[SF/F/H Link Post] THE FORCE AWAKENS Tolkien Connection; The Story of the Star Wars Holiday Special; Hard SF is Mapping our Future; 16th Century Superheroes

Interviews & Profiles

• Space.com interviews Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham.
• ScienceFiction.com interviews Andy Weir.
• Civilian Reader interviews Edward Cox.
• Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviews Ryan Britt.

Crowd Funding

• The Atomic Brain 4K Restoration.

Articles

• Adam Christopher lists Five favourite books read in 2015.
• Black Gate on Wandering the Worlds of C.S. Lewis, Part III: Dymer.
• Brian Wilson on 9 Inspirations Behind Your Favourite Stephen King Books.
• Gerry Canavan on Tolkien, THE FORCE AWAKENS, and the Sadness of Expanded Universes.
• Helen Lowe on The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in The Wall Of Night Series — Sarus » .
• Jason Sanford on The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu.
• Kirkus Reviews (me!) on More Speculative Fiction Books to Read Now, Ahead of Their Film and TV Adaptations.
• Liesl Schillinger on Vasilisa the Beautiful, Illustrated by Anna Morgunova; Translated by Anthea Bell. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Neatorama on The Story of the Star Wars Holiday Special. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
• Omnivoracious on Celebrity Picks: Ransom Riggs Lists His Favorite Reads of 2015.
• Project Hieroglyph asks Hard Science Fiction is Mapping our Future – But Are We Ready to Go?.
• Ryan Britt on The 7 Best Non-Traditional Christmas Carols of Film and TV.
• S.L. Huang on Books I Don’t Usually Read.
• SFFWorld on SFFWorld Best Of Review of 2015: SF, Part 2.
• Sunil Patel says I Read a Bunch of Romance Novels and You Should Too.
• The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog on 2016 Books SF/F Editors Want You to Read.
• The Los Angeles Review of Books on Between Mansfield Park and Bradburyland.
• The Mary Sue on What is Steampunk, and Is It “Over”?.

Art

• Classic Movie Posters Starring Pixar’s Toy Story Characters.
• F.T, HAO Z.
• LAST GOOD FIGHT, Jakub Rebelka.
• Zic, Yunhee Lee.
• Heabig, Yunhee Lee.
• Halo 5 space station, sparth.
• Steampunk Vader, Hazem Ameen.
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Concept Art by Andrée Wallin.

More Fun Stuff

• Rudy Rucker reads “Kraken and Sage” written by him and Bruce Sterling.
• 8 Vintage Pics of Carrie Fisher in the Leia Bikini Promoting “Return Of The Jedi” In 1983.
• University of Houston Digital Library: Fritz Leiber Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention Flyers & Programs. [via File 770]
• Superheroes in the 16th Century.
• Star Trek beams up rare photos of Leonard Nimoy and cool archival material.
• Star Wars Inspired Darth Vader Motorcycle, Lightsaber Included.
• LEGO ‘Star Wars’ Ewok village.
• VII Star Wars Cocktails.