[SF/F/H Link Post] Gender, Sex & Sexuality in SF; Unforgivable Plot Holes in THE FORCE AWAKENS; Hating STAR TREK Essential to Loving It;

Interviews & Profiles

• Lawrence M. Schoen interviews A.M. Dellamonica.
• TIME interviews Gillian Anderson.
• Michael Swanwick interviews Kaja and Phil Foglio.
• Civilian Reader interviews Guy Haley.
• Word Horde interviews John Langan.
• The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Norman Birnbach.
• Bull Spec interviews Okla Elliott and Raul Clement.

News

• RIP Gerard Quinn, One of the Pioneers of British Science Fiction Art.
• Historic Landing of Falcon 9 First Stage at Landing Zone 1. [Thanks, Eddie!]

Articles

• Adventures Fantastic on Blogging Leigh Brackett: “The Vanishing Venusians”.
• Alternative Nation lists Top Ten Star Wars Rip Offs And Cash Ins.
• Ars Technica on Hating parts of Star Trek is an essential part of loving Star Trek.
• Bibliotropic on 10 SFF Books I’m Excited About in 2016.
• Blastr lists 43 movie posters from 2015, ranked from worst to best.
• Brit Mandelo on The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2015.
• Bustle on 9 Books To Read If You Like Outlander. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Genevieve Valentine on Gods of Egypt: A Three-Act Tragedy.
• GQ on The 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2015.
• HuffPo on 40 Unforgivable Plot Holes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
• io9 lists The Very Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Books Of 2015.
• Kristin King on The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2015.
• Laird Barron on Five for 2015.
• Marc Turner lists 5 Tactics to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse… And Why They Wouldn’t Work.
• Omnivoracious on Reading the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Novelization [No Spoilers!].
• Panels on Captain Marvel: A Carol Danvers Primer.
• Polenth Blake and Bogi Takács on Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in SF: A Conversation.
• Sanford Allen asks Patrice Sarath, John Picacio, Renee Babcock, Nicky Drayden, Lee Thomas, Patrick Sullivan, Lawrence Person, Benjamin Cartwright, Scott A. Cupp, Joe McKinney, and Eugene Fischer: What’s your favorite holiday-themed sf/fantasy/horror.
• TIME lists The Most Anticipated Movies of 2016.

Art

• The Del Rey Star Wars covers of Ralph McQuarrie, Part 2.
• Star Wars an Art Odyssey – Le Café Pixel, Marseille.
• Cover Art: Romulus Buckle, Max the Martian, and Lieutenant Sabrina Serafim from The Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin, by Daniela Giubellini.
• Ancient Order, Adam Burn.
• Star Wars, Murat Gül.
• CHIMBO LOST, Eduardo Pena.
• A livid hue by MarcelaBolivar.
• Astronaut | Y&R Mexico.
• Curse exists by Lukasz Wiktorzak.
• Cool Star Wars Mobile Wallpapers.
• Old Ways by Hardy Fowler.

More Fun Stuff

• Read an Excerpt from Daughter of Blood by Helen Lowe.
• Free Fiction: “Fragmented” by Andrew Liptak.
• Edward Willett sings “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”.
• The Box Office Awakens Infographic.
• Sculptor Creates a Laser Equipped Post-Apocalyptic Thomas the Tank Engine Hexapod Robot.
• A Woman Put Together a Star Trek Starfleet Uniform Outfit Seemingly by Accident.