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Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 4/16/13
Interviews & Profiles
- Locus Roundtable interviews Chris Barzak, Jedediah Berry, and Genevieve Valentine.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Catherine Asaro.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Cat Winters.
- This Is Horror interviews Wol-vriey.
- This Is Horror interviews Monty Borror.
- Jules Sherred's Geeky Pleasures interviews John Kovalic.
- BoingBoing interviews Jonathan Coulton and Greg Pak.
- ComicsBeat interviews Greg Pak and Jonathan Coulton.
- Scott Marlowe interviews L. Blankenship.
- SciFiPulse interviews Grant Bowler and Stephanie Leonidas (Defiance).
News
- Gollancz Acquires The Incorruptibles.
- Mysteriously Shrinking Proton Continues to Puzzle Physicists.
- Call for Submissions: Mothership – tales from Afrofuturism and beyond.
- Adam Roberts' New Blog: Sibilant Fricative.
Events
- Science Fiction Music Explored – SF scholar Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. will lecture at UC Riverside on April 15.
- LonestarCon 3 Trims Multi-Table Rates for Dealers.
Crowd Funding
- Code Monkey Save World by Greg Pak — Kickstarter.
- Will You Bring "Nobility" to Life? by Cowboy Errant.
Articles
- Fantasy Cafe on Women in SF&F Month: Patricia A. McKillip.
- Mur Lafferty on Our place.
- Marie Brennan on Writing Fight Scenes: Focus.
- Jo Walton on The Suck Fairy.
- Sarah Hoyt on When The Civil War Turns Hot.
- Steampunk Romance on Heather Massey's Steampunk Cafe.
- Adam Callaway on You Are Reading an Essay: How Metafiction Can Alienate Readers.
- Lee Battersby on Making the Dead Angry.
- Russell Dickerson on Your monsters change, even when they never do.
- Paul Gravett on François Schuiten: Architect of the Fantastic. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Tor Books UK on Charles Stross Introduces: The Bloodline Trade.
- Del Rey and Spectra on Dear Readers: A Letter from Harry Turtledove.
- Vulture on 4 Reasons Why Most Horror Remakes Fail.
- Guardian on The best young novelists – from SF's universe.
- Neatorama on Women in Space: The Mercury 13.
- Barebones ezine on Batman in the 1970s Part 66: November and December 1979.
- TeleRead on Author Joe Konrath's surprising opinions of "fair use".
- My Bookish Ways on Deep Down by Deborah Coates.
- Catherine Russell on Consumption by Patrick Hester.
- Josh Vogt reviews Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan.
- Bill Crider on You — Austin Grossman.
- io9 on 13 Smart Podcasts That Will Feed Your Hunger for Knowledge and Ideas.
- WhatCulture on 5 Biggest Doctor Who Anti-Climaxes (That Ruined the Stories They Were In).
- Science Fiction on Top Ten Transgender Comic Book Characters.
Art
- Must-see CG Art by Alexey Egorov.
- Concept Art: Unloading Peace-Maker Tank.
- Concept robots by Furio Tedeschi.
- 2D Art: Morning Maintenance.
- 22 Amazing Fan-Made Movie Posters.
- Atomic Fez Publishing unveils cover of Sleepless Knights by Mark H. Williams.
- Cover Reveal: Any Other Name by Emma Newman, Artwork by Sarah J. Coleman.
- Rayguns Over Texas gets a cover!
More Fun Stuff
- The Lost Fleet: Guardian (Excerpt) by Jack Campbell.
- Excerpt from Stephen R. Donaldson's The Last Dark.
- Railsea by China Miéville (Extract).
- Star Trek Enterprise Season 5 – Netflix campaign.
- Zombie Eyes Glasses.
- Zombie Cookie Versions of the Captains of Star Trek.
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