October 4, 2012 Links and Plugs

Interviews and Profiles

• DA Kentner interviews Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
• The Qwillery interviews Tina Connolly.
• Asian American Writers' Workshop (Vandana Singh) interviews Ted Chiang.
• Geek's Guide to the Galaxy interviews Junot Diaz (podcast).
• My Bookiwsh Ways interviews Bob Fingerman.
• Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) interviews Randy Goux.
• Nerds Feather interviews Paul Kincaid (Part 2).
• Omnivoracious (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews Stephen Graham Jones.

Advice/Articles

• Weird Fiction Review (Nancy Hightowr) on Unraveling the Gaze: Beth Cavener Stichter’s “Come Undone” Exhibit.
• Book View Cafe (Deborah J. Ross) on Not Even Mein Kampf: Why Hateful Books Should Not Be Banned.
• The King of Elfland's Second Cousin on Thoughts on Narrative Framing Devices.
• My Bookish Ways (Claire Ashgrove) on Building Worlds.
• Tor.com (Kevin J Anderson) on Rockin’ That Steampunk.
• The Atlantic Wire (Jen Doll) on How 'The Princess Bride' Became the Quintessential Teen Read. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Kirkus Reviews (John DeNardo) on Can't-Miss Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for October.
• Deborah J. Ross on Round Table: Animals in Fantasy (Part II).
• Michael May on 31 Days of Dracula | John Carradine (1944).
• Grasping for the Wind (Steve Bein) on What Genre Is This, Anyway?
• Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on Most Citizens of the Star Wars Galaxy are Probably Totally Illiterate.
• Huffington Post (Space.com) on Saturn Moon Titan Could Be Explored WIth 'Space Boat' For Methane Lakes, Scientists Say.
• The Bathroom Monologues on Books That Shaped How We Saw Fiction.
• Salon (Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Alternet) on Eight best time-travel flicks.
• io9 (Charlie Jane Anders) on All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Can’t Miss in October!
• Blastr (Dan Roth) on 60 hilarious sci-fi spoof covers from 60 years of MAD magazine.
• Jonathan McCalmont on Cowardice, Laziness and Irony: How Science Fiction Lost the Future.

Reviews

• Marie Brennan on Books read, September 2012.
• Cory Doctorow on A Wrinkle in Time, worthy graphic novel adaptation.

Art

• Robot concepts by Marcin Jakubowski.
• Landscape Concept Art by Thom Tenery.
• The Queen by Lawrence Williams.
• The Best Designed Book Covers of 2011.
• Amazing redesigned book covers.
• Sci-fi Digital Art by Lucas Kuta.

News

• More Ways You Can Help Tom Piccirilli.
• The Orbital Drop - Orcs vs. Dwarves.
• Amazon Studios Has Optioned Its First Novel.
• Announcing a 28-book audio sale.
• J.K. Rowling's description of a hirsute Sikh "man-woman" has angered the Sikh community. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Children's Literature Central Michigan University, Children's Literature Assistant Professor Tenure Track Position.
• Electric Velocipede is Looking for Slush Readers!

Events

• Interview with Brian Kolm of Atomic Bear Press.
• Publishers, Booksellers, Librarians Gear Up for Star Wars Reads Day.

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente.