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Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 4/25/13
Interviews & Profiles
- SF Squeecast interviews Cherie Priest.
- The Qwillery interviews Bee Ridgway.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Sarah Langan.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Weston Ochse.
- Tor Books UK interviews China Miéville.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Brian McClellan.
- Bleeding Cool has a video interview with Max Brooks.
- Los Angeles Times Festival of Books interviews John Scalzi (video).
- Mad Hatter interviews Peter Higgins.
- Little Red Reviewer interviews Seth MacGregor.
- Dagan Books interviews Mjke Wood.
- Scott Marlowe interviews Steven J. Carroll.
- ScienceFiction interviews Nicole De Boer.
News
- Nicola Griffith wins Lambda Literary Foundation's James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize.
- Strange Chemistry Signs Sarah Raughley's YA Dark Fantasy Feather Bound.
- Fox Censors Cory Doctorow's "Homeland" Novel From Google. [via Andrew Porter]
- Amazon Announces the Most Well-Read Cities in America.
- El Ateneo Grand Splendid, this historic, palatial theater is now one of the world's most beautiful bookstores.
- Dark Horse Digital offers 50 first issues for free. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Petition: Dedicate a state historical marker at the 1940s home of author Isaac Asimov.
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Fantasy Cafe on Women in SF&F Month: Seanan McGuire.
- The Alternative Typewriter on [Women in Genre, Day 22] Gemma Files and the Nature of Sexuality.
- on Carol Emshwiller (from 2007, and belatedly celebrating her 92nd birthday).
- Radish Reviews on Reviews, Genre, and Gender.
- William King on Writing Fantasy Heroes: Tyrion.
- Mike Brotherton on What's in a Name? Exoplanet Edition.
- Whatever on The Big Idea: Josin McQuein.
- Chris A. Jackson on Cover Art: How Important Is It For Book Sales?
- The Passive Voice on How Important Is eBook Cover Art in 2013?
- Tor.com on The Morning After World Book Night.
- BBC on Iain Banks 'astounded' by support over terminal cancer.
- Publishers Weekly on . [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Boing Boing on The Earthiest planets in the universe (that we know of).
- Guardian on Ebook anxieties increase as publishing revolution rolls on.
- This Is Horror on Horror and Speculative Fiction Awards.
- Flickering Myth on The Making of Oblivion.
- Amazing Stories on American Tolkien.
- Amazing Stories on The Greatest Fantasy Author of All Time.
- Kirkus (Me!) on Speculative Fiction's Love Affair with Sherlock Holmes—It's Not A Mystery (Part 2).
- The Barnes & Noble Review on Who Was Dracula? by Jim Steinmeyer.
- Neatorama on The Favorite Books of 32 Famous People.
- Topless Robot on The Top Ten Strongest Non-Superpowered Women in Comics.
Art
- Usual Suspects – 1920s Mugshots Of Batman Super Villains – Jason Mark.
- Star Wars Propaganda Art – Mike Kungl.
- Ming Fan Gallery.
- Sci-fi Art: J.S. Lewis Poster.
- Concept Art: Viking Kills Linnorm.
- Orbital sniper advanced by djahal.
- Berserker of destruction by djahal.
- Against the Odds.
- Digital Illustrations – Thitipon Dicruen.
- Oz the Great and Powerful – Costume/Character Design.
- Cover Reveal: Cahill's Homecoming by Patrcik Hester.
More Fun Stuff
- Explore The World Of Oblivion With Google Earth.
- Cosmopolitan Predators! by Tony Ballantyne (Extract).
- Laser Books Advertisement.
- Los Angeles 100,000 years in the future. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- DotDotDot – Your free digital reading app.
- Steampunk AT-AT Walker.
- Warhammer 40K Costume.
- Evil Dead iPhone Cover.
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