
- City of Newcrest, Aurélien FOURNIER.
- Air Duel, Max Bedulenko.
- Flesh tearers Charge, Jose Daniel Cabrera Peña.
- Guardian of the Galaxy Portraits.
- Artist paints Star Wars characters using nothing but coffee.
- Cover Reveal: Indelible Ink by Matt Betts.
More Fun Stuff
- The Grace of Kings (Excerpt) by Ken Liu.
- “Hook Up of the Gods” – short fiction by A. Lee Martinez.
- Sneak Peek: The Architect of Aeons by John C. Wright.
- Roundtable Podcast Workshop Episode 75 (Guest Host: Cat Rambo).
- Batmobile Tumbler iPhone Case. [via Geek Art Gallery]
- Logan’s Run Lobby Cards.
- Comic Strip: Phoebe and Her Unicorn.