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Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 4/24/13
Interviews & Profiles
- Comics Beat interviews Emma Vieceli.
- Literary Escapism interviews Clay & Susan Griffith.
- Functional Nerds interviews Chuck Wendig.
- StarShipSofa interviews David Mercurio Rivera.
- Alasdair Stuart interviews Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Brandon Sanderson.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Bruce Sterling.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Hugh Howey.
- This Is Horror interviews Greg Chapman.
- Dagan Books interviews Claude Lalumière.
- Every Read Thing interviews Wesley Chu.
- Black Gate interviews Todd Robinson.
News
- Tor Acquires Rjurik Davidson's Unwrapped Sky.
- Lois Gresh Sells to St. Martin's Press.
- It Came From the North: A Call for Finnish Speculative Fiction Submissions.
- Book View Cafe Announces Fools Paradise by Jennifer Stevenson.
- Rowena Cory Daniells' Outcast Chronicles short-listed for the 2013 Norma K. Hemming Award.
- Dragon*Con Founder Ed Kramer files dozens of complaints from jail while looking extremely creepy.
Crowd Funding
- The Iron King manga series.
- Lords of Gossamer and Shadow: Diceless Role-Playing by Steve Russell.
- Walk The Fire – A shared-world SF anthology series by David Sobkowiak.
Articles
- Fantasy Cafe on Women in SF&F Month: Freda Warrington (with Book Giveaway) | .
- Helen Lowe on "Here's SpecFicNZ–Christchurch": Featuring Elizabeth Gatens.
- Deborah J. Ross on Where Ideas Come From: Negotiating with the Idea Fairy.
- Helene Wecker on Four Surprising Things I Learned While Researching The Golem and the Jinni.
- Jacqueline Lichtenberg on Targeting A Readership Part 6.
- Strange Horizons on 2012 Gender SF/F Gender Review stats.
- Ellie Heller on The Puck is HERE.
- A. Lee Martinez on The Goth Phase.
- John Scalzi on Big Idea Gender Breakdown.
- Neil Gaiman on It's a Books! Books! Books! Books! Books! World..
- David B. Coe on Three Authors Who Got Me Started.
- The Office of Letters and Light on NaNoWriMo Survival Guide: The Value of Life Experience. [via Nathan Bransford]
- Jeff VanderMeer on Wonderbook: An Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (out in October).
- Tony Daniel on E-publishing: Think Three Times.
- China Miéville on Dial H and the Superhero B-List.
- Cory Doctrow on China Mieville's turn-it-to-11 high weirdness reboot of "Dial H".
- Larry Ketchersid on The Walking Dead and Downton Abbey: Season 3 coincidences.
- Los Angeles Review of Books (Paul Di Filippo) on Tenth of December by George Saunders.
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter on Terminal Point by K. M. Ruiz.
- Matt Nix on Ender's Game: A Guide to Life.
- Book Riot on Potential Husbands from YA Fantasy: A Comparison Chart.
- Book Riot on The American Gods Dream Cast.
- Amazing Stories on Steampunk: An Overview of an Up and Coming Genre.
- Amazing Stories on The Rising Tide of Alien Languages.
- Amazing Stories on The (Ongoing) Death and Transfiguration of Science Fiction Publishing.
- Tor Books UK on Tor Tour: The Digital Zone.
- Space.com on Mars Life Hunt May Require Manned Missions.
- Tested on Cabin in the Woods Designers Talk Lo-Fi Sci-Fi Interfaces.
- Blastr on 9 sci-fi TV stars we want back (and the series they'd be perfect for).
- Starships and Dragonwings on Top Ten Books I Thought I'd Like More Than I Did.
- JarvisCity on Sheri Moon Zombie: 6 Most Memorable Movie Moments.
- JarvisCity on 4 Underappreciated Sci-fi Films.
- WhatCulture on 10 Greatest Ever Zombie Games.
- Deja Reviewer on 10 Films That Contradict the Endings of the Books They're Based on.
Art
- The Art of Phuoc Quan.
- Re-Education by Rossana.
- Somewhere Sometime Far From Home by Lhianne.
- concept ships: STRIKE VECTOR concept art by Paul Chadeisson.
- 3D Art: Navigator.
- 'The Hobbit' and 'Avengers' – Pencil Drawings by Yin Yuming.
- James Gilleard: It Came From Beneath The Sea!.
More Fun Stuff
- Advanced Excerpt of Ian Douglas' Deep Space.
- Chapter One of Raymond Feist's Magician's End.
- 'Star Trek' Galileo Shuttlecraft Restored by Loving Fans.
- Wired Space Photo of the Day – Jupiter Impact Scars.
- The Storytelling of Science (Bill Nye Video).
- After 34 Years We Are Finally Getting Those Kenner "Alien" Action Figures.
- Star Wars: A New Hope all in one animated gif.
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